chapter 12 norm

1. I think that Atticus follows the personal norm. He doesn't care about anything other people think. He does what he thinks is right no matter what people have to say. He is even defending a black man, and everyone around town is calling him a 'N word lover'. It doesn't bother him though because he says if he doesn't defend him then he won't be able to tell Jem and Scout what to do. They wouldn't have to listen to him anymore. He also said "I couldn't hold up my head in this town." Atticus, I believe holds a high personal norm for himself. He makes high expectations for his own behaivor and knows what's right.

2. In part one, three people who break some kind of Implicit Norms are Scout, Uncle Jack, and Jem. Implicit Norms are not openly stated but once you don't follow them, you find out that you shouldn't of done them. First, Scout and Walter at dinner. Scout makes comments on how much syrup he uses. She didn't know she wasn't supposed to say anything until Capurnia said something to her. No one told her that was wrong before it happened. Another way implicit norms are broken through part one is with Uncle Jack. He smacks Scout before he knows both sides of the story. Scout had to make it clear that he should have listened to her side before he went and punished her with a beating. After Scout told him, Uncle Jack realized what he did was wrong. Jem broke an implicit norm when he went on a rampage and destroyed all of Mrs.Dubose's flowers. He was never told not to ruin someone's flowers, even though it is common sense. He wasn't actually told or punished until he actually did it. Scout, Jem, and Uncle Jack are not the only ones to use implicit norms, many more examples were used throughout part one.