To Kill A Mockingbird

In these chapters, a lot happens! In good ways and in bad ways. Okay so Scout and Jem go back to school and Scout begins the third grade. Scout's teacher Miss Gates talks about Germany and Adolf Hitler. Scout says a very important quote to Jem. She says, "Jem, how can [someone] hate Hitler so bad an' then turn around and be ugly about folks right at home." Scout knows a lot for a child in the third grade. She is starting to view how hypocritical people are. She doesn't see that someone can hate somebody who live so far away and still be rude to the Negroes of Maycomb County. Scout is saying a lot here and I believe it is an important aspect of the novel. Another important situation is when Scout and Jem are walking back home from the high school after Scout finishes the play she is in for Halloween. They are scared by Bob Ewell and he attacks them. Scout loses Jem and she sees Boo Radley bringing him into their house. When Scout sees Aunt Alexandra and Scout's dress ripped dress Aunt Alexandra hands Scout overalls. This says a lot in the novel. It shows that Scout is growing up where she is acting like a lady and deserving the overalls. It also shows that Aunt Alexandra is more sympathetic and kind to Scout now that she is growing up. Scout argues less with Aunt Alexandra which is shown in chapter 24 when she asks Aunt Alexandra's mission group if they would like any refreshments. Lastly i love this novel because Boo Radley is indeed real. Boo Radley comes and saves the day for the Finch children. He helps Jem after Bob Ewell hurt him very bad. This was a great way to end the book. Overall, I really enjoyed the book, I thought it was written very clever and it such and interesting plot line. I love how the children narrate the book, it makes it a lot more interesting and enjoyable than previous books I have read.

To Kill A Mockingbird: the ending

Some parts I found interesting was when Jem yelled at Scout for talking about the court. Why was he so worked up about that? And also when Jem and Scout were attacked by Bob Ewell. I find the fact interesting that Atticus told nobody to be worried about Bob Ewell, because in fact, Atticus probably thought when Bob threatened him that Bob would go after him, himself and not his children. It must of been a very frightening experience for him at the time. I really liked how everything tied together basically. Like at first, for the court scene, I was confused. What was the point in adding the court scene? I thought the story was about Boo Radley.. not this.. but it makes sense. Boo would of never came out of his house if it wasn't for Bob Ewell trying to attack Jem and Scout. Bob Ewell would of never attacked Jem and Scout if it wasn't for the trail. I also really really enjoyed how it talked about in the ending like, the part where it was like talking about all the different seasons and what happened during each one like a flashback.. um.. I'm not sure I liked the way it ended.. I mean, it wasn't bad.. but the way it ended, it made me feel like there should be more than that. It didn't really feel like the ending of the book but maybe the author meant it to be that way? I don't know. But one thing they never really specified in the book was, what happened to Dill? Do they ever see him again? It kind of frustrates me that it wasn't specified, but all in all it was a very good book and I was glad that I read it!

Final chapters

The book did not end as well as I thought I would. I was expecting this huge twist ending although I received exactly what I thought was going to happen as the story was told. It was clear boo Radley killed mr ewell without having it spelled out. Although it really came together at the end, and what we were all thinking would happen, in a way did happen. Maybe this was just because all the ideas were handed too us by our classmates so we were all on the same page and this page could have been the one that left us off on the right foot. I am pleased with the ending although I was expecting more of a twist. The one thing I really loved was the reading Atticus was saying to Jem, which to me brought the whole book into one and gave it a reason

To Kill a Mockingbird 26-END

Bob Ewell finally got his revenge. He went after Judge Taylor, Tom Robinson's wife, and now he attacked Atticus. Attacking Scout and Jem with a knife to get at Atticus was a very serious thing to do and it reveals how angry Bob was at Atticus for revealing his secret. Also Boo Radley is shown back into the story. You see that he is a real person, who cares and has feelings of compassion and love, not just some crazy man down the street. Also I found it funny that Atticus persisted that Jem killed Bob and not that he tripped and killed himself on accident. I don't know what to believe but I think just because there was a man passed out on the ground and that it was by a tree with roots that Bob Ewell truly did kill himself on accident which is a bit humorous.

TKAM 26-End

In Chapters 29-30 when Boo Radely finally shows, his face, I thought that the author would give Boo a bigger part in the story than he had. All he did throughout the last two chapters was drag the children to the porch of the house after Mr. Ewell fell on his knife, then he asked Scout to hold his hand to walk him home. I thought that when we finally met Boo, he would have a big speaking part and he would have some huge story. It was kind of a disappointment to me.

To Kill A Mockingbird: 26-END

PAGE 276, ENOUGH SAID :) 

Chapter 26-----> End

UJem made the football team in school. He learned about hitler in school and talked to his dad why don't didn't just persecute him like he was doing to the Jews. So that is somehow that he doesn't understand. Jem asks if hitler was a bad person and Atticus says no. I don't even know hat to say to that. But maybe Atticus thinks that hitler thought what he was doing was right. But it wasn't so I don't know why Atticus said no. Mr Ewell gets an easy job and still he gets fired and is back on welfare checks. Last Halloween the kids pulled a prank on 2 deaf old ladies and moved all of their furniture to the attic/ cellar. So to make sure that there is no trouble this Halloween they  are having a party at there school. Also for a play or something like a play scout is a ham. Cool. They go to the high school and do the play thing. While going home in he middle of the night scout realized that she forgot her shoes. Jem said that he heard something and that they should be careful. Out if no where there is a fight where no one can see anything and Jem ends up with a broken arm and concussion and scout just banged up. I knew right when they were attacked mr. Ewell was part of it because of the threats that he had been making to their family. Mr Ewell was stabbed to death. It's about time. The police are questioning the finches to see who should be held responsible. They clear up that mr Ewell tried to stab her from the ham costume. And then boo Radly was the one that stabbed mr Ewell!  Booooooooooo Radly to the rescue. He stabbed mr Ewell to save scout and Jem, and he's the one that carried Jem Home. How nice of him u really didn't expect that coming, I should of but didn't. Atticus thinks that maybe Jem killed bob and talks about going to his court case. Scout takes boo to jems room until he wants to leave. Scout takes him home and then sees the view from his house and how boo can see everything. Then Atticus reads a scary book to scout and then another boo Radly connection is made. Scout falls asleep and Atticus moves to jems room to be there when he wakes up. Aww. All of there trouble is over and now they can start being a normal family where Atticus has more time to spend with them. 

TKAM 21-25

Bob Ewell feels like his dignity has been wrongly stripped from him b Atticus and others. He threatens Atticus and everyone who he feels wronged him. I think that Bob feels emasculated in the sense that Atticus tore his already horrible image and social sanding down to unbearable levels b basically revealing to the town that he has been in an incestuous relationship with his eldest daughter. Bob is very unstable and will probably go after Atticus through his children because he believes Atticus is the one that caused his sorrows. Why does Atticus just take Bobs threats? Especially against his kids. I think Bob will get justice served t him eventually, even if its unconventional .

TKAM 18-20

Mayella Ewell testifies under oath that Tom Robinson savagely attacked her- she even bursts into theatrical sobs. Mayella though Nader oath and sworn to tell the truth is obviously lying to cover up a more heinous crime-incest. Atticus tries to bait her into telling the truth but Mayella stoutly refuses to give in. In the end, despite circumstantial evidence at best Tom is found guilty of a crime he wasn't guilty of, in fact one could say his crime was feeling sorry for a white woman. It makes you really take a step back and rethink being nice to some one or helping people without personal gain. I found it interesting that the whole town was willing to ignore what Bob Ewell was obviously doing to his daughter in favor of delivering some "good 'ol southern justice" to a negro. Through the trial Scout, Jem, and Dill are in the colored section watching the proceedings-Dill becomes upset that the prosecutor was being so mean. When he children head outside so that Dill can calm down they meet Dolphus Raymond who Scout refers to as an evil man because she learns from around town that he is married to a black woman and has mixed children...she learns that Raymond is just pretending to be a drunk so that he won't have to explain to people about his life choices. He tells the kids this because they are the only ones who can truly understand and have an unbiased opinion because kids have a rose tinted view of the world.

Ch 23-25

Tom Robinson was murdered due to racial differences in the town. He was charged of raping a white woman and I believe due to this a guard shot and killed him. I do not think yin Robinson was trying to escape I believe a gaurs got carried away outbid hatred twards Tom. Sadly enough there is not enough evidence to convict the hard of murder. 

Ch 18-20

In these chapters I think that Atticus does a good job defending tom and even though Atticus had perfectly good evidence that Tom was inocent I feal that the jourie will still find him guilty due to racism in the town. I think that Mayella gets beaten by her father and the only reason she didn't expose him to the court is because even though she probably hates him, bob is her dad and she feals morally wrong if she turns him in. 

Ch 15-17

I think that it was funny how scout and Jem where able to save Atticus. I think they where able to do this because they showed everyone the good and blinded them from the bad. I also think this is why the story was told to us the reader by a little kid. Little kids have no biased on life leaving the reader to make use their own judgement about what's wrong and write.

TKAMB chapt 18-20

In these chapters the trial is still going on and Mayella is next to speak. Mayella testifies that Tom Robinson rapes her and takes advantage of her. Atticus then asked her questions about her testimony and asks why she didn’t put up a better fight, why her screams didn’t bring the other children running, and, most important, how Tom Robinson managed the crime: how he bruised the right side of her face with his useless left hand, which was torn apart by a cotton gin when he was a boy. After questions Meyella burst into tears saying that she will not answer any more questions.
After Mayella, Atticus calls to the stage Tom Robinson. Tom is questioned and says that he did not hurt or rape Mayella. The most shocking part of Tom Robinson testimony was when he said that  he felt sorry for Maylla because she was always by here self and didnt have nobody.
threw the Trial jem,scout,and dill meet a man named Mr. Dolphus Raymond, a man people think who is drunk all the time but in reality he is not he just pretends to be drunk because he has a wife who is black and people believe that his actions are because he is drunk but truthfully he just likes blacks better than whites. Mr.Dolphus Raymond is a really great guy.
  

TKAMK chpt 15-17

In chpt 15-17 i was very exciting in the part when Atticus goes to Maycomb jail, in  concerns about the possibility of a lynch mob against Tom Robinson because he was moved. Atticus leaves the house and Jem,Scout, and Dill follow him. Atticus gets there and sits down and reads his newspaper. After a while , four cars drive into Maycomb and park near the jail. A group of men gets out, and one demands that Atticus move away from the jailhouse door. Atticus refuses, scout then appears to help her father and the men who were there was Mr. Cunningham. scout sees him and then says hi. Mr.Cunningham feels bad that she is there and then leaves with the group of men.
The next the the trial begins everybody goes to the courthouse ready to what is going to happen to Tom Robinson. Jem, Scout, and Dill sneak in to see what is happening because they are very curious to see whats going to happen. Threw out these chpts it was very exiting because as a reader i didn't know what was going to happen next.  

TKAM 26 - End

In chapter 27, on page 249 when Mr. Ewell was causing problems with his neighbors, even threatening to make a law against them. Also at the end of the chapter when their aunt was upset because someone had walked on her grave i was kind of confused on why she had one.
In chapter 28, when Jem and Scout were going to disturb Boo Radley once again even though everything they have gone through, i was surprised. At the end of chapter 28 i was literally in shock. I was like what Bob is dead?!?!? And they just left the chapter there.
In chapter 29 and 30, i was still very shocked that Mr. Ewell was dead, and Jem was very injured. And then when Boo randomly appeared anf stared talking to Atticus it made things even more wierd.
In chapter 31, even though it was short i was very happy with how the book ended. With the quote,"He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning" really summed up the book, knowing that life for them has changed positively, and would keep becoming a stronger family.

TKAM chapter 22-25

These chapters were very suspenseful because of Bob ewells threats and tom robinsons death. When bob ewell says that there is "one down and about two more to go" I don't know who he is talking about.  I think Atticus is next on bob ewells list.  Maybe he is going to go for Jem and scout.  Tom Robinson trying to escape was not smart of him to do bu then again he was most likely going to the chair so his death was inevitable.  I like the connection between the roly poly and how it symbolizes tom Robinson and boo Radley.  This is happened before with the mockingbird but now Jem is saying it which shows his maturity.  I hope someone stops Bob Ewell and he doesn't go through with his plans

To Kill a Mockingbird: Chapters 22-25 dD

We begin with Atticus receiving food from supporters, causing him to tear up. Either because he received food from the families even though he lost the trial, or because people don't give him nice gestures like that, he appreciated it.

Atticus gets threatened by Mr. Ewell! Despite mister angry eyes yelling at Atticus and spitting on him, Atticus slips in some dry humor, which is always a fun kind of humor. The angry shouting man Mr. Ewell was displeased at being exposed, causing him to attempt to do something about it by threatening Atticus. He didn't accomplish much in that regard.

Atticus talks about the jury, makes me think about how potentially biased juries can be, even today. That should probably be fixed if it hasn't already.

Goodie goodie gumdrops, I get to read about old ladies bickering and gossiping!

Uh oh, Tom Robinson's dead. For whatever reason, he tried to escape prison and was shot down while climbing a fence (or atleast that's what has been said).

I actually was looking forward to Atticus winning that appeal trial, but that ship has sailed it seems.
(the book is also running out of pages)

Scout shows lady-like manners at a critical time! Is she experiencing growth of some sort?

Overall, I liked these past few chapters despite reading them at 11 PM at night in a hurry to finish my homework. Gave me a few things to think about, as well...

...but I'd prefer to think about them in the morning.

Thanks,
~B.E.

dD datadyne

TKAM 22-25

In these chapters, racism, per usual, plays a huge role. After TR is convicted, Bob Ewell comes for Atticus, he swears and spits at him, and tells him he's coming for him. TR ends up getting shot. Bob says "one down two to go". I'm assuming one of those two is Atticus. This is frightening because it seems like Bob has completely lost it! Jem and scout have to deal with Alexandra being crazy as always, telling Toms wife that he's dead, and the fact someone is after their father. I'm predicting that Bob is going to try to do something but won't get away with it. Tom is already dead, hopefully no one else will die. These were extremely suspenseful chapters.

TKAM chapters.22-25

In chapter 22, i was very shocked when Atticus was confronted by Bob, because i for sure took.it as a.death threat. Why? He won the case, so i dont see a reason, unless he thinks there.is more.to the story than it seems.
In chapter 23, i was also surprised when Jem and Scout were asking to play with Walter Cunningham and Aunt Alexandra said "Because--he-is-trash". I think that it sent a wrong message to them. Also when Jem was talking about Boo Radley and said "Im beginning to underatand Boo Radley stayed shut up in the house all this time...its because he wants to stay inside" i completely agreed.
In chapter 24 and 25 I thought it was very funny when Ms. Stephanie was asking Scout what she wanted to be when she grew up...a lawyer, no she said."just a lady". Then, on page 235 when Atticus said that Tom had been shot my jaw dropped. Especially when Atticus later said "we had such a good chance"... Because they really did.

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.