The author uses a simile in the phrase that she described the teacher. In this phrase,”She looked and smelled like a peppermint”, this helps picture that the teacher was wearing red and white. This also help pictures what she would look like with the way she dresses. Miss.Caroline is young and it seems that she doesn’t know what she is doing. She wants enforce the new system of teaching that the students would learn. She seems to be wise, but doesn’t understand something’s that go around Maycomb since she isn’t from there. The relationship between Miss.Caroline and Scout isn’t like any other relationship that scout had with other women, Miss.Caroline seems to be a little bit of a mother figure towards her. These two have different personalities
