Scout began talking about his son Walter, a friend of hers
at school. She also talked about the entailment he had. She had no idea really what
entailment was, but she knew it was bad. It's really not so much what she said but
how she said it that made the difference. She talked to Mr.
Cunningham as if the two of them were buddies.
No one else
around the circle really talked. When Scout was done, she said to say hey to Walter for
her. Mr. Cunningham grew some humanity in that moment. She humbled him. He told the boys
to clear out and that talk from that little girl stifled and prevented a possible
altercation between the men and Atticus, or the men and Tom Robinson. She has no idea
that she did it.
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