Emotionally Mature Parenting in To Kill a Mockingbird (spoilers, explicit language)

[kiwigummy 279]

Yesterday rather sucked, so I went to literature to find something to cheer me up (as one does). I didn’t notice this until today. That Atticus told Scout about why you shouldn’t care when people call you names, because it really reflects their character, not yours. That’s why you should take other people’s insults with grace.

 

 

Later on, Atticus would practice what he preached, so when Bob Ewell spat in his face and called him a [redacted]-lover, he took it, because he knew it would probably save the Ewell children a beating or two at home.

 

Edited Monday at 01:44 AM by Johne
Edited screenshots to blur racial slurs which were acceptable at one time but are no longer acceptable today.

[William D'Andrea 668]

    “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’  But I say to you, Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also..."

     Matthew 5: 38 & 39

Edited Monday at 12:13 AM by William D'Andrea

[Johne 1,979]

I should note that the quotes are from a genuine classic, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. If you haven't read the book and seen the movie with Gregory Peck and a young Robert Duvall, I highly recommend both. They're important, entertaining works.
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