It is actually Jem who tells Scout about the four
different types of people in the world of Maycomb and To Kill a
Mockingbird. In Chapter 23, Atticus explains to Jem that it was one of the
Cunninghams on the jury who held out for as long as he did before finally giving in and
voting Tom Robinson guilty. Jem is amazed to find that this man, who apparently was one
of the mob trying to lynch Tom Robinson at the jail, could suddenly turn around and
decide to set him free. Atticus explained that you had "to know 'em" first. It was from
this talk with Atticus that Jem gained his foresight about different types of
people.
"You know something, Scout? I've got it
all figured out, now... There's four kinds of folks in the world. There's the ordinary
kind like us and the neighbors, there's the kind like the Cunninghams out in the woods,
the kind like the Ewells down at the dump, and the
Negroes."
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