In to kill a mockingbird, According to calpurnia, why should one not tell all one knows?

Answer 1

Maybe you should read the book (maybe again) and figure it out for yourself. ;)

Answer 2

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One Sunday, while Atticus is away serving in the legislature, Jem and Scout attend Calpurnia’s church. On the way home, Scout asks Calpurnia why she abandoned her proper English for the dialect employed by the African-Americans in the South.

“‘It’s not necessary to tell all you know. It’s not ladylike -- in the second place, folks don’t like somebody knowin’ more than they do. It aggravates ‘em. You’re not gonna change any of them by talkin’ right, they’ve got to want to learn themselves, and when they don’t want to learn there’s nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk their language’” (126).

Here, Calpurnia teaches Scout that you don’t need to tell others everything you know, if it won’t change who you’re telling, or if it will only hurt. When Scout finally understands that Arthur killed Bob Ewell, she realizes that it’s best not to tell anyone that Arthur killed him, because it would only serve to hurt him. Heck Tate and Atticus follow this same philosophy, and agree that it’s best to bend the truth, and say that Bob Ewell fell on his knife. Calpurnia’s lesson has a lasting effect, and stays with Scout throughout the book.

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Answer 3

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Student Study Guides:

These links will give you a chapter by chapter summary of the book, character analysis, plot and much more, so that you will be able to answer literary questions.

http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmToKill02.asp

http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/killmockingbird/

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/id-143.html

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/mocking/

http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/barrons/mocking.asp

Quotations from
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee, 1960

http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/killmockingbird/section7.html

http://www.quotegarden.com/bk-km.html

http://quotations.about.com/od/tokillamockingbirdquote/a/mockingbird5.htm

http://www.geocities.com/harper_lee_mockingbird/quotes.html

Answer 4

telling everytrhing what one knows has alaways been dangerous for the teller or the majority who cannot understand what is said (may misinterprete ).History has well taught many lessons- think well.
So the thinkers give the start for the readers to continue THE REST on their own (applying their reasoning powers).

Answer 5

Read the book and find out.

Answer 6

One should not tell all one knows because it will bring trouble, hurt feelings and make one too visible.

Shh.

Answer 7

I believe she said it was because people dont like someone being smarter than them and showing it . good luck and god bless.

Answer 8

Because some secrets should be left unspoken.