The themes of conformity and racism were explored in today's lesson. First, Bobby analyzed text to locate irony in the use of a church as both a house of worship and an illegal gambling hall. We then explored the issue of race as it relates to Calpurnia's double life, one in white society and one within the African-American community. After looking at the text, we discussed Calpurnia's predicament in needing to be accepted by both Whites and Blacks and why she speaks in different accents and dialects depending on whether she is in White or Black society. We extrapolated to explore whether this phenomenon remains true for African-Americans today. Society's expectation for females was our next topic. Scout's Aunt Alexandra criticizes Scout as unladylike, and we identified ways that Scout as a tomboy does not fit the mold society expects of her.We then compared Scout and Atticus .Bobby offered a good analysis of how and why both Atticus and Scout are nonconformist -Atticus representing an African-American accused of raping a white woman in the South in the 1930s and Scout refusing to wear dresses, and insisting on physical fighting when wronged. For homework, I assigned reading the next chapter of the novel.