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Then, to add insult to injury, he believes that Link Deas is accusing him of having a romantic interest in Tom's widow, Helen. In his mind, his bitterness is completely justified and just as he felt he had to fight for his daughter's "virtue," he now has to do something to salvage his pride. As Scout and Jem prepare to leave for the school pageant, Aunt Alexandra feels a sudden sense of foreboding, but she ignores the "pinprick of apprehension.
Similarly, Cecil Jacobs jumps from behind a tree to scare them much the way Bob Ewell will jump from behind to make an attempt on their lives. Also on the way to school, Jem notes that Boo Radley doesn't appear to be at home, which is important given that he ultimately saves Jem and Scout's lives.
Later, as the Finch children head for home, they refuse the offer for a ride and are told to be careful. Lee also uses foreshadowing to insinuate that Boo Radley may be as much a mockingbird as Tom Robinson by having the children note that "in the darkness a solitary mocker poured out his repertoire in blissful unawareness" near the Radley house. The solitary figure of Boo Radley will save both children from death.
The issue of femininity plays its most minor role in these chapters. In fact, readers see through Scout that social conventions are in many ways unimportant. Without her costume, Scout needs something to wear and humorously notes that "in her distraction, Aunty brought me my overalls. Because of Jem's injuries, he won't speak for the rest of the story, making it important to note the change in Jem from the beginning of the story to this point. He began as a ten-year-old boy intent on flushing Boo Radley from his home.
By the end of the novel, he is a strong, level-headed young man who "was becoming almost as good as Atticus at making you feel right when things went wrong. The novel begins with the events leading up to this moment, and Jem emerges as a mature adolescent well on his way to being a fine, respectable man, just like his father. Roosevelt sought to assist the nation's economic recovery during the Great Depression. Cotton Tom Heflin J. Climber [Informal] a person who tries to advance socially or in business.
Previous Chapters Atticus, Scout says, is somewhat older than most of the other fathers in Maycomb. His relatively advanced age often embarrasses his children—he wears glasses and reads, for instance, instead of hunting and fishing like the other men in town.
Calpurnia calls Atticus, who returns home with Heck Tate, the sheriff of Maycomb. Heck brings a rifle and asks Atticus to shoot the animal. On the way to the business district in Maycomb is the house of Mrs.
Dubose, a cantankerous old lady who always shouts at Jem and Scout as they pass by. Jem takes a baton from Scout and destroys all of Mrs. As punishment, Jem must go to her house every day for a month and read to her.
Scout accompanies him and they endure Mrs. Each session is longer than the one before. Atticus reveals to Jem that she was addicted to morphine and that the reading was part of her successful effort to combat this addiction.
Atticus gives Jem a box that Mrs. Dubose had given her maid for Jem; in it lies a single white camellia. The fire in which the previous section culminated represents an important turning point in the narrative structure of To Kill a Mockingbird. After the fire, Boo Radley and childhood pursuits begin to retreat from the story, and the drama of the trial takes over.
The townspeople are unwilling to limit their displays of anger to Atticus himself; Scout and Jem become targets as well.
The town of Maycomb, whose inhabitants have been presented thus far in a largely positive light, suddenly turns against the Finches, as the ugly, racist underbelly of Southern life exposes itself.
Particularly important to Atticus are justice, restraint, and honesty. He tells his children to avoid getting in fights, even if they are verbally abused, and to practice quiet courage instead.
When he gives Jem and Scout air rifles as presents, he advises them that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. That Scout, in particular, is so impressed with the masculine prowess with which she associates his marksmanship symbolizes how much she has to learn about courage.
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