Both Uses of
Rosetta Stone
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- Mr. Avery said it was written on the Rosetta Stone that when children disobeyed their parents, smoked cigarettes and made war on each other, the seasons would change: Jem and I were burdened with the guilt of contributing to the aberrations of nature, thereby causing unhappiness to our neighbors and discomfort to ourselves.
p. 72.2 *Rosetta Stone = famous engraved stone from 196 BC Egypt
- I did not wonder where Mr. Avery gathered his meteorological statistics: they came straight from the Rosetta Stone.
p. 74.5
Definition:
an engraved stone instrumental in deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs because the inscriptions (196 BC) described a decree in three different languages