Of course, it's from a child's PoV so it could just be Scout not picking up on stuff that Jean Louise would figure out later.
True. One would have to ask either Lee or the editor, so I'll guess we'll never know.
Though I suppose part of it might have been as Likeaduece said in the last post, about how Lee Sr was reforming his views as the civil rights movement progressed, and Lee herself softened on him.
Yes. It later occured to me that in both books, Atticus owes so much to Lee Sr. - from the mannerisms with the watch to the "equal rights for all, privilegtes for none" quote - that to read Scout's angry outburst in print (complete with "I despise you", "You're a coward and a snob" etc.) would have been painful for both of them. I bet she never said that in real life to him back in the 50s, so letting Scout say it might have been a catharsis when she wrote it, but later the idea of her father reading this may have contributed to her reconsidering, especially since he was simultanously reforming his views.
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True. One would have to ask either Lee or the editor, so I'll guess we'll never know.
Though I suppose part of it might have been as Likeaduece said in the last post, about how Lee Sr was reforming his views as the civil rights movement progressed, and Lee herself softened on him.
Yes. It later occured to me that in both books, Atticus owes so much to Lee Sr. - from the mannerisms with the watch to the "equal rights for all, privilegtes for none" quote - that to read Scout's angry outburst in print (complete with "I despise you", "You're a coward and a snob" etc.) would have been painful for both of them. I bet she never said that in real life to him back in the 50s, so letting Scout say it might have been a catharsis when she wrote it, but later the idea of her father reading this may have contributed to her reconsidering, especially since he was simultanously reforming his views.