Ch. 10

• Atticus is now old, 50 years old

• Killing a mockingbird is a sin because all they do is sing for us

• Jem and Scout wanted to learn how 2 use guns

• dogs with rabies seen in the street

• Mr. Heck is the sheriff of Maycomb

• Mr. Heck and Atticus pull up to the situation

  • they’re not sure who should shoot the dog

    • Atticus decides to shoot the dog

• Kills the dog immediately

  • shot in the center of its eyes (nose area)

• Atticus glasses fall in the streets and cracked

• Atticus is good @ being a layer and the best checker player in town

• Atticus hasn’t shot in 30 years

• Tim Johnson crumples on the sidewalk in a brown and white heap - (dog died)

• Atticus seen to be hiding something at the end

  • he was the best shooter in Maycomb

• “People in their right minds never take pride in their talent”

  • Miss Maudie

• Jem realizes that being a gentleman isn’t about talents

Summarize

Atticus is now 50 years old; J and scout want to learn how to shoot a gun but Atticus doesn’t teach them. His uncle does, but everyone says not to kill a mocking bird fr to it being a sin. There is later a dog seen in the middle of the streets, with rabies. Atticus and Mr heck grab a gun, which Mr heck gives it to Atticus, first refusing, but then doing his job. He kills the dog with rabies, tim) in the center of his eyes. He crumpled on the sidewalk in a brown and white heap. Atticus is known for being a good layer, best at checker, and lastly a good shooter. Jem is confused why his father doesn’t take pride in that, later realizing that being a gentleman isn’t about talents.

Ch. 11

• Mrs. Dubose is mean, has an African American girl working 4 her

  • very old

  • was in a wheelchair

  • rumors spread

    • prob had a pistol in her shawl

• Mrs. Dubose would say a bunch of nasty things to Jem and Scout

• She’d make a comment about how their father is defending a black man, saying that it is trash, making fun of his children

  • Jem was angry @ these comments

• Jem took a BATON and ruined Dubose Camila bush

• Jem justification for doing this is because of Dubose trash talk

  • Atticus responded that it was inexcusable

    • Told Jem to talk with her

• Why did Atticus defend this man? (Tom Robinson)

  • because it was the right thing to do, he says it is morally right

• What was Dubose punishment to Jem?

  • to read out loud hadad to go every Saturday afternoon for 1 month, 2 hours a day

• When Jem came with Scout, she responded with

  • “so you bought that dirty sister of yours, did you?”

• Dubose would correct Jem

  • after a while, she wasn’t listening

• Jessi is Dubose helper

• Mrs. Dubose died.

  • addicted to Morphine (painkillers)

    • She wanted to die free of an addiction

• Atticus handed a box, it haCamila'sla flowers

• Atticus made Jem read to her to show what real courage is (not just a man holding a gun)

  • Jem burned the box but kept touching the Camila flower petals

Summarize

Mrs. Divide is their neighbor, a mean grumpy old lady who has a African girl working for her, Jenny. Mrs. Ribose would make tons of nasty comments to the kids and their father, on how he is defending a black man, saying they’re trash. Jen was upset at this, taking scouts baton and ruining her Camila bush. Atticus talks with Jen if he did this, in which he agrees, but Atticus says to appologize. The punishment that the old lady gave them was that Jem had to read to Mrs Dubose every Saturday for 2 hours, which she would later schedule each later than the other. This is because she was sick, addicted to Morphine in which she was trying to get off of addictions. She said that the reading helped her take her mind off of the pain. She gave a box to Atticus before dying (assuming) in it had a camilas flowers. Jen burns the box, but touches the camila petals, feeling bad.

Ch. 12

• Jem now 12

  • was now moody and hard to live with

• Jem started to tell what Scout to do after Dubose died

  • It’s time you started bein’ a for and acting right!”

    • Scout cried and ran to Calpurina

• Summer came and Dill did NOT come

  • He had a new father and had to stay in Meridian

• State legislature called for an emergency section

  • Atticus gone for 2 weeks

• Scout wore a dress to skirt accompanying Calpurina

  • First Purchase African M.E. Church

    • The church would free slaves with their earnings

• Calpurina was speaking in a different tone, confusing Scout

• Scout felt that he wasn’t welcome here

• Zeebo said they were glad to have them here

• Church closed the doors and said they MUST get 10 bucks

  • Tom Robinson's wife wouldn’t be hired bc allegedly because of y the bad things Tom Robinson did

    • Allegedly raped a girl

• Calpurina stopped answering questions and told him to ask Atticus

  • Did share why they sang in hymns, It is called linin

• Zeebo → calpurina older son

  • Calpurina shared that she had her tone of voice changed bc folks don’t like to have anybody around knowing more than they do

    • Especially a black female

Summarize

Scout says that living with Jem is harder now due to him being more rude after Mrs Dubose died. He said she should act more like a girl, which caused Scot to cry and run to cal purin a. This summer, dill did not come, but wrote a letter that he was at meridian. Atticus was called for an emergency section, causing Atticus to be gone for 2 weeks; Calpurina decides to bring both of them to the First Purchase African M.E. Church, in which they’re not welcomed. Scout notices that Capurina was talking ima different tone towards them, the songs were in hymes. Church closed the doors UNTIL they got 10 bucks, which took a while. The topic of Tom Robinson wife was bought up, which is because they wanted 10 bucks, to help her. She is not hired anywhere due to allegedly Tom Robinson raping women. Calpurina shared that she had her tone of voice changed bc folks don’t like to have anybody around knowing more than they do.

Ch. 13

• Aunt Alexandria stayed with them to influence femininity

• People gifter her things

  • Maudie - cake

  • Rachel - coffee

  • Radley - greeted her

• New family being introduced

  • new cousin Lily Brooke

• Atticus says that they should start to act more civilly and live up to their name.

  • Atticus was uncomfortable, he said this only bc of Alexandria

Summarize

Aunt Alexandria

Ch. 14

• People in town talking about the Tom Robinson case and how Atticus is defending him

• Scout doesn’t know what rape means

  • Atticus told her a bit, but not completely

  • calpurina ignored the question

• Scout wanted to go to Cal’s house, Alexandria shouted at her no

  • Alexandria suggested to fire Calpurina

  • Atticus said no, she’s now apart of the family

• Jem told Scout to try to not annoy Alexandria due to Atticus having a lot on her mind

  • Threatened to spank her if she does annoy her

• Scout was upset that he was treating her like a kid

• SCOUT STEPPED ON SOMETHING NEAR HER BED, IT WAS DILL

  • he was dirty and hungry

    • Told them that he had been tied up with chains in his basement and was kept alive by passing farmers

    • Dill wondered that he walked 2 miles after pulling from the chains

    • got a job washing camel

  • All a lie

  • he only took 13$ from his mother’s purse

  • he walked 10-11 miles to Maycomb

  • clinging to a wagon

• Told Atticus to not tell Mrs. Rachel to send him back

  • he’s a runaway

• Atticus allowed him to stay for the night and would ask Rachel if he could

  • Dill said his parents were really mean to him

  • they seem to not be interested in Dill anymore

  • He states that there not mean, but don’t spend time with him

• Dill asks Scout to get a baby

  • (from an island…)

  • Scout says you get it by God dropping babies into chiminies

• Why doesn’t Boo Radley run away?

  • He doesn’t have anywhere to run off to