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Miss Gates is Scout's third grade teacher. She is a hypocritical and prejudiced woman. Miss Gates shows lots of sympathy for the Jews in Germany during the class discussion on current events. But Scout overhears her talking about how the black community in Maycomb should be oppressed and feel inferior to whites. Miss Gates has two conflicting ideas on the treatment of people.
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Miss Gates, a character from Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird," is Scout Finch's third-grade teacher who believes in equality and justice. However, Scout overhears Miss Gates making racist remarks at the trial of Tom Robinson, which causes Scout to question her teacher's integrity and moral values.
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What newspaper does miss gates dislike?
Miss Gates dislikes the newspaper from Alabama called The Mobile Register because it is biased against African Americans and supports segregation, contradicting her own views on equality and justice.
What is the name of scouts teacher?
The scout's teacher is named Miss Temple.
What does the newspaper say Miss Gates dislikes?
In "To Kill a Mockingbird," the newspaper article talks about Hitler's treatment of Jews and how Miss Gates disapproves of the persecution. However, Scout overhears Miss Gates making racist comments about African Americans, highlighting the hypocrisy in her views.
Who was miss gates?
scouts 3rd grade teacher
What contradiction did Scout experience when Miss Gates explained the difference between America and Germany?
Scout experienced a contradiction when Miss Gates expressed disgust over the persecution of Jews in Germany but held discriminatory beliefs towards African Americans in America. Scout noticed the hypocrisy in Miss Gates' words, as she showed compassion for the oppressed in one country but failed to see the injustice in her own society.
What is Bill Gates mothers nickname?
miss Mary mack
What does miss gates say that disturbs scout?
Miss Gates expresses disapproval of Hitler's treatment of Jews, proclaiming how wrong it is. Scout finds this hypocritical since she recalls Miss Gates making racist comments about black people in Maycomb. Scout is disturbed by the inconsistency between Miss Gates's views on racial injustice in Europe versus in their own community.
What did Scout hear Miss Gates say at the courthouse What does this tell us about Miss Gates?
Scout heard Miss Gates say that she believed in democracy but thought that black people in America needed to be kept in their place. This suggests that Miss Gates holds contradictory beliefs and may be hypocritical in her views on equality and justice.
What term does miss gates say means equal rights for everyone?
Miss Gates refers to the term "hypocrisy" as meaning equal rights for everyone in Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird".
What character is sympathetic to the plight of the jews in germany but not the african-americans at home?
Miss gates
What does miss gates say means equal rights for everyone?
democracy.... i just did the questions
Why is scout puzzled by miss gates disapproval of Hitler?
She cant understand why Miss Gates goes around hating someone so far away when that someone doesn't pay attention to the evil right in her own town under her nose, for Scout meaning that Miss Gates doesn't see the evil of the killing of the innocent Tom Robinson.
