Old, crotchety, lives alone, mean and rude, old-fashioned,morphine addict
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Why does Jem destroy Mrs. Dubose's flower garden?
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She said Atticus was "no better than the ******s and trash he defends."
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What does Atticus mean when he says, "This case, Tom Robinson's case, is something thatgoes to the essence of a man's conscience—Scout, I couldn't go to church and worship God if Ididn't try to help that man"?
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He couldn't live with his conscience if he didn't help Tom it is something he really believes in; also he feels as if he would be a hypocrite
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What is Jem's punishment for ruining the flower garden?
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He has to read to Mrs. Dubose for two hours every day for a month.
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Why is Mrs. Dubose so sick?
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morphine addict—she stopped using and eventually died in withdrawals
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What does Atticus tell Jem was the one thing Mrs. Dubose wanted to do before she died?
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She wanted to leave this world beholden to nothing and nobody (she wanted to break her habit.
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What does Mrs. Dubose give Jem?
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a candy box with a white, waxy, perfect Snow-on-the- Mountain camellia in it
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What is the reason Atticus wanted Jem to meet Mrs. Dubose?
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to see what real courage is—that courage is not a man with a gun in his hand, but someone who can face extreme pain and discomfort with strength
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