Mr. Avery probably does not truly believe this, but his claim in Chapter 7 is that disobedient children are the cause of odd weather phemonena. Here is the quote:
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.
Avery's intimidation adds to the list of lies adults tell and serves to further distance Jem and Scout's upstanding, moral, truthful father as unique among the inhabitants of Maycomb.
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