Chapter 12 - NORMS

1. I would say Atticus follows the personal norms because he lives up to what he thinks he should. He thinks he should stick up for Tom and that it is his duty to. Atticus is not bothered by what people say, Because it is what he thinks and not what the other people think. For example, not only does Attuicus stick up for Tom, he does not deny it. Atticus also follows the social norms because it is right for him to stick up for Tom but it is not either. The colored people in the book favor the fact that he is sticking up for him, and they appreciate it. For the other folks in town, they do not agree with what he is doing. I would also say subject norm because he seems to admire the colored people because they are like everyone else, just different skin color. He does not have a problem with them, and supports them for their hard work and such. He follows many norms.
2. I would say that Scout sort of breaks the implicate norm because she does not know the meaning of the works in which she says. She finds out after she says those words that they are bad. People might tell her that those words are bad, but only after she uses them. Plus, it was not openly stated that Atticus was a "n lover" people just said he was. No one told him to love them, he just stands up for them. He does what he thinks is right. Jem and scout break this norm allot because they run through their neighbors lawns and they sneak around their houses. Not many people do that but they don't tell them not to. Sure Atticus might tell them to not but they still are not told not to. Ms. Maudie breaks that norm because she wants to burn her house down, but people don't tell her not to, she just somewhat knows she cant. She was an outcast of how she did not mind her house not being there, all she cared about was her flowers and her garden. Many broke the the implicate norm.