^{Consider how unspoken rules help to define group identity. Then write a carefully reasoned essay that examines the relationship between unspoken rules and belonging. Use specific examples from TKAM, Educated, and The Blindside to develop your position.} 

Religion, Identity, EDU, otherness

"'He'd never have had his books with him, didn't speak in class, nothing. He had no academic background, no foundation at all. His transcript said he'd had algebra but he'd obviously never laid eyes on it.'...'I don't know that he'd ever even held a bible'"

Otherness.

Otherness

"Hugh wasn't exactly sure of the exact dimensions of Big Mike--six five, 330 pounds?"..."Whatever the dimensions, they couldn't do justice to the effect they created."

Identity

"'You are not fools gold, shining only under a particular light....It was always in you. Not in cambridge. IN YOU. You are gold....'"

Identity, Education

"Dress us any way you like, we are not the same."

Identity, otherness

"'Right. But do you think I could face my children otherwise? You know what's going to happen as well as I do, Jack, and I hope and prey I can get Jem and Scout through it without bitterness, and most of all, without catching Maycomb's usual disease.'...

...and it was not until many years later I realized he wanted me to hear every word he said."

EDU, Identity

"Atticus had said it was the polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in , not what your interested in."

Educated, otherness (?), Identity

"...,is he easy to get along with?'

'He does tollable, 'cept when--'

'Except when?'

Mayella looked at her father, who was sitting with his chair tipped against the railing. He sat up straight and waited for her to answer."

"'My paws never touched a hair o' my head in my life,' she declared firmly. 'He never touched me'"

...

"'Didn't you ever ask him to come inside the fence before?' She was prepared now. 'I did not, I certainly did not."