In “To Kill a Mockingbird,” chapter 2 Miss. Caroline and Scout start off on the wrong foot. Miss. Caroline is a new teacher at the school, she is no older than 21 and has a new way of teaching. On the first day of school Miss. Caroline offers Walter Cunningham a quarter so that he can go get lunch because he “forgot” his at home. What Miss Caroline didn't know was that Walter couldn't pay her back, so he did not accept the quarter. The Cunninghams were country folks, who were poor and paid their debt with what they had, sometimes they would pay their debts with firewood or crops that they grew. In chapter 2 Miss.Caroline says “Jean Louise, I've had about enough of you this morning” because scout tried to explain to her that Walter was not
