Those who can’t provide one way will provide another. Due to the need of an attorney, Mr. Cunningham pays through the only way he can: through an entailment which he provides stove wood, hickory nuts, and other farm produce. Asking why Mr. Cunningham pays back with food and other farm goods, Atticus answers Scout , “ Because that’s the only way he can pay me. He has no money” (Lee 27). This quote explains that through the difficult aftermath of the Great Depression, most people lost what little money they had.And their debts were paid through the equivalent of money worth. At the table with their new guest/ friend the Finch’s and Walter Cunningham they all enjoyed their food, when all of a sudden Walter asked for some syrup. “Walter poured
