Answer:
It can be used as a paperweight
Explanation:
Mr. Raymond thinks this, because Scout and Dill have not yet been alive long enough to become corrupted and hateful. The adults in Maycomb have built up years of gossip and prejudices, but Raymond sees young children such as Scout and Dill as a type of clean slate, who can still be educated about the way others live, and can understand things differently than the others in town.
Answer:
Prosaic - not fanciful or imaginative
Incongruous - lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness
Anticipation - an expectation
Laborious - characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
Erode - become ground down or deteriorate
Abattoirs - a building where animals are butchered
Explanation:
Prosaic - dull and bland, not creative
Incongruous - doesn't connect or bond together, opposite forces
Anticipation - the feeling of adrenaline for something
Laborious - applying energy to where your body is extremely drained
Erode - sooner or later something will fade
Abattoirs - a place where animals are killed