Briefly Compare and Contrast Walter Cunningham&Burris Ewell.Briefly Compare and Contrast Walter Cunningham&Burris Ewell. Indicate how they are...

The only thing that these two characters really have in common is that they are both poor.  Walter, for example, is too poor to have a lunch to bring to school.

But they are really quite different, as are their families.  Walter is a respectful kid who knows how to behave.  He is clean and he is willing to come to school and try to learn.  Burris is filthy and lousy and does not care about coming to school.

I think that the author is trying to make the point that people should be judged by their character and not by their economic status or anything else.