To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter Notes

Macomb Is a slow, jade town with an Incredible assortment of citizens. But, exclusively of them ar typical sm any town psychealities the gossips, the hicks, the poor, the upper- class, the bogeyman, etc. manoeuvre Is a lawyer, a satisf cultivateory laminitis and supportive of his family. hoarded wealth Is the typical older buddy and pathfinder the typical younger sister. They atomic number 18 best friends. Yet fight/argue plenty. 2. dill weed is small for his age, with white-blond hair and has look awayn a lot of movies.He visits Macomb (his aunty Rachel) e precise(prenominal) summer room now on. He is quite obsessed with the raddled digest. 3. Arthur hung out with a tough crowd and got arrested for disorderly conduct, etc. His father confident(p) the Judge to let him keep Arthur locked in the house instead of a state indus examination schooldays. He was never seen again for 15 years. The children now see him as a type of bogeyman. (pig. 13) 4. The Raddled house is a forbidden place its full of danger and un liven, which is requirely the sort of thing kids are attracted to. 5. The register Is kick onward person, observation post Finch, but she is much older than the character she Is describing.Therefore, the present Is when vigil Is older, and the plot of the novel Is the past. It Is a memoir. Chapter 2 1. Scout Is looking at forward to school because It had been a long winter of slating In her trousers and watching the kids in the school yard. School looked fun to her. l longed to join them. (pig. 20) 2. endocarp didnt want anything to do with Scout at school because he didnt want her to embarrass him with references to his personal life (pig. 20). This is typical for an older sibling because it is considered cool to lessen out with your siblings at school. . cast Caroline is nifty at her job as a teacher but she as a lot to interpret approximately the small town, the school and the mountain of the town. Strengths She cares virtually her students (ex. Walter) and she is good at what she does with lots of knowledge active teaching. Weaknesses She doesnt render her students and the protocol of the town yet and she Is scurrilous (ex. Whipping with a ruler). Chapter 3 1. calcium Is the cook for the Finch family and Is non related by blood but she cares a lot close to muffin, Scout and simulated military operation. She is depicted as a motherly figure.She also acts as a care taker for Gem and Scout, once again taking upon a motherly role. . We stop that Walter Cunningham is commit to his traditions but for foils to follow them at clock. His sort during lunch time suggests that his home life is a struggle, as in that location is non always food on the table. Therefore, when Gem Invites him for lunch, he piles food on his table (he top executive obtain been hungry for a couple days. It is the Depression and non e precise whizz is lucky decorous to eat every day and Walter is one of those po t). 3. play treated Walter with respect as In the book it stated Walter and Tactics talked together give care dickens men.This shows respect, compared to Scout, who penny criticized Walter close his take habits, unaware of his herculean situations. 4. From Walters visit, Scout learns about hospitality and how to treat a guest. It was not fair to Judge people. She learned this because California scolded her for cringingly Walters behavior, punishing her by making her finish her lunch in the kitchen. 5. By perspective and what they are way out through with(predicate) unless you look through their eyes, cipher care the person and are put into their position and situation. This is not an easy thing for Scout to learn she is still young. 6.We learn that the Ells are very poor, eave poor hygiene, plainly go to school the number 1 day of the year and pass on no mother. Their father breaks the law hunting out of season but the people offer it because they recall I transgr ess than arresting him and letting his kids go hungry. Chapter 4 1 . Scout doesnt homogeneous the Dewey Decimal System. She gets the impression that shes missinfulnessg out on aroundthing she doesnt know. Also, she doesnt believe that 12 years of unrelieved boredom was exactly what Macomb has in her mind for her. 2. The children believe that Raddled house is haunted and a ghost lives there (Boo).They think the nuts on the trees in front of the Raddled house entrust kill you. . The children make Boobs story into a game because they are tired of their old games and theyre interested/curious about Boo, his life story and the other Raddled a bit too. 4. In the Boo Raddled game, they each present a role of a family member in the Raddled house. They reenact scenes they do up or believed happened before. This is not an accurate version of what happens in the Raddled house because theyve never really seen the truth. 5. The laughter from inside the Raddled house could be Boo or Nathan l aughing at how ridiculous the kids are cosmos about this situation.Chapter 5 1. Miss Maude despises the outdoors but has a nice big garden with plants she loves. Her speech is crisp, which is uncommon for a woman in Macomb. The children love her because she lets them play in her big dressingyard whenever they wish. 2. Miss Maude tells Scout that Boo is still alive scorn the rumors Scout has seed about him creation dead. However, Miss Maude says that if he were dead, they would have seen them take him out. 3. Dill may have told these lies because it seems that his parents arent there for him.He never gets the opportunity to feel special and telling tales about seeing an elephant or going on an airplane would make him eel special. 4. Tactics wants the children not to play the Boo Raddled game because what Mr Raddled did was his own business and he has the reclaim to stay inside. He says the kids would not like it if someone was invading into their privacy and they were no longer to go to that house again unless they were invited. Tactics is right as it is disrespectful to be bothering someone like that and the kids dont know how dangerous Boo might be. Chapter 6 1 .Scout disapproves of Dill and Gems plan because she is scared of the Raddled house because of the rumors she has heard. Moreover, Tactics asked the kids to leave the Raddled alone and she obeys her father. 2. Mr Nathan Raddled was not aware who the intruder in his garden was. Ms. Stephanie believes it was a portentous man because nobody else would be out at a time like this (very late night). 3. Dill al most(prenominal) lands in trouble because Miss Rachel overheard him dictum he was playing uncase poker and won Gems pants. Strip poker was not something played by the common educated man and was not morale. Chapter 7 1 .Gem told Scout that when he went back to get his pants back off the fence from the Raddled house, they were roughly stitched up, folded up and waiting for him on the once. 2. G em is jump to understand Boo more now because he thinks it is Boo that fixed his pants. This is making him exculpate that Boo is really not a unhealthful person 3. Gem Raddled house and now wants to keep everything they find. Some things they found were chewing gum, pencils and a pocket watch. 4. Gem and Scout wanted to write a earn thanking whoever was leaving them the presents in the knothole (we are assuming it is Boo).However, they were prevented from doing this because it was filled with cement. Nathan Raddled filled it with cement because he wanted this communication to stop. He was taking away Boobs only if communication with the kids He also didnt want them to leave the letter and when the kids asked why he filled it, Mr Nathan rawe the excuse that the tree was sick. Chapter 8 1 . Scout wants to know if Tactics saw Boo Raddled, as she is curious to know more about him. Tactics sternly replies with a short coiffure, merely saying he didnt see him. 2. The near libel Gem puts in the front yard is a snow made replica of Mr Avery.Tactics was very surprised Gem got the Job done and give tongue to he had done an amazing job and it looked still like Mr Avery. He was very impressed until now told Gem that he ad to disguise it, as it may be disrespectful to Mr Avery. Miss Maude is impressed as well, since she is grinning but is in force(p) fussing about it negatively (according to Tactics pig. 90). 3. Tactics saved Miss Muddies rocking chair because it was the thing that she valued most (Pig. 93) 4. Scout has no idea how the blanket got there, but Gem realizes it must have been Boo Raddled that put it there since the kids were standing in front of the Raddled house. . I think Tactics means that Gem should not get his hopes up. Just because Boo came out and they didnt notice, doesnt mean they will real get the chance to meet him. They should stop interfering in Boobs personal life as it was none of their business. Gem may do as his father says now be cause he has realized that Boo is not the monster that they thought he is actually a sympathetic, kind man who has Just gone through some tough times. This helps Gems curiosity fade away and shows him more about Boobs personality, making him realize hes Just like any other human being.Chapter 9 1 . Tactics believes that Tom Robinson is not guilt feelingsy and therefore he is doing the right thing by defending him. He wants to take upon this case on to the best of his ability. However, it is not usual for a white man to defend a shady because roughly everyone in Macomb was racist. 2. Gem and Scout love Christmas time but they would rather spend it at home with their dad than with their Uncle Jimmy and aunty Alexandra. Also, Scout does not like her cousin, Francis, because they dont have similar interests and she is calling Tactics a Niger lover, which is seen as a bad thing.He is taunting Scout about her father. 3. When Uncle cuckoo tells Scout she is growing out of her pants, he means she is acting too mature for her age and is not old enough to understand he difficult concepts of life, therefore should not act like she does, especially the ones affecting Attics life. He is telling Scout that she is getting more aware of world concepts that she may be too young for. Also, she is too young for swearing and the like. 4. We learn that the unpleasant feature of Aunt Alexandra is her negative attitude towards Dill.We learn that she looks down upon Dill and refers to him as a stray dog because of his family problems. She has also been saying some unpleasant things about Tactics in regards to the court case. Aunt Alexandra seems to be a very critical and Judgmental person. . From overhearing Uncle Jack and Attics conversation, Scout heard Uncle Jack telling Tactics he doesnt want to have kids of some hard times advance her way for the next year because of the issues involving the court. The town is loss and therefore Scout may have to hear some unpleasant thi ngs going around about her father taking upon the case.This also implies that Tactics knows that people are condemning him for taking the case. 6. The final sentence of this chapter is important because it tells us that Tactics wanted the kids to hear what he was saying (ask him what happened rather than believing moors). Chapter 10 1 . When Scout says that Tactics was feeble, I believe this is her opinion as the events are hap in her childhood, but by the end of the chapter she doesnt believe this anymore because she learns about her fathers amazing aim and that he has a mysterious past. . Tactics says its a sin to kill a mockingbird but Miss Maude is the one who explains why it is a sin because the birds do not cause any harm to anyone and Just make music. 3. Heck Tate didnt want to be the one to dissipate the dog (Tim Johnson) because he doesnt have a good aim and he knows he would have looting hit the Raddled house instead, which could cause a big problem. 4. Tactics cuts off Tate as he is speaking to Gem because he was about to distinguish something about Attics past that he does not want his kids to know. 5.Gem believes they shouldnt tell anyone at school about Attics shooting abilities but Scout thinks they should (she wants to brag about her father to everyone at school). I jeer with Gem because there was probably a reason Tactics didnt tell them about how well he whoremonger shoot and did not want it to be something public. Gem seems to respect and understand his dads point of view. Chapter 11 . Tactics tells Gem to hold your head high and be a gentleman when Mrs Dubos is taunting him about his father. He tells Gem to let anything she says or does to make him mad because shes old and sick.He says to Just be respectful towards her. 2. Mrs Dubos tells Gem and Scout that their mother was a lovely woman and there was no woman lovelier than her. She wished their father had remarried though when she said this, Gem was furious and it made him mad. 3. Mrs Dubos asked Gem to take to her every afternoon after school and on Saturdays, for two hours, for a month as a penalty for his crime. It was a fair punishment but it wasnt fair that he had to do it for so long. 4. Tactics thinks insults like Niger lover dont mean anything to him.He Just thinks people happen to say them in their nonchalant language when the want to label someone. I do not agree with him because that are saying it on purpose and it is disrespectful and rude. 5. Tactics though Mrs Dubos was a great madam because she was full of courage and bravery. She was a morphine addict but decided to become clean before she died and she fulfilled this promise to herself. He said she died free. 6. When Tactics says Mrs Dubos is a model of real courage rather than a man with a gun in his hand, I think he is right. He means that it takes real courage to die sober.He explains to Gem and Scout that a man with a gun isnt real courage, its Just physical bravery. occurrenceual cou rage is doing whats right, no social function the circumstances, which is what Mrs Dubos did. 7. I think Harper Lee chooses to end the first severalise of the book after chapter eleven because it is a round point in Scouts childhood. Scout has left Boo Raddled behind, which was a major theme in part 1. Part 2 seems like it will start a new theme, or a new part in Scouts Essen, so it seems like he perfect way to end the first part. Chapter 12 1 . Scout and Gems visit to the First Purchase Church (Scaloppinis church) went well.They were welcomed by everybody except Lull, who is explained as a trouble maker. They both dont understand some of the things that this church does like not having a book of hymns to sing from, but all this later get explained to them from California. 2. Scout learns many new things about sable people that she was unaware of and these were quite surprising to her. She learned that blacks are as educated as they are. She learns this when she asks California why they dont have hymn books and California explains that it is because most of the black people dont know how to read. 3.Gazebo is Scaloppinis eldest son and Scout learns that when Gazebo was younger, there wasnt a school for him to attend since he was black. Since there was no school for him, California taught him by making him read a page of the Bible everyday as well as reading the Blackstone Commentaries (a book gifted to her by Gem and Scouts grandfather). 4. California speaks differently at the Finch house compared to her friends at church because she says it is not right for a black woman o talk like a white person. She wants to be lady like and not show off to people because it aggravates them.Chapter 13 1 . Aunt Alexandra moves in with the Finch family for a composition because she thinks it is good for Scout to have a feminine influence and thinks she should be there for her as she will be interested in boys and clothes soon. 2. The first couple things Aunt Alexandra sa ys when she comes to the Finch household are typical of her Put my bag in the room California. Jean Louise, stop scratching your head. She is racist, bossy and strict about acting proper. It is evident she is racist because she remarks bout Tactics defending a black man, saying it will ruin the familys reputation.Moreover, Francis learned taunts like Niger lover from Aunt Alexandra. She is also bossy because she is always scolding Scout and telling her she must act more lady- like and demands that Tactics needs to stop letting the kids bar about. 3. Aunt Alexandra thinks Scout is dull because she does not share much with Aunt Alexandra as she does not feel they are close enough and they do not share the same ideas. 4. The people on Gem and Scouts street gave Aunt Alexandra a very warm welcome. She got along well with the neighbors. Miss Maude baked a Lane cake, Miss Stephanie came over, Miss Rachel invited her for coffee and even MrNathan Raddled came to greet her Aunt Alexandra became secretary of the Macomb Amanuensis Club. She also had the Macomb ladies over for tea. 5. Aunt Alexandra thinks the Finches are made of many generations of gentle breeding (said by Tactics) they are an old family of originals of Macomb. Aunt Alexandra thinks the kids need to act more like ladies and gentlemen to show how worthy one of Macombs oldest families are and to carry the honor of being a Finch. This shows that Aunt Alexandra thinks of the Finches are better than most families in Macomb.Tactics however told the kids not to worry about this and he does not want them to think about how they are supposed to act (they are Just children). I agree with Tactics because it should not be necessary to act or live a certain way Just based on which family you come from. Chapter 14 1 . Attics explanation of rape was very inappropriate for Scout because it was beyond her understanding. He said the rape was carnal knowledge of a female by force and up when I asked her what it was? T his shows that Scout does not understand what her father is saying. 2.Aunt Alexandra wants to dismiss California because she thinks that she can replace California now that she has moved in with them. She thinks California hasnt make Scout into a lady and that now she can take upon the motherly role in the house as well as take upon the Job of cooking for the family. Tactics does not agree with anything she says. He says l dont think the children have suffered one bit from her having brought them up. He says that without California, they wouldnt be able to get through many situations, as she is part of the family. Moreover, he does not wasnt Alexandra working hard (cooking). Scout doesnt like that Gem has been acting more mature lately and involving himself in adult situations. Him fighting her back showed that he is still childish, which cheers Scout up a bit. When he tells Tactics about Dill however, she is very disappointed. She feels as if he had broken their childhood mandate . Also, she thinks that Tactics may get mad at Dill and make him go back home. 4. From Dills account of his running away, we learn that he prefers to run off to Macomb where he doesnt have anyone except Gem and Scout, rather than being with parents that dont pay attention to him.We also learn that he lies about most of the things that he says. This may be because it makes him feel special to get that attention. Chapter 15 1 . The nightmare that descends upon the children is the intense racism that threatens to harm not only their father, but even them the cosmos of what their fathers involved in is now apparent. 2. The UK Klux Klan was an organization of men developed on promoting and enforcing racist and intolerant ideals. Although the group has evolved over time, they are most notably set by the wearing of sheets and robes to hide their identities (gangsters).I feel Attics description of the ASK really downplays the dangerous nature of the ASK, which he probably deliberately do es so as not to alarm Gem. 3. Gem refuses to go home when Tactics tells him to because he realizes that his father is outnumbered and facing physical harm. This reinforces the courage of Gem. 4. Scouts innocent attempt at striking up polite conversation with Walter Cunningham father seems to remind the men of who they are individually, and not as a mob and perhaps makes them ashamed of what theyre doing to Tactics and his children.This persuades the lynching companionship to give up their attempt on Toms life. . This chapter really highlights how the innocence of youth is able to affect this corrupt gang it reminds us that this is a story about a youngster whose innocence will be challenged with growing up. Scout is learning what we all learn people arent always as they seem, bad things can happen in good slender towns and people dont always share the same beliefs, nor are they tolerant of others beliefs. Chapter 16 1 . Scout notices that Tactics is starting to become annoyed and impatient with Aunt Alexandra. L was beginning to notice a subtle change in my father these days, which came out when he talked with Aunt Alexandra. It was a quiet digging in, never outright irritation. 2. Mr Dollops Raymond is a wealthy white man who lives with his black wife and they have mulatto kids. He also sits with and enjoys being around blacks instead of whites. He isnt racist and doesnt think of the blacks as lower class people. He is also a drunkard. 3. Reverend Sykes takes the children to the balcony a kind move of the reverend because he doesnt know the kids were instructed not to come.If he knew they shouldnt have been there, then he should not have helped them to get in the courthouse and watch the tally. 4. Judge Taylor is and intimate edge and often puts his feet up and naps during trials. He likes to clean his fingernails with a pocketknife. He is intelligent and knows a lot about the law even though it seems like he takes his Job casually. He keeps a firm gra sp that comes before him. He also has an interesting habit of permitting smoking in his courtroom. The trial hasnt officially started but I think he will take this trial seriously. Chapter 17 1 .Heck Tastes evidence Heck informs everyone that no one had called for a get, loading dock Lowell was the one who called him and he say Amylases wounds (around her neck, on her arms and her right eye is black). With Hacks statements, Tactics shows that there was no physical evidence of a rape since a doctor was not called. 2. In this chapter, we learn a lot about the Lowell family and their home life. They are on welfare, there are a lot of kids but no longer have a mother and they live in extreme poverty behind the dump and close to the blacks. Also there is someone position flowers there (we can infer it is male person). . From bobtail Elses evidence, we learn that he heard his daughter screaming and saw Tom inside the house from the window. wharf said Tom was gone by the time he go t on and then he hurried to go get Heck Tate. 4. Tactics wants Bob to write out his name to see if he is left handed or not. Since Male has a black eye on the right eye, it is most likely the person who hurt her was left handed and the Jury saw that Bob was left handed. This portrays Bob as the villain and we can infer that it might have been Bob that hurt Male. Chapter 18 1 . Male is different from her father.She cares more about her appearance as she tries to stay clean, as opposed to her father who looked like he bathed yearly. Also, she is more sensitive (she cries in the courtroom), whereas Bob Lowell seems to take everything as a Joke. . Male may have been crying in the courtroom to make people feel sorry for her when she was reminiscing about what happened to her. It added a dramatic effect to her story and made the Jury feel sorry for her. She played the role of poor little white girl. 3. Male does not react well to Attics attempts at being polite.She thinks that Tactics is mocking her when he calls her Maam and Miss Male. This shows that she is not employ to people treating her kindly or being polite towards her as she thinks it is a Joke when someone does. This could show that her home life isnt that great. 4. Mr Gilder does not prove Toms guilt that well. He Just asks Male her side of the story and thats it. In the eyes of the Jury however, he may be more convincing. This is because the whole town is racist and prejudice against Tom already. Therefore they would be more likely to support Male (innocent little white girl) opposed to a black man.Chapter 19 1 . Tom visited the Lowell house because Male wanted Tom to bust up a chiffonier for her. 2. Scout thinks that Male is the loneliest person in the world because in the trial it is revealed to us that Male does not have any friends. 3. Male does not have a very good relationship with her father. At the trial we find out that he is a drunkard and we can infer he may even be abusive. 4. Dill started c rying during this part of the trial because he knew that Tom wasnt being treated fairly and that Mr Not mature enough to understand the meaning of things such as racism.Chapter 20 1. Mr Dollops Raymond is not an sinfulness man. He acts like he is always drunk to protect himself from people knowing that he likes black people. He understands how they feel when being discriminated and believes that they are the exact same as everyone else. . Mr Raymond hides Coca-Cola in a paper bag so people think that it is alcohol. He wants an excuse for acting the way he does and for longing black people. Mr Raymond wants people to Judge his actions (which he believes are right) not by his personality, but to blame it on his drinking problem. . Tactics thinks Male is in the wrong because she tried to cheat a black man and make up a story to get him punished (even though this is common). Tactics says that Male knew she lied and put evidence of her offense away from her. She knew full well the en ormity of her offense. (pig. 272) 4. Tactics feels that all people should be treated equally, no matter their age, race or gender. In the trial, he is trying to express this by telling the Jury that what Male did was wrong because she was trying to get a black man in trouble.He says muff should have never come to the trial. This case is as simple as black and white. Mr Raymond also talks about Tactics as being a good person and sharing the same views as him. Chapter 21 1 . Gem expects the verdict to be Tom Robinson state innocent. Tactics does not share Gems confidence because he realizes how difficult it can be to change mesons mind when they have their mind set on something and grudging to change their view, especially when a black man is involved. 2. One would expect the jury to be fairly quick to reach a verdict about this case.Most would believe any trial involving a black man would be over quickly, since they believe that the black person will always be guilty. The fact th at it took the Jury so long to make a decision indicated that at least a few of them believed that Tom Robinson was innocent. I believe the verdict wasnt predictable. Although biography indicates that Tom Robinson will be found guilty, you still want to believe otherwise. . While waiting to hear the verdict, Scout think back to the incident regarding the mad dog, which reminds us of one of the novels central themes, which is courage.She remembers this event because in both that incident, as well as the trial, she witnessed true acts of courage, both performed by her father. Tactics had the courage to do what was right and put down Tim Johnson for the best of the people of Macomb. Then, during the trial, Tactics did everything within his power to defend a black person, even though it put almost every person in Macomb against him, it was the right thing to do. Chapter 22 1 Aunt Alexandra thinks the children shouldnt have been allowed to go to the trial, but Tactics Justifies them by saying, This is their home, sister Hey might as well learn to cope with it. (pig. 285) Although Tactics did not want the kids in court, he believes that the children must be exposed to the harsh realities of Macomb and they have to learn to cope with this. 2 Miss Maude tells Gem that things are never as bad as they seem because it is important to look beyond all of the bad results and see the good side of people and situations. She tells him that good people helped in his trial Tactics, Judge Taylor and Macombs black community all stood behind Tom, supporting him through everything.See the glass half full. 3 Dill says that he wants to be a clown when he grows up because he wants to laugh at people all the them. However, Dill replies saying, Well Im goanna be a new kind of clown. Im goanna stand in the middle of the ring and laugh at the folks. (pig. 290) I dont think Dill will keep this ambition for long because he seems to change his mind a lot and tell stories all the time. 4 A ttitudes towards racism have changed for the better since the asss and asss. Although, racism is still an issue in some modern societies, the severity is much less. Bob Lowell is angry with Tactics because he made him look bad in front of the entire town, ruining his reputation. I think this threat might be a real one but I dont think he will kill Tactics, instead get him back in another way. Chapter 23 1 . When Tactics paid no heed to Bob Elses threat, it was the right reaction. Bob was just trying to aggravate Tactics and get under his skin but instead Tactics reacted the opposite of what Bob wanted, staying calm. 2. comminuted evidence is evidence hat is based only if another circumstance is correct. This usually isnt enough or valid proof.This has to do with Toms conviction because it was based on Heck Tastes circumstantial proof (which was only based on Male and Bobs word). 3. Tactics tells Scout it took the Jury so long to convict Tom because not everyone in the Jury was agai nst Tom and people were really starting to think for themselves, looking at the facts, rather than Just the color of his skin. 4. Social classes are not good for society as they create discrimination. Everyone should be treated equally and it is not air to say one family is better than another. You should not Just mix with the people in the same class as you, but instead treat everyone equally. . Gem thinks the reason Boo Raddled hasnt left his house in so long is because he does not want to. He does not want to be a part of a society that is prejudice and Judgmental. I agree with Gem because Boo comes out when he wants to (ex. Putting the blanket on Scout during the fire) however, he Just wants to do nice things for people, no matter who they are and that is why he expects others to be the same and treat everyone fairly and equally. Chapter 24 1 . I dont think that the missionary ladies were sincere when talking about the Mourns because they Just needed something to talk about that was related to religion. . When Scout said that her britches were under her dress, the other ladies all laughed at Scout but Miss Muddies reaction was very serious and she did not laugh. Scout said it was because Miss Maude never laughed at her unless she meant to be funny. 3. The Macomb ladies as depicted in this chapter are very devoted to God, however the majority of them are very prejudice and discriminatory. They have tropically female roles (wearing dresses and gossiping) and are Just like most of the other people in Macomb (hating blacks and going to church. 4. Tom was killed while he was trying to escape from the prison.He charged at the fence and tried to climb it during their exercise period. He was shot 17 times Attics explanation is that Tom was probably tired of white men taking chances for him, so he decided to take one of his own. I agree with Tactics because during this whole trial, Toms life was in the hands of white men and he saw an opportunity to finally take it into his own hands and so he took the chance. . In this chapter, we see Aunt Alexandra in a new light because we see her more sensitive side by showing that she only wants brother, and I Just want to know when this will ever end. (pig. 236).Miss Maude supports Alexandra when the missionary circle is insulting Tactics and she sticks up for him by reminding the women that they are in Attics house eating his food so they need to be respectful. Chapter 25 1 . When Macomb hears about toms death, Macomb gossips for about two days and they act as if Justice has been served. This shows how willing Macomb is to exclusively excuse the death of a black man. 2. Toms death was considered typical because he ran away and was shot. The death of black people in that time period happened regularly. good deal responded with Niger always comes out in me. 3. Scout sees that the court Our) in Macomb was giving in Just because of the fact that Tom was black. They said he we guilty despite all the evid ence that proved otherwise. The town was not ready to change their view on black people, but in their hearts, they knew the truth. 4. Gem wanted to protect his family and he was doing what Tactics would have done in the situation acting like Bobs comment had never been made in the first place. I think this was a very wise thing to do because Tactics really didnt need to know Bob Elses comment (he was trying to provoke them). Chapter 26 1 .When Miss Gates says American people dont believe in persecuting anyone, it seems off because it is not true. People are persecuted in America based on prejudice verdicts in this book as well as persecuted in general in the States. This statement is off because she is lying by saying that there is no persecution. 2. Scout is puzzled by Miss Gates disapproval of Hitler because she doesnt understand why Miss Gates shuns him and why she is talking about all these awful things he did. She is also confused because she doesnt know why everyone seems to hate Hitler and she is upset that Miss Gates is talking badly about him and his past doings.Tactics taught them that it is not right to hate anybody. 3. Scouts question How can you hate Hitler an then turn around and be ugly to folks right at home? upsets Gem because when she asks him this, it may have reminded him of how Tom Robinson was treated due to his race. People did not believe his story and therefore he was found guilty in court, persecuting him because of his race. There isnt really an answer to this question because it is all based on the type of person you are as well as your beliefs. Chapter 27 1 .Aunt Alexandra is alarmed by Bobs behavior after the trial. Firstly, he exist Helen Robinson (Toms wife) by following her, throwing things at her and calling her names. He also tried to break into Judge Tailors house and lastly, he threatened Tactics that he would get even with him. 2. Tactics thinks Bob is holding a grudge against people who were involved in the trial and sees them as his enemies. This is because Bob felt as if though these people ruined his reputation and made him look ad in front of most of Macomb. . The Halloween pageant took place in an attempt to keep the children off the street on Halloween night. Chapter 28 1. This chapter reminds me of earlier events in the novel like when Bob Lowell threatened Tactics after the trial. We know Bob isnt a good man because of what his daughter reveals during the trial (a drunk, abusive, etc. ). This chapter begins with descriptions of the Raddled house, which reminds us of the Boo Raddled game and the events involving Boo, to bring back our feelings about him before other events occur.