Chapter 27

In chapter 27, Bob Ewell gets a job with the WPA. He ends up losing his job a few days later and blames Atticus for getting his job. Bob Ewell later on in the chapter starts to follow Helen Robinson, Tom's widow, to work every day. He starts calling her names and threating her. Judge Taylor notices what he is doing and threatens ob back. He said that if he doesnt stop following Helen then he wil have him arrested. Bob Ewell stops following her after he hears this. Aunt
Alexandra thinks that Bob Ewell has a grudge on whoever was connected to the case.

Chapter 24

In this chapter, Aunt Alexandra invites some of her friends to Scout and Jem's house for a tea party. Scout asks Calpurnia if she can help with anything and she told her to stay in the corner. When Scout walked in, Aunt Alexandra invites her to stay with them. The ladies were talking about how all the black servants have been acting rude since Tom Robinson's sentencing. Then Atticus appears and tells Scout, Miss Maudie, Calpurnia and Aunt Alexandra that Tom Robinson has been shot dead in an attempt to escape from jail. Atticus took Calpurnia to tell Tom Robinson's widow, Helen, about the news. everyone at the party went on trying to act like nothing happened.

Chapter 18

In chapter 18, Mayella Ewell gives her witness testimony. Mr. Gilmer and Atticus are questioning her throughout the chapter. Mayella seems afraid of Atticus because she would always break down crying and would say to him "stop mocking me." Atticus asked Mayella what Tom Robinson did and how he did it. When Atticus asked about her father, Bob Ewell, he would sit up in his chair and stare her down. Atticus had raised another possibility that Bob Ewell had raped and took advantage of his daughter. Throughtout the testimony, Mayella was reluctant to answer questions about her dad and she couldn't remember what all the details about Tom Robinson. Atticus had noticed this pattern and thought that things were going his way, but he was wrong.

Chapter 14

In chapter 14, Dill runs away from his house in Meridian County in Mississippi to Scout's house in Maycomb. Dill ran away because his new father was neglectful to him. His father locked him in the basement and chained Dill to a wall. Dill was left in the basement to die without food or water. Dilll eventually pulled th echains off the wall and was off. Scout had thought she saw a snake under her bed and was scared. Jem came in and saw that it was Dill. Jem told Atticus that e was hear and Dill was frightened. Atticus had said that he would tell Aunt Rachel that he was hear and he could spend the night. So, Dill ended up staying with the Finch's which made him happy because he got to stay with Scout.

New Things Ch. 12-13

In chapters 12 and 13, Jem and Scout experience new things in their lives. In chapter 12, instead of going to their normal church they went to Calpurnia's church. Some members stared at them because they didn't want whites to be at their church. Jem and Scout noticed that the way they did things at Cal's church were different from their's.

In chapter 13, their Aunt Alexandra comes to live with Jem, Scout and Atticus. Atticus wanted her to come and stay so that someone else can loook over Jem and Scout. Aunt Alexandra said that she wanted to make Scout more feminine and act lady like. Scout didn't want to do that because she knows that Aunt Alexandra wouldn't let her play around in the summer. This will have more of an effect on Jem and Scout more than Calpurnia's church.

Ability Chapter 10

The main theme in chapter 10 was abilities. Scout didn't think that Aticus couldn't do anything because he was fifty years old. All the other dads could play football or do other cool things. Scout wishes that Atticus could do something she could brag about besides reading. One day there was a "mad" dog going down the street. Mr. Tate wanted Atticus took kill Tim Johnson, the dog, but Atticus didn't want to. But Mr. Tate forced him to and Atticus shot and killed Tim Johnson in one shot. Scout was amazed at that and found something to tell people about. Atticus told Jem and Scout that they shouldn't tell anyone. Scout didn't know why but she was happy that Atticus could do something.

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Chapter 7 & 8

In chapters 7 and 8, the main point was courage. Jem needed courage to tell Scout about the thingas he saw at the Radley house. Scout and Jem needed courage to write a letter to whoever was putting things in the tree hole.

Jem needed courage in chapter 8 to ask Miss Maudie for snow even though he was scared of her. Scout needed courage to obey Atticus and get out of bed even though she didn't know what was happening.