One of
the majorin the novel 'To Kill A Mocking Bird' byis education. Lee criticizes institutionalized
education and shows that college-taught hypocritical teachers often do more harm than good to
children by stifling their creativity. The teachers like Miss Gates and Miss Caroline who are
either hypocrites or unsympathetic towards the children. Miss Carolineis flammoxed asalready
knows how to read and has also been taught the script. She feels this is against the system of
education and asks Scout to tellto stop teacheing her as he is doing it all wrong, instead of
trying to mould her teaching system according to her students' needs. She also misunderstands
Scout's well-intended words towards Walter Cunningham showing how far apart she is from the
students. A direct contrast to this is Atticus, who is able to impart moral education to his
children due to his sympathetic nature towards them. He tells Scout:
You never really understand a person until you...
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