Chapter 17

In Chapter 17 Jem, Dill, and Scout attended a trial in which Atticus was a lawyer. Tom Robinson, a black man was convicted of sexualy asulting/abusing Mayella Ewell. In this chapter Mr. Ewell, Mayella's father was on the witness atan. He stated that while he was in the woods he heard his daughter scram, he ran into the house. He stated" '-I seen that black "n-" yonder ruttin' on my Mayella (p. 175)!' "He asked her who had done this to her and she replied Tom Robinson. I have the feeling that Mayella is not telling the whole truth or the truth at all. Knowing for a fact that her father is a drinker, I suspect that he harmed his daughter, but how he harmed her is uncertain.To learn how a sex offender is defined legally click here.

Chapter 11

In chapter eleven, Mrs. Dubose fell ill from addiction to morphine. Every day Jem would go to her house and read to her. Previously Mrs. Dubose had continuously been disrespectful to Jem and his family, as a result Jem cut down her bushes."He did not begin to calm down until he had cut the tops off every camellia bush Mrs. Dubose owned...(p. 107)." I feel that even though Jem didn't want to read to her, he knew it was the right thing to do and deep down gave him a sense of pride. To learn more about morphine click this

Chapters 10

In chapter ten, Scout was starting to notice the signs of her father ageing. "Atticus was feeble; he was nearly fifty (p. 93)."She was frustrated that her father didn't have a special talent or a "cool" job. However when a rabid dog approached the neighborhood Atticus shot him in one shot. From then on Scout was proud of her father, although he did have the same sense of pride. The book does not explain Atticus's past, but in my oppinion he has not had the best expirience with guns and or death. To learn more about rabies click this.

Chapter 8

In Chapter 8, Miss Maudie's house burned down. This tretury affected the entire town however Miss Maudie seemed to have a fairly positive oppinion about it. For some time Miss Maudie had wanted a new house along with a new garden, and viewed the incodent as a gift or a reason for a new house.

Chapter 7 TKM

In chapter 7 Jem and Scout return to school. On their way home from school they found gifts in a hole of a tree. Every day there was a new gift. They were qurious about who was leaving the gifts, so they wrote a letter to put in the whole. However when they reached the tree the hole was filled with cement.

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