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.