Day in and day out as creatures of higher intelligence us humans expect. By living our lives in expectations us human set limitations for ourselves. Whether we look at historic examples and into the leaders of the olden days expecting that the world is pancake flat or modern-day examples where people don 't enter lotteries or play sports because they expect failure. It is clear that expecting stifles potentially great opportunities, expecting isn 't always bad and is in fact necessary to survive. The problem with expectations is that they immediately turn off some of the ambition to actually go out and achieve something, specifically expecting when it comes to appearance is very harmful because it can prevent good people from contributing
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Since Scout and Jem were children, they were thought of as naïve and generally less intelligent than their adult community members. Scout 's first grade teacher Miss Caroline not only epitomized the beliefs of those in Maycomb but set the precedent and foreshadowed how the children would be treated throughout the novel in a scene early in the book when as Scout explained, “…she [Miss Caroline] discovered that I was literate and looked at me with more than a faint distaste” (Lee 17). Through Miss Caroline looking poorly upon scout because she didn 't fit the childlike mold she had for Scout, Miss Caroline showed that expecting based on appearances is really harmful. If Miss Caroline had pushed Scout ahead rather than pulling her back to where she felt the Scout should be, Scout could have been in a better position to better her society throughout the book. The intelligent children were unable to express their wise observations and fresh, innovative ideas to other adults because there was already an expectation for them. Perhaps if the rest of the society in Maycomb was different from Miss Caroline then the children could share what was on their mind and help the society move forward and …show more content…
Dolphus Raymond, when Dolphus was questioned by Scout outside of the courthouse as to why he faked being an alcoholic, he responded “…why do I pretend?… Some folks don 't like the way I live [so] I give em a reason.. if I weave a little and drink out of this sack, folks can say Dolphus raymond’s in the clutches of whisky that 's why he won 't change his ways” (Lee). Without the influence of alcohol Dolphus was expected to be just like every other upper-middle-class functioning southerner. Since the county depended and expected everyone to act a certain way Dolphus felt that to escape the judging and so that he could live the way he desired he needed to change his appearance to resemble one of an alcoholic. Dolphus emphasizes the theme because he provides yet another strong example as to why expecting based on appearances is detrimental, instead of being open to his beliefs the town pushed and Dolphus into believing he needed to fake alcoholism so that he wouldn 't be judged as much. The town forcing Dolphus ’s action was not good because it 's stifled Dolphus 's ability to present to everyone other options of lifestyle. Since no one would listen to a drunk and that helped perpetuate the same uninteresting and flat culture of sameness in
Since Scout and Jem were children, they were thought of as naïve and generally less intelligent than their adult community members. Scout 's first grade teacher Miss Caroline not only epitomized the beliefs of those in Maycomb but set the precedent and foreshadowed how the children would be treated throughout the novel in a scene early in the book when as Scout explained, “…she [Miss Caroline] discovered that I was literate and looked at me with more than a faint distaste” (Lee 17). Through Miss Caroline looking poorly upon scout because she didn 't fit the childlike mold she had for Scout, Miss Caroline showed that expecting based on appearances is really harmful. If Miss Caroline had pushed Scout ahead rather than pulling her back to where she felt the Scout should be, Scout could have been in a better position to better her society throughout the book. The intelligent children were unable to express their wise observations and fresh, innovative ideas to other adults because there was already an expectation for them. Perhaps if the rest of the society in Maycomb was different from Miss Caroline then the children could share what was on their mind and help the society move forward and …show more content…
Dolphus Raymond, when Dolphus was questioned by Scout outside of the courthouse as to why he faked being an alcoholic, he responded “…why do I pretend?… Some folks don 't like the way I live [so] I give em a reason.. if I weave a little and drink out of this sack, folks can say Dolphus raymond’s in the clutches of whisky that 's why he won 't change his ways” (Lee). Without the influence of alcohol Dolphus was expected to be just like every other upper-middle-class functioning southerner. Since the county depended and expected everyone to act a certain way Dolphus felt that to escape the judging and so that he could live the way he desired he needed to change his appearance to resemble one of an alcoholic. Dolphus emphasizes the theme because he provides yet another strong example as to why expecting based on appearances is detrimental, instead of being open to his beliefs the town pushed and Dolphus into believing he needed to fake alcoholism so that he wouldn 't be judged as much. The town forcing Dolphus ’s action was not good because it 's stifled Dolphus 's ability to present to everyone other options of lifestyle. Since no one would listen to a drunk and that helped perpetuate the same uninteresting and flat culture of sameness in