In To Kill A Mockingbird, a novel by Harper Lee, Walter Cunningham is a farm-savvy young pauper who has high morals, and is friends and classmates with the protagonist, Scout. After school one day, Jem and Scout invite Walter over for a meal at their home. Walter, at first, rejects their invitation, but then as Scout and Jem walk home, Walter reluctantly gives in to the temptation of getting to eat a delicious warm meal. While being served food, to the amazement of both of the Jem and Scout, Walter, who is about Jem’s age, talks about farming as if he’d been farming since he’d been old enough to work, which he in fact had - “While Walter piled food on his plate, he and Atticus talked together like two men” (Lee 32). Generally, if someone is knowledgeable on a subject, they can easily strike up and maintain a conversation on that topic that they are knowledgeable about with someone else who is an expert on that topic. …show more content…
Hence, Walter Cunningham is very well versed in farming. Walter can also be considered knowledgeable about farming because of how long he’s been helping his father harvest his crops. Although Walter is only in first grade, he’s as old as Jem, a fifth grader. Walter explains that the “Reason I can’t pass the first grade, Mr. Finch, is I’ve had to stay out ever’ spring an’ help Papa with the choppin’” (31-32). Usually, when someone has a lot of first hand experience with something, they are very well learned in that area. In this monologue, Walter states that he’s been helping his father with their family’s crops every year since at least first grade. Thus, Walter is an expert at farming. Walter also shows himself to have high morals. During lunch, on the first day of school the teacher, Miss Caroline, asks everyone to bring their lunches out. Upon noticing that Walter is without a lunch, she asks where his lunch