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To Kill A Mockingbird Chapter 15-15

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Chapter 15, pp 199-206: After Dill is permitted to stay the summer with the Finches, all the kids venture out, and follow Atticus to the Maycomb jail. They see a group of men talking to Atticus and wanting to get by him to get to Tom Robinson. Scout could not watch anymore, ran out to Atticus and may have saved him from potential harm from the group of men. The kids later found out that Atticus was protected from all corners. 12. Chapter 17, pp 231-238: With the first day of the trial starting, Mr. Bob Ewell is called to the stand to the stand to be questioned. Atticus targets the matter of Mayella Ewell's bruises which were all on her right eye. Mr. Ewell claims he caught Tom Robinson in the act of the crime but Atticus questions him about the bruises on her face, and then makes Mr. Ewell sign an envelope. This made the courtroom notice that he was left handed which revealed that he had probably …show more content…

The next day Atticus finds a load of gifts in his kitchen that had been sent by the black in appreciation of Atticus helping Tom Robinson but Atticus also gets torment from the matter by Bob Ewell. 17. Chapter, 24 pp 314-316: Atticus informs Calpurnia that Tom Robinson was shot and killed when he was trying to escape from jail. He needs Calpurnia to break the news to Toms’ wife and kids and help them anyway they need. 18. Chapter,28 pp 342-357: Scout and Jem are walking home from a Halloween pageant when suddenly they get attacked by a man. They get away and run home as fast as they could. Jem is hurt but they find out that the man who attacked him was Bob Ewell and was found dead with a knife in him. 19. Chapter, 29 pp 358-362 Atticus is upset about what happened and seems that what Bob warned was true. Scout says there was one more person at the scene of the incident and they were in the room right now, she realized it was none other than Boo Radley. 20. Chapter, pp

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