The men are apparently talking about Tom Robinson. The reader can infer that Heck Tate is nervous that something might happen to Tom.
What are the men talking about as the children listen from the window?
The men make allusions to Tom being moved to the Maycomb jail the next day (Sunday), because the trial will occur on Monday. They are concerned that the “Sarum bunch” will cause some trouble, but Atticus thinks they won’t do anything (such as a lynching) on a Sunday night.
Who do Scout and Dill talk to while they are outside of the courthouse?
Dill and Scout meet Mr. Dolphus Raymond when they go outside and the courthouse. They learn that he does not carry whiskey around in that paper bag of his. It is actually coca-cola and he just pretends to be drunk.
Why did Scout Jem and Dill go down to the courthouse?
Lesson Summary. In Chapter 16 of Harper Lee’s 1960 To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem and Scout Finch, along with their friend Dill, head to the courthouse to watch their father Atticus defend Tom Robinson, a Black man wrongly accused of raping a white woman.
What chapter does Scout and Jem get attacked?
Who attacked Jem and Scout in Chapter 28? Bob Ewell attacks Jem and Scout as they head home from the Halloween pageant. They think Cecil Jacobs is following them, but it is later revealed that Ewell was the attacker.
How do the men know Mr Tate won’t be coming to help?
How do the men know that Mr. Tate won’t be coming to help Atticus? They gave Mr. Tate a false tip about a crime in Old Sarum.
What is happening when Scout and Dill return to the courthouse?
When Dill and Scout return to the courtroom, Atticus is making his closing remarks. He has finished going over the evidence and now makes a personal appeal to the jury.
Why do the four men give up their seats for Jem Scout dill and Reverend Sykes?
16.8 Why do the 4 men give up their seats for Jem, Scout, Dill & Reverend Sykes? Because it was the rule back then that blacks had to give up there seats. 16.9 As the examination begins, Atticus’ table is bare.
Who helps the kids find a seat in the courtroom where do they sit?
Reverend Sykes helps the kids find a seat in the court room because all the other seats are taken. They sit on the balcony to watch the trial.
Why did Scout call Jem a traitor?
Scout relates that, upon seeing Dill under the bed, Jem “rose and broke the remaining code of our childhood” by telling Atticus. To Scout, this act makes Jem a “traitor,” though it is really an act of responsibility that marks Jem’s maturation toward adulthood.
What happens in chapter 15 of into the wild?
Chapter 15 of Into the Wild allows us to see the culmination of Jon Krakauer’s solo climb up the dangerous Devil’s Thumb mountain in Alaska. We gain insight into his desire to take such a seemingly reckless journey through his challenging relationship with his inflexible, driven father, Lewis Krakauer.
Why does Atticus go to jail?
In Chapter 15 of To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus goes to the jail to sit guard outside the night before Tom Robinson’s trial, in the hope of stopping a lynch mob coming for him. Atticus blocks their path, as they ask him to let them by.
Why did Dill start crying in the courtroom?
Dill cries at the trial because he has no other coping mechanism with which to react to the injust way he feels Tom Robinson is being treated. Dill is just a little boy, and he knows of no other way to deal with this kind of injustice.
Why do Scout Jem and Dill sit in the balcony at the courthouse?
They can’t find a seat in the courtroom, so Reverend Skyes offers them seats in “the Colored balcony,” which they gladly accept.
Why is it significant that Dill gets sick in the courtroom?
Why is it important that Dill is the character that gets sick in the courtroom? Dill is an outsider and a child, so the degradation may be the first time he’s experienced it (as opposed to Scout and Jem). He insists it just ain’t right. 44.
Does Jem break his arm in Chapter 28?
Reynolds arrives and tends to Jem’s broken arm and concussion, and then to Scout, who’s also gotten knocked around the head. In Jem’s room, Scout sees Atticus, Aunt Alexandra, and a man she doesn’t know. Mr.
Did Jem stab Mr Ewell?
“Jem never stabbed Bob Ewell.” Atticus was silent for a moment. He looked at Mr. Tate as if he appreciated what he said. But Atticus shook his head.
Who did Atticus think killed Bob?
Jem
Atticus, who believes Jem is the one who killed Bob, thinks Heck wants to cover up the truth to protect Jem. Atticus is adamantly against lying to protect Jem. He thinks that protecting Jem from the law will undermine Atticus’s relationship with his children and everything that he has taught them.
Who really killed Mr Ewell?
Boo Radley
As the men argue, Atticus realizes that Boo Radley killed Ewell, and it is Boo who Tate is trying to protect. They finally agree that Ewell did fall on his own knife, a decision Scout fully understands. Boo sees Jem one more time and then asks Scout to take him home.
What happened to Boo Radley at the end?
He becomes like a ghost who is unable to lead a normal fulfilling life, apparently rebelling only when he stabs his father in the leg with a pair of scissors. For a while after this incident Boo is imprisoned in the basement of the courthouse, but is later moved back home.
Why do the men finally leave TKAM?
Why do the men finally leave the jail house? Scout recognized Mr. Cunningham, and she asked him to send greetings to his son.