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"The Ewells had been the disgrace of Maycomb for three generations." Pg 40
People of Maycomb didnt have high standards for the Ewells.

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" Of course he shouldn't, but he will never change his ways. Are you going to take out your disapproval on his children?" -Pg. 41
Atticus is making it seem like nobody can ever change their lifestyle or ways.

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"They were people, but they lived like animals." page 40
This simile helps a person further understand how they lived unhealthily. Especially considering they were allowed to do whatever they wanted no matter the rules they break.

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"Atticus said that the Ewells had been the disgrace of Maycomb for three generations. None of them had done an honest day's work in his recollection."
The Ewells are looked down upon by members of the community in Maycomb and haven't earned a thing in their lives, but they still get by because people bend the rules for them because they know that they can't get by on their own.

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"Its against the law, all right,...and it's certainly bad, but when a man spends his relief checks on                green whisky his children have a way of crying from hunger pains."pg 41. The Ewells are very poor because there father spends all of there money of booze and leaves no food for his kids.

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"In Maycomb County, hunting out of season was a misdemeanor at law, a capital felony in the eyes of the populace." - pg. 41

Thematic Statement: It can be necessary to do things that are inherently bad, if it means survival.

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"...but it's silly to force people like the Ewells into a new environment-" This shows that nobody can control how the Ewells live, they are going to do what they want to do and it is not worth trying to change because they won't.

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when atticus tells scout "you miss Scout finch, are of the common folk"

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"Ewells had been the disgrace of Maycomb for three generations"
Since they are a lower class, some of the things they do are looked differently by others.

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"' You, Miss Scout Finch,are of the common folk..."
This shows that the Finches are very fortunate in this time and age. She has a good house with food and goes to school already over prepared.

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"sometimes it's better to bend the law a little in special cases."
this shows that the father thinks that it is fine for them to break teh rules.

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"...but when a man spends his relief checks on green whiskey his children have a way of crying from hunger pains. I don't know of any landowner who begrudges those children any game their father can hit." -pg 41
The Ewells are poor because their dad is an alcoholic and spends his money on buying alcohol, instead of food for his children. Mr. Ewell should not be allowed to keep custody of his children, when he is not providing them with the food he needs, and instead doing something to benefit himself. Their father is a threat to the safety of the children, by being an alcoholic. This is a social issue because there are other families who have more than enough food to survive, but the social classes are too divided, making some people more well off than others.

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"Of course he shouldn't, but he'll never change his ways. Are you going to take out your disapproval on his children?" - pg 41

Thematic Statement: Laws and ethics are not always the same thing.

Commentary: Bob Ewell hunting out of season is a violation of the law. He could be arrested for this behavior. But, when he does it, it means his children who have "hunger pains" can finally eat. Ethically, it would be wrong to stop hims from doing this for a legal reason. So, this is an example of laws and ethics not always lining. up.

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"the common folk judiciously allowed them certain privileges by the simple method of becoming blind to some of the Ewells' activities." -pg 41
Thematic statement: There are certain circumstances where going against the protocol is needed to do what is right.
commentary: the Ewells' needed to break the law to survive because of the parent's situation.

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"you, miss scout finch, are of common folk. You must obey the law" pg. 40 Atticus said this because he is comparing scout a common folk to the Ewells who are not the average family. He I saying because she is an average person she must obey the law and follow the rules.

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"He said that the Ewells were members of an exclusive society made up of Ewells."
Atticus is implying that the Ewell family follows little to no social constructs, existing in their own little bubble that is seldom touched by the outside world due to the ways of the Ewells. He also imply's that once born an Ewell there is no way for you to move up in socitey, you just are and there is no way to get out of it.

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"You can't do that, Scout, Atticus said. Sometimes it's better to bend the law a little in special cases. In your case, the law remains rigid."
This quote tells a lot about Atticus Finch in the role of a father. Instead of just telling Scout that she will go to school he has a conversation with her and by the end she has learned something, weather she is aware of it or not.

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"Mr Ewell shouldn't do that------"
"Of course he shouldn't, but he'll never change his ways. Are you going to take out your disapproval on his children." People disapprove of the Ewells lifestyle because, their father was an alcoholic who rarely fed his kids.

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"The Ewells had been the disgrace of Maycomb for almost three generations". This is implying that if Scout does not go to school she will end up like them.

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"I don't know of any landowner around here who begrudges those children any game their father can hit"
If we farther into this and the two pages around it we can see the social issue of neglect, poverty and alcoholism. Their father drinks his money away instead of caring for his children, thy already live in poverty made worse by the father's alcoholism and he neglects them with the basic care a human child deserves.

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"'It's against the law, all right... and its certainly bad, but when a man spends his relief checks on green whiskey his children have a way of crying from hunger pains. I don't know any landowner around here who begrudges those children any game their father can hit.'"
The Ewells are very poor because their dad is an alcoholic. The only way they can eat is if their dad hunts out of season, otherwise they would starve.

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"'You,  Miss Scout Finch, are the common folk. You must obey the law.' He said the Ewells were members of exclusive society made up of Ewells."
Atticus's explaination of the difference between them and the Ewells shows how the Ewells are not of common society, part of a lower tier all together.

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"but, when a man spends his relief checks on green whiskey his children have a way of crying from hunger pains."

The town of Maycomb realizes that Bob Ewell does not support his children, so in order to keep the children alive and fed they turn a blind eye when Mr. Ewell goes hunting out of season, even if its against the law. They are able to ignore the fact that hunting out of season is illegal for their ethical beliefs and morals.

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"They were people, but they lived like animals." pg. 40
By adding this simile to the story it gives you an insight on how the Ewells are living and how they don't take care of themselves and they do whatever they want.

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"The common folk judiciously allowed them certain privileges by simple methods of becoming blind to some of the Ewells activities."

TS: The common eye may only see what it would prefer to see, some adversities are better left untouched.

This applies to the story as no one will voluntarily attack the rights of the Ewells because their way of life does not truly affect the common well being.