the chapter starts with Scout talking about how until they were young, she and Jem were confined to the neighborhood to play, but as they got older, they began to travel into town. But in order to get into town, they have to pass by the cantankerous Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose, who shouts insults about their n***er loving father. Jem, who loses it over a particularly hateful insult, smashes all of Mrs. Dubose's flowers. As punishment, Jem has to read for her for two hours a day. After a month, he is told he is done. She dies a few days later. Jem learns that Mrs. Dubose was a morphine addict who wanted to die untethered to it. She leaves a camelia for Jem, and he begins to cry.
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lit element: Allusion: Mrs. dubose's name could represent how the marquis Lafayette fought an uphill struggle, and came off as a tyrant, in a way. Lafayette ended u locked up in prison for years, like Mrs. dubose is confined by her sickness and addiction.
Decent entry! Good discussion of the allusion!
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