Ch. 15

• Dill stayed @ their house

• They had a treehouse (overgrown)

  • Dill wanted to put lemon drops leading from Boos's house to the tree house to help him escape

• Mr. Heck Tate knocked on the door

  • men were standing outside of their door

  • 2 reasons they prob wanted to talk were death or politics

  • they wanted to know if the trial can be held in another town

  • they’re confused as to why Atticus took this case

    • states he’d lose everything

  • Jem shouts that the telephone is ringing wasn’t actually

• Alexandria almost called Atticus a disgrace to the family due to defending a black man

• Atticus came back in, took a paper, and read

• Jem predicts someone might hurt Atticus all due to defending a black man

• Tom Robinson moved to Maycomb Jail (Sunday)

• Dill and Scout went out and played the football

• Atticus carried a long extension cord, there was a light bulb at the end

• Jem Scout and Dill go out at 10 pm

  • went to check the atticus office

    • dark

  • went up the street to Mr. Underwood

    • he is the writer of the Maycomb Tribune

  • had to go past the jail in order to go to Mr. UNderwood

  • Sitting in front of the jail was Atticus

    • car moved slowly towards him

    • atticus had the cord with him

  • the 2 men say that they called Tate Heck off to a Snipe hunt

    • Scout ran to her dad, pushing away everyone

  • Jem kept shaking his head when Atticus told them to go home

    • Scout kicked their um… crouch

      • due to them grabbing Jem by the collar

  • Scout noticed Cunningham, decided to talk with him

  • Cunningham kneeled down and said that he’ll say hey for her to his son, and then told everyone to leave

    • seems to be the gang leader or sum

  • Mr.Underwood was watching them, holding a gun just in case (shotgun

• Atticus massaged Jems hair, appreciating them for worrying abt Atticus

Ch. 16

• Atticus drove home

  • Alexandria did not notice

  • they went to their rooms

• Alexandria said whoever sneaks out of the house is a disgrace of the family

  • seems like she already knew

• also states that Mr. UNderwood was already there, so no harm would have been caused

  • Mr. Underwood does not like Black people, so its a shock to them

• Alexandria says he should say that in front of Calpurina

  • Atticus says she already knows

• Cunningham seems to be in mix relationships with Atticus

  • he was going to kill atticus

• compares the people from last night “wild animals”

  • Hes proud of them for making Cunningham stand in his shoes for once (put)

• Mrs. Maudie says that the courthouse is like a roman carnival, crazzy

• Outside of Courhouse had Picnic parties sitting on newspapers, everyone waiting

• Black people were sitting quietly, whites were talking

• Mr. DOlphin had whisky in a cocacola bottle

  • Sitting with coloured folks'

  • said to have children with a black lady, multiple

  • people (whites) don’t like that(?)

• The person who he was previously going to marry shot herself after rehearsal, nbdy knows why

  • Dolphin says its because she knows about the affair he had with a coloured woman

• Many people don’t like mixed children, they don’t “belong”

  • whites don’t like them because they’re coloured

  • blacks don’t like them because they’re white

• “once you have a ****** blood, that makes you all black”

  • jem

• Wanted to go in but Jem thinks Atticus wont like it if they’re in there

• People would not like atticus, and not belive in what he’s doing

  • (people who is talking about them)

• Coloured people would have to climb to the balcony to watch while whites can sit down and watch. (Segregation)

• JURRIES dressed as cunninghams

  • Judge taylor allowed smoking, but didn’t smoke himself

• Mrs. Taylor stood to kiss atticus (atticus says they didn’t kiss much 😵)

Ch. 17

• Heck state was testifying

  • had normal suit

• Mr Gilmer from abbottsvlile was not well-known

  • looked 40-60

  • had a slight cast in his eyes (used for his advantage)

• Mr Tate said that November 21 Bob told him that Tom Robinson rapped his girl

  • Saw her body laying on the floor

  • she said she was all right

  • she stated that Tom Robinson hurt her

  • that shegot taken advantage of

• Atticus asked if anybody called a doctor, they responded as no

• Mr. Tate said that it wasn’t “necessary” to call 911

• she was beaten around her head, bruised on her arms, black eye on her left, 30 mins before it happened (allegedly)

• later said it was her right eye, “cponfused it”

  • he repeats what he said to seem more legit

    • abuse on her neck, as if she was being hold

    • right eye was bruised

    • arms were bruised

• Tate stepped off of the podium

• Robert E. Lee, next witness

  • neck was red

  • wispy hair stood up from his forehead

  • The Ewells lived behind town garbage dumb

  • The cabin they live in now was before reserved for black people

  • Many people couldn’t tell how many kids were there, 6-9

• He first jokes that her mom dead, or sum like that, but then Judge Taylor made it back to a serious tone, and he responded yes.

  • Allegedly heard his daughter screaming for help when he reached the fence

  • sundown

  • He says he ran, got caught in the wired fence, and when he got out he saw Tom Robinson in the room with her

• Reverned Sykes tried to get rid of Jem, Scout, and Dill, but Jem won the argument and got to stay/

• Judge Taylor stated that if there was any more noise from the crowd she would remove all spectators

• Mr. Ewel states that he ran into the house, but Tom already ran out, and he was too focused to go to his daughter, she was just on the floor.

  • Says that Tom would pass the house everyday

  • Atticus refutes this saying if he ran all day, why didn’t he go to the hospital

    • they all say it seems like he didn’t need to

• Atticus aslks him to write his name, which he writes it with his Left hand. He says this is big proof because she had mostly injuries in her right side of her body, which had to have been done by someone left handed

  • could contradict him back if Tom Robinson was also Left handed

Ch. 18

• Mayella came on the witness stand

  • one who was raped

• Mr. Gilmer asks questions

  • she states she was on her porch

    • front

  • she’s 19

  • she cries bc atticus tries to out her dad that he’s left handed

  • She states that Tom Robinson came to help her chop up a old chiffarobe in the yard

  • she says that she grabbed a nickle to pay for his labor, but when she turned around he was on her

  • Mr. Tate pulled her off of the floor and led her to a water bucket

  • said she was fighting him off

• Mayella thinks shes being made fun of, but shes not, Judge Taylor says Atticus ain’t doing nothing

  • all because atticus is calling her ma’am

  • she has 7 siblings

  • learned how to write and read by her dad

  • went to school for 2-3 years

  • no friends

• Atticus asked if she gets along with her father

  • was about to confess, but backed away and said they do get along

• Atticus whispers “excpect when he’s drinking” in which she nodes

  • Mr. Ewells is watching what she says

• Atticus asks if he hits her

  • she states he never touched her

• A chiffarobe is a drawer with undergarments

  • asked Tom to help her

  • she knew who he was

  • the first time she asked him to come inside the fence (allegedly)

    • she stood quiet when being asked twice

  • She then says she probably asked him before but doesn’t remember

    • He asks if she remembers being beaten, but she stays quiet

    • she says she doesn’t remember that she was hit by him, but that he did, and is confused in her words

• Atticus tells Tom Robinson to stand up for she can “remmeber”

  • he stood up strong

  • his left arm was 12 inches shorter than his right

    • he’s crippled

  • his arm got caught in Mr. Dolphins cotton Gin

  • ATTICUS asks how exactly she was hit

    • she apparently regains her memories

    • says that he hit her, she ducked, and it glanced off (from her left eye to her right)

  • Atticus asked that if she was screaming so much why didn’t the kids come over

    • she stayed quiet

• Judge Taylor could’ve put her in jail, but since she was so poor he didn’t

• Ten minute break!!

  • Came back, Mr. Underwood noticed the kids, but wont tell Atticus

• It’s 4pm, they want to rap it up.

Ch. 19

• Tom Robinson was the next whitness

  • 25 years old

  • 3 children’

  • married

  • received 30 days in jail for disorderly conduct

    • Someoe tried to stab him, self defence

    • they both got put in jail but his friends paid for the other guy

  • He has to pass Mayela place every day in order to go to the field

    • Link Deas Field

      • they have Pecan trees he takes care for all fall and wintertime

  • no other way he can pass other than Mayelas place

    • States that Mayela would make him come in once he says hi and flip his hat to help her with her chiffarobe

      • last spring’

  • shed ask him to come in lots of time

    • everytime he would pass she had something for him to do

  • kids would watch him do his work

  • always had an invitation when going to their house, never went there uninvited

    • one day she told him to come inside that her door had its hinges off or something; there was no kids in sight. He went inside and when he checked the door, he saw nothing wrong. She then closes the door, and laughs. She says that she took a year to get all the children eat ice cream, in which he states that’s nice. He tries to leave because he couldn’t do anything, but then she says yes he could have. She says that there’s a box at the top of another Chiffarobe, in which he goes on a chair to grab it. She then grabs his legs, making him fall, causing a ruckus. she then jumped on him. kissed him. She asked him to kiss her back, and that she never kissed anyone other than her pops. He tries to leave, not to hurt her, and runs away.

  • He says he did not touch her in any way, and tried to leave

  • Mr. Link Deas says that he never had trouble from Tom

    • was told to leave since he had no part

• Mr. Gilmer turn to ask questions

  • goes over why he was convicted

    • due to he was beaten

  • says that since he’s so strong to break open a chiffarobe, he’s strong enough to choke a woman

    • He claims (tom) he never did that

  • tries to make him seem bad due to helping her

  • Tom says that he felt sorry for her so he made her not to pay him; notices his mistake after saying that (the sorry for her part)

  • Asks him if he went to her place due to opening a chiffarobe

    • Tom says no,

  • Mr. Ewell ran after him, but he didn’t stay for enough time to be ran behind of

• Scout had to take Dill out of the courtroom

  • he couldn’t stop crying

• Mr. Link Deas asks scout if anythings happening, she says no

  • He was crying (dill) because Mr. Gilmer was so hateful towards Tom

  • compares him to Mr. Finch (atticus) because Atticus was more kinder when asking questions to witnesses, even those that were not his own

• Mr. Dolphin agreees to what Dill Says, it is sick on what Mr. Gilmer is doign