Atticus does not pretend to be better than anyone. He is not racist and does not put on airs. He raises his children with the same standards that he raises himself with. Other people in the town make up long lies that they blame on others, using race as a key part.
<span>Locke’s notion of
tabula rasa means that every individual is born with a clean slate or that the
human brain is empty free from any information, identity or personality at
birth. A person begins to accumulate information through experience and exposure
as he or she matures. Thus, the environment and the people the infant
encounters are the sources of his or her identity and they are the ones that
influence his or her personality. In short, when a child is born in an
environment of peace and order to parents who shower him or her with love and
care, he or she would grow up to be an ideal person. On the other hand, if he
or she is exposed to chaos and abuse, he or she would end up being a violent
and problematic person.</span>
Giddy means dizzy in this excerpt as the characters rushed from bed to the windows.
Doth means does in this excerpt showing how the light they were seeing appear.
Amain means quickly as a train.
