TKAM Chapters 22-25

There was a huge variety of things that could be written about these chapters, and many things did happen. When Atticus was spat on by Mr. Ewell and threatened I feel like that's going to be brought up later on in the book. Something that struck me in the book was when Jem says that maybe because of the different types of people that's what Boo Radley wants to say inside. I took that and thought and thought that to a child Boo is seen as a monster of a legend, but to adults he is seen as a normal man. But when you finally start growing up you still see the good an the bad in the world and that's how Jem sees it. She basically says if everything I see is like this then I wouldn't want to be in a world like this. I love not only how this book is taken in so many perspectives but how these perspectives can make you see things in a completely different light. And when Atticus said " if the jury was a bunch of boys like you Tom Robinson would be a free man." Taking a perspective of a fresh mind in a brutal word could bring out truth and justice when needed. Now one of the biggest climaxes in this book happened in these chapters. Tom Robinson's death , now it can be depicted in many ways. From the barbaric way he was shot 17 times to Miss Stephanie Crawford's gossip. But I thought Mr. Underwood's article said it all "he linked Toms death to the senseless slaughter of songbirds by hunters and children..." And it was the most accurate, simplistic and honest truth of his death. So sad, so harsh but so uncared for and unseen by everyone else. It was played out as a every day ordeal in a town like Maycomb County. But so crewel to see happen.   

TKAM Chapters 21-22

In these chapters we meet Dolphus Raymond. I particularly love his character because of fm what he stood from in this time period, and how he shares his secrets. He's the town "drunk" basically but admitted to Dill and Scout that he only fakes it so people think that his having mixed racial children is because of his drinking problem not his own doing. When scout asked him why he told them about his secret and he said because they were children and really didn't understand why he wasn't bing truthful. It really shows how the views and opinions of the children can be viewed not only by the reader but by others around. In the court room when scout got that feeling the foreshadowing of Toms guilty verdict her child like senses showed that these feeling the things that only a child could see the beauty and hatefulness of the world brought her into perspective almost making her mature in a way and Over all showing that this case was nothing but prejudices getting in the way. The thing is if it was children on that jury Tom would be free and the verdict would be a lot more truthful  

TKAM Chapters 17-19

From everything that happened in these chapters I am going to try and rack my brain around everything that happened. First off I want to just say not only is Atticus a sly genius, but a incredible defense attorney. When prosecuting Mr. Edwell and he's daughter Mayella his certainty and keen senses made for an outstanding job on his behalf for getting the truth out. Not only was the evidence of Mr. Edwell beating his daughter so visible but when Tom Robinson clearly stated that Mayella informed him that she had been raped and beaten by her father. It's plain as day that the whole unjust treatment of racial prejudice and want for power is so brought up in these chapters. When Scout was talking about the Edwells cast in the town and how Mayella was not fit for a black or white person I thought of this quote.  "she said he took advantage of her, but when she stood up she looked at him as if he were the dirt beneath her feet." The want for power an the struggles that people go though, and make others go through is disgusting. The way people were brought  to there unjust justice is downright repulsive and just like Dill said "I don't care one speck. It ain't right, somehow it ain't right to do 'em that way." I feel completely the same. So I hope that deep down even if I know that it could possibly never happen. I hope that Tom Robinson gets what he deserves freedom. Mayella gets a friend and isn't as lonely as Boo, and Mr. Edwell gets brought to justice because mockingbirds like Tom, Mayella and Boo really need the freedom they deserve.