Assignment Task: In chapter 11 of To Kill A Mockingbird, does Jem have to respect Mrs, Dubose?
I don't feel like he does because she's a racist and insults his father.
Some quotes that I think prove this are: " I was terrified. The O.K. Café was a dim organization on the north side of the square. I grabbed Jem's hand but he shook me loose. "Come on, Scout," he whispered. "Don't pay any attention to her, just hold your head high and be a gentleman."
"But Mrs. Dubose held us: "Not only a Finch waiting on tables but one in the courthouse lawing for niggers!"
Jem stiffened. Mrs. Dubose's shot had gone home and she knew it"
"Yes indeed, what has this world come to when a Finch goes against his raising? I'll tell you!" She put her hand to her mouth. When she drew it away, it trailed a long silver thread of saliva. "Your father's no better than the niggers and trash he works for!"
Do you think this is a good choice even though a lot of people think she should be respected because she bravely fought her morphine addiction? I think that gets erased by her racism.