Early in the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus warns his daughter, Scout, "don't say nigger... That's common." Her understanding of racial prejudice continues to grow throughout the story.
From Dolphus Raymond, she learns that some white men prefer the company of Negroes, but most won't "cry about the hell white people give colored folks, without even stopping to think that they're people, too.
Scout finds that some black people don't like white people, either. But Lulu is just one person, and the rest of Calpurnia's congregation treats her with friendliness and respect.
Scout likens Boo to a turtle, for if you light a match under a turtle, won't it hurt? When Jem is discovered on the Radley porch, the imposing shadow stops and then returns from where it had come. Only later does Jem and Scout realize it belongs to Boo, who "coulda cut my throat from ear to ear." When Aunt Alexandra refuses to allow Walter Cunningham to visit because he is "trash," Jem tells Scout that maybe Boo doesn't come out because "he wants to stay inside."
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