TKAM and The Power of Relatability in a Story

     So far, To Kill a Mockingbird is very relatable and charming! The Finch kids are very humorous in the way the act. This book is also touches on things that can be relatable. For example, the stress of being a teacher. Although this doesn't apply to my situations in life, it clearly does for others. I can see how it would be extremely frustrating when having to work with children, especially kids from preschool to fifth. When kids are in middle school, they feel more responsible and try to act responsible. Even though kids don't always act like saints in middle school, they behave better than when they're children who aren't potty trained. At the end of the chapter when Miss Caroline put her head in between her arms on the desk, you can tell she already regrets working with kids. She realized that it would not be easy to work with children. Another example of this book being relatable is Walter Cunningham who those in poverty can relate to. Especially those who know that they can't pay people back so they don't take from others. When he didn't take the quarter from Miss Caroline, she was confused. She was not aware that he was too proud of himself to not take quarter because he knows this will put him in debt because he can't repay it.
     Walter is a part of the Cunningham family, a family who was in the area where the stock market crash hit the most. They live in an extremely small town called Old Sarum They are so poor, Walter isn't even able to afford shoes. This leads Scout to believe he has hookworms. The Cunninghams are not able to buy food their son when it's time for him to eat dinner. The family may be poor, but they are extremely proud of themselves. They do not take up something they cannot payback. Walter would rather starve than take the quarter offered to him by Miss Caroline. He knew he could not pay her back.
     There was one part of the book when Scout is talking to her brother Jem about what happened in class. She says that Miss Caroline isn't good at teaching and got mad at Scout for learning how to read at a young age. Jem then makes a clever and witty remark that only people with high IQ's can understand. He explains to the young, uneducated female that Miss Caroline is simply teaching a new way that the whole school is teaching. He says it is called the Dewey Decimal System. I myself found this to be quite humorous and I tried very hard to not laugh in class. That was why no laughter was heard in class. I am not just saying this to be on Mr.  Boyle's side, of course not, that is just preposterous, indeed?