To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters 12-15

Letter from Dill and The Negro Community Chapter 12 Letter from Dill and The Negro Community

Letter from Dill Jem is growing up; According to Scout he is difficult to live with He is moody; He has developed a superiority complex Summer begins (third summer now) and Scout receives a letter from Dill stating he will be staying in Mississippi He has a new father June 1935 Dear Scout, You will never believe what happened! I have a new father now. I am not going to come to Maycomb this summer because are going to build a fishing boat. He is a lawyer like Atticus, but he is much younger than Atticus. We are going to have so much fun together. Just remember that I will love you forever and I plan to marry you when I get some money. Please write to me. Love, Dill

Church with Calpurnia Atticus, in addition to being a lawyer, is a state representative He is away for extended periods of time because the legislature is in session this summer Atticus does not return by Saturday evening Calpurnia decides to take the children with her to her church on Sunday This experience gives the children a new perspective on not only Calpurnia, but also the Negro community as a whole

A Woman in Two Worlds The people at Cal’s church are respectful to the children Scout notices that Cal speaks differently when she is around her own people than how she speaks at their house The church has no hymnal because most of the congregation cannot read

Helping One of Their Own They take up a collection for Tom Robinson’s family Reverend Sykes says it is not enough They lock the doors until they get the $10 the Reverend said was needed. This shows their generosity Scout has questions about Tom Robinson’s case Reverend Sykes tries to answer Scout’s questions

The Charge The charge against Tom is revealed He is accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman When Cal and the children arrive home, Aunt Alexandra is on the front porch She has come to Maycomb to help take care of Scout and Jem

Chapter 13 Aunt Alexandra

Aunt Alexandra We are given more insight into Aunt Alexandra’s personality She believes in the caste system and thinks she is part of the upper class She reveals more about the Finch family She is can be described as moralistic, prejudiced, a gossip, self- righteous

Chapter 14 Runaway

Power Struggle Aunt Alexandra and Calpurnia do not get along Aunt Alexandra is trying to usurp Calpurnia’s position and the way she runs the household Aunt Alexandra suggests that Atticus fire Calpurnia Atticus refuses Everyone bosses Scout She believes this to be unfair

Dill Runs Away Dill comes to Maycomb He hides under Scout’s bed He has run away from home because his parents ignore him He runs from a place where there is no love and acceptance to where he knows he will be loved and accepted (the Finches)

Dill Gets to Stay He is granted permission to stay with his aunt all summer Scout asks Dill why Boo Radley has never run away Dill is very intuitive in his reply: “maybe he doesn’t have anywhere to run off to”

Protecting Tom Robinson Chapter 15 Protecting Tom Robinson

Warnings Heck Tate comes to warn Atticus they’re moving Tom Robinson to the Maycomb jail He expects trouble from the farmers from Old Sarum Link Deas also warns Atticus Atticus leaves the house that evening He takes his car This is unusual because he seldom used his car in Maycomb The kids begin to worry when Atticus is not home by 10:00 that night

The Gang from Old Sarum They decide to go down to the jail to see what is going on The men from Old Sarum show up They are a lynch mob Atticus refuses to budge or release Tom to them

The Lynch Mob Scout gets scared and runs to Atticus to see if he is okay Atticus tells Jem to take the kids home Jem refuses A man from the mob grabs Jem Scout kicks him in the groin

Protecting Tom Scout recognizes Mr. Cunningham (Walter’s dad) She talks to him about his entailment This embarrasses him into realizing that he was given fair treatment under the law The mob needs to do the same for Tom Scout does not realize what she has done She has averted a crisis situation

Tom is Safe Atticus and the kids go home after the mob leaves Tom was also being protected by Mr. Underwood, the owner of the newspaper, who was on the second floor of his building with a gun