"Do you really think so?"
This is Atticus' rhetorical yet subtle question which essentially says "I think you are wrong". Scout then gives some examples of what outcomes there were when someone rejects Atticus' thoughts.
This was Atticus’s dangerous question. ‘Do you really think you want to move
there, Scout?’ Bam, bam, bam, and the chequer-board was swept clean of my men.
‘Do you really think that, son? Then read this.’ Jem would struggle the rest of
an evening through the speeches of Henry W. Grady.
Atticus says this question twice in the one night, once direct at his friends, and the other at the lynch mob. This simple question is passive yet shows that Atticus refuses to give in on the matter.
This was Atticus’s dangerous question. ‘Do you really think you want to move
there, Scout?’ Bam, bam, bam, and the chequer-board was swept clean of my men.
‘Do you really think that, son? Then read this.’ Jem would struggle the rest of
an evening through the speeches of Henry W. Grady.
Atticus says this question twice in the one night, once direct at his friends, and the other at the lynch mob. This simple question is passive yet shows that Atticus refuses to give in on the matter.