Why is she less pleased when he tells Atticus about Dill? Scout is worried about Jem growing up and separating himself from her. When Jem fights back, it is just like old times; Scout still feels that a little of her childhood is alive.
How does Atticus feel about Jem Scout and Dill going to the trial?
He forbids them to go. He says it’s up to them if they want to go.
Why does Scout cry at the end of Chapter 13?
Scout cries because she does not see this change as one that needs to be made and that Atticus has changed his thoughts and behaviors to suit Aunt Alexandra.
Why is Scout so upset at the beginning of Chapter 12?
Summary: Chapter 12
By this time, Jem has reached the age of twelve, and he begins to demand that Scout “stop pestering him” and act more like a girl. Scout becomes upset and looks forward desperately to Dill’s arrival in the summer. To Scout’s disappointment, however, Dill does not come to Maycomb this year.
How does Scout feel about Dill running away?
Scout asks Dill why he ran away, and he says it isn’t because his parents are mean, but that they just don’t want him around. Scout is feeling the opposite, like she can’t do anything with adults always present.
Why did Scout break away from Jem and run to Atticus?
Atticus admits that this changes the situation. Before tensions can rise too much, Scout breaks away from Jem and Dill, thinking she will give Atticus a good surprise. When she reaches him, however, she sees fear in his face that is reintroduced when he realizes Jem and Dill accompany her.
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 code of childhood does Jem break?
In what way doe Jem break the one remaining code of childhood? When Jem reveals Dill’s presence to Atticus he has broken the childhood “code” and has become a “tattletale.” This act definitively separates Jem from Scout and Dill.
How old is Jem in the beginning of Chapter 12?
Jem was twelve. He was difficult to live with, inconsistent, moody. His appetite was appalling, and he told me so many times to stop pestering him I consulted Atticus: “RecNon he’s got a tapeworm?” Atticus said no, Jem was growing. I must be patient with him and disturb him as little as possible.
What was keeping dill away for the summer?
Log in here. Dill does not come for the summer because his mother remarried. When summer comes at the beginning of Part Two, Scout contemplates how her “permanent fiancé” Dill does not come.
What did Jem say to Scout that upset her in Chapter 12?
Cal reluctantly tells her that Bob Ewell has accused him of raping Ewell’s daughter. First, Scout wonders why anyone would listen to the Ewells, and then asks Calpurnia what rape is.
Why does Atticus leave in Chapter 12?
Atticus leaves for two weeks because the state legislature is called in to emergency session. His absence was related to the country’s economic troubles because people are growing poorer and breadlines are getting Ionger.
How does Scout react when Atticus tells her to stop making noise with the comb?
4. How does Scout react when Atticus tells her to stop making noise with the comb? –Scout is in awe of how much her father is turning into Aunt Alexandra.
Why did dill really run away?
Dill doesn’t feel wanted or needed, so he ran away, to the one place he does feel wanted; he comes to the Finch household.
Why does dill begin crying uncontrollably during the trial?
Dill reacts to this part of the trial by crying uncontrollably. When Scout and him get outside, he expresses that he is crying because of the way that Mr. Gilmer is treating Tom.
What does Scout ask before her and dill fall asleep?
Just before they fall asleep, Scout asks Dill why Boo Radley has never run off. Maybe, Dill answers, because he doesn’t have a place he can run to.
What is Boo Radley’s real name?
Arthur
Where does Boo Radley come from? In the classic American novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Boo Radley (whose first name is actually Arthur) doesn’t leave his house or talk to anyone, which leads the children in the novel’s setting (Maycomb, Alabama) to wildly speculate about what he looks and acts like.
Why was Jem crying at the end of Chapter 7?
Jem cries at the end of Chapter 7 because he suspects that Boo Radley was leaving them presents in the tree and now that Nathan Radley has cemented the hole, he can no longer do it. Jem feels sad for Boo.
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.
Why does Jem openly defy Atticus and refuse to leave?
Atticus tells Jem to take his sister and go home, but Jem openly defies Atticus and refuses to leave. Jem realizes the purpose of the group of men and his actions show a clear desire to protect his father.
Why do Jem and Scout get into a fist fight?
Answer and Explanation: In To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem and Scout get into a fist fight because of the increased emotional stress that comes from their father defending an African-American male on the charge of rape.