To Kill a Mockingbird

The talk about the families in Maycomb continues, and Scout is told she is “the product of several generations’ gentle breeding” and should try to “live up to [her] name”

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“Your aunt has asked me to try and impress upon you and Jean Louise that you are not from run-of-the-mill people, that you are the product of several generations’ gentle breeding—” Atticus paused, watching me locate an elusive redbug on my leg.

“Gentle breeding,” he continued, when I had found and scratched it, “and that you should try to live up to your name—”

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To Kill a Mockingbird