Explain the quotation: "Atticus said the Ewells had been the disgrace of Maycomb for three generations. None of them had done an honest day’s...

Scout asks Atticus about Burris Ewell and why he always goes to school on the first day and skips the rest of the year. Atticus explains to his daughter how the Ewells live. He wants Scout to understand how they are different. The Ewell family is not respected in Maycomb, and has not been for many years.

According to Atticus, the Ewells are not hard workers. Hard work is valued in Maycomb. Even the Cunninghams,...

Scout asks Atticus about Burris Ewell and why he always goes to school on the first day and skips the rest of the year. Atticus explains to his daughter how the Ewells live. He wants Scout to understand how they are different. The Ewell family is not respected in Maycomb, and has not been for many years.

According to Atticus, the Ewells are not hard workers. Hard work is valued in Maycomb. Even the Cunninghams, who are poor and fairly uneducated, work as hard as they can. The Ewells live in squalid conditions near where the people of Maycomb dump their Christmas trees each year. Scout is curious about the Ewell family. Atticus tells her that one year, after Christmas, he will take her by the Ewells' house when they go to dump their tree.