Miss Gates is Scout's third grade teacher. During a current events activity, Cecil Jacobs discusses how Hitler is persecuting the Jews who live in Europe. Miss Gates then explains to her class the difference between a democracy and dictatorship. She says Hitler runs the government and makes the audacious claim that individuals in America don't believe in persecuting people. Scout recognizes Miss Gates' hypocrisy and talks to her brother about it. Scout tells Jem that she overheard Miss Gates make prejudiced comments about the African American community of Maycomb when she was leaving Tom's trial. Scout wonders how Miss Gates can hate and ridicule Hitler, then turn around and discriminate against African Americans. Scout has a problem with Miss Gates's hypocritical attitude.
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