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A Hot Steam is a superstition describing a ghost who cannot get into Heaven that sucks people’s breath if they pass through.

I know and fullly understand what hot steams are in the novel, but I'm not sure what it could be an example of or why Cal thought it was n**ger talk. Literary Luminary: Page 243 pararaph 3.

Hot steams just seems perpousterous. I admire how Scout thinks about how people are and how she doesn't get them so she stays away from them because she doesn't want to get them. Both Jem and Scout fear hot steam will suck their souls. Asked by Jay N #511264 on 3/16/2016 1:01 AM Last updated by Aslan on 3/16/2016 1:05 AM Answers 1 Add Yours.

Thug talk is much better.Yea.. An example of superstition in to kill a mockingbird are the hot steams, where the children have a rhyme to get rid of them. Why does Calpurnia believe this is "ni**er talk?" Hot steams just seems perpousterous. Jem says that if you are walking along a road and pass through a hot spot of air, it might be a Hot Steam, "an' if you walk through him, when you die you'll be one too, an' you'll go around at night suckin' people's breath—." In "To Kill a Mockingbird," what is a "hot steam"? They are restless spirts who, according to Jem, can … Wait, so is Calpurnia referring to bad talk in genreal as "nigger-talk"?Thats true. I think Mr. Tate is right and other than that Bob Ewell had it coming. Mr. Tate explains even more by tellling Atticus how it was impossible for an injured Jem to achieve such a feat. A Hot Steam is a superstition describing a ghost who cannot get into Heaven that sucks people’s breath if they pass through. A "hot steam" refers to a Southern superstition involving ghosts/ spirits which have unfinished bussiness upon the Earth before they can rest in peace.' When Dill comments that he can smell death and tell when people are going to die, Jim accepts it as another one of his attention-getting whoppers. A "hot steam" refers to a Southern superstition involving ghosts/ spirits which have unfinished bussiness upon the Earth before they can rest in peace.' They believe that the hot steams will suck their breaths. In "To Kill a Mockingbird," what is a "hot steam"? A Hot Steam is a ghost who cannot get to heaven, so it wanders about lonely roads. What is this an example of? Hot steams are lost, wandering ghosts who still have some sort of business to take care of on earth. I think Calpurnia expects Scout to act in that same fashion, if not better, because she is white, and in that time period whites were supposed to act with more composure and intelligence than blacks, but because Scout is just a kid and Calpurnia is in charge, she feels she must teach and discipline Scout.I like to refer to it as thug talk. To Kill a Mockingbird What is a "hot steam" Chapter 4. Hello, I am doing study questions of To Kill A Mockingbird and one of the questions say "what is a hot steam? 49) Incantations are… What is a "hot steam" from To Kill a Mockingbird? A “hot steam” refers to a Southern superstition concerning ghosts, particular the souls of restless spirits which have some kind of account to settle before […]

Jem explains it to Dill in chapter 4: "Haven't you ever walked along a lonesome road at night and passed by a hot place?" Jem asked Dill. To kill a Mockingbird is a sin and he paid for it with his life. Hot steams is a supersition. He had taken an innocent life dishonestly and now it was his turn. Hot steam, as defined by Jem is "somebody who can't get into heaven, just wallows around on lonesome roads an' if you walk through him, when you die you'll be one too, an' you 'll go around at night suckin' peoples breath." In southern dialect, a "haint" meant a ghost. I agree a colored women as educated as Calpurnia is hard to find in that time era. In chapter four of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem, Dill and Scout are discussing Hot Steams.Dill is unfamiliar with the concept, and Jem explains them to him. Both Jem and Scout fear hot steam will suck their souls.

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