T okill a mockingbird?

Question

who sais the quote "familiarity breeds understanding" and what is happening at the time that (s)he sais it

Answer 1

To Kill a Mocking Bird (by Harper Lee) is written as from the perspective of an eight-year old girl - Scout.

At this stage in the book, a new teacher, Miss Caroline Fisher, has already told Scout that her father should stop teaching her to read (although Scout is self-taught). Miss Caroline and Scout were obviously on a collision course of sorts.

After asking everyone who is having lunch at school to place their lunch at the front, Miss Caroline realises that Walter Cunningham has not brought his forward. She pretty much forces him to say he had forgotten it, and then proceeds to offer him a quarter in order for him to buy his lunch - with the proviso that he returns the quarter the following day. The Cunninghams are dirt poor farm people, and Walter never brings lunch to school, and certainly could never repay cash to Miss Caroline, so she has to keep prompting him to come and get the quarter. He won't budge. Everyone else is local and knows the circumstances of Walter's family ... and uneasily they say:

"Go on and tell her, Scout".

"I turned round and saw most of the town people and the entire bus delegation looking at me. Miss Caroline and I had conferred twice already, and they were looking at me in the innocent assurance that familiarity breeds understanding."

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I hope the above is of help.

Answer 2

This is a quote by Dr. Mahar Mangahas, SWS president. Social Weather Stations conducted a survey to guage whether the programs of peace and interfaith groups not made a dent at all in improving Christian-Muslim relations.

Peace advocacy groups in Mindanao, including the Bishops-Ulama Conference, have lots of work to do to ensure their programs and activities help strengthen Christian-Muslim relations.

The data showed Christians and Muslims in the Philippines “accept each other, within limits,” Mangahas said.

But in the areas of mixed populations, the minority – Muslims in the Philippines and Christians in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) - “tend to be less prejudiced than the majority.”

“Familiarity breeds understanding,” he said.

Answer 3

Awesome answer Sincerely Yours. Sparked a desire to read the book again.