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Ok so… where to start? This book is starting to lose my interest and i am glad that it is almost done. I think that Tom’s trial should not have been dragged on as long as it did if her was going to be guilty. i mean come on, that had no point the way I see it. Also, Mr. Ewell had no right to spit on Atticus. That should of been a problem. I think that book is running out of drama and the author is adding in things that are in the book to fill up pages. If anyone spit on me, I would go off. Also, By Tom getting shot 17 times showed me that he was going to be killed. You don’t need t shoot someone 17 times to kill then or even hurt them. One shot would of done the job, but he did not deserve to get shot any ways. He also should of been innocent in my opinion. This story is turning into a mess. It started slow in the beginning then started to get better but now it is going down hill. Back to the spitting thing, because when people spit on other people that gets me mad:] i grew up knowing what to so if someone spits on me, I get Atticus grew up not knowing what to do because he handled it differently then i would have. That also shows that Atticus is a person that can control his anger and emotion because the way he handled the stuation with the spit and the rude talking from Ewewll. Well readers, tell me what you think.

Tom Robinson’s case was really unfair. It made me mad to think that just because he’s black he won’t be set free. In the beginning of the trial I was neutral about Tom Robinson because I didn’t know how his character was. I didn’t believe Mayella or Tom Robinson. Then it seemed that Atticus was going to win the trial. I even got excited with Jem when he thought, as well that the case was going to be won. When Judge Taylor read all the “guiltys” I was mad at the jury. I mean, why didn’t the jury have the guts to stand up to the system? If it were some other white folks than I would have understood. They are white. But, we are talking about the Ewells. Very unhonest people who are mean and rude and don’t deserve to have won the case. It was all just a cover-up for Mr. Bob Ewell. He had abused Mayella physically really badly. As Mr. Tate said she was really badly bruised on the right-side of her face and had marks around her throat. I do not like the Ewells. Tom Robinson should have won the case and lived happily reunited with his wife and kids. 

“It ain’t honest but it’s mighty helpful to folks. Secretly, Miss Finch, I’m not much of a drinker, but you see they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that’s the way I want to live.” (200-201)

So Mr. Raymond decides to tell Scout his secret. It seems that the townspeople of Maycomb are narrow-minded and can’t possibly take something for what it is, but rather make something up. Mr. Raymond, to me, is smart for coming up with the excuse of being an alcoholic. Otherwise, Maycomb would not leave him alone and it would probably drive him crazy. It’s like Maycomb has a set of rules deep down in their roots that have no room for change. They can’t accept anything other than “normal” for them. Something normal would be a town alcoholic so they accept it and ask no more.

I feel sad for Tom Robinson. I didn’t believe at first that he had raped Mayella because she’s an Ewell. I thought her dad had come up with it just to make a fuss in Maycomb. When Atticus had finished asking Mr. Ewell questions I thought, hey they’re going to win the case! Then came the daughter. I didn’t think that she was going to be as bad as her dad because in the book the author defines the Ewell children as being pitied. For one their dad was Robert Ewell and they lived in a dump. Nevertheless, she turned out like her dad. Well Tom Robinson’s case doesn’t seem to be going to well. When he went up to the stand and every had been made known the fact that hey he doesn’t have a left hand and therefore  couldn’t have hit Mayella’s right side of the face. Then I was like okay, Atticus has to win this case. It’s so simple, but why make a big fuss. I know that Maycomb is prejudiced towards black people, but it’s obvious that Tom couldn’t have done a thing to Mayella. Although, I do think that Tom Robinson will be charged guilty for the simple reason that he’s black. It has to be that way or else Maycomb will turn crazy and who knows what could happen then.

““Scared about Atticus. Somebody might hurt him.” Jem preferred to remain mysterious; all he would say to my questions was go on and leave him alone.”” (147)

Jem is growing up. He no longer thinks about himself selfishly like he used too. Now he thinks of those around him, especially his dad. Scout was and is still innocent. Before she had thought of her dad as invincible. That nothing could possibly harm him or take him away, ever. Now Jem opened Scout’s eyes to the danger that Atticus was in. Since Jem is growing and confused it’s like he tries to tell things to Scout. He tries to tell her, but since she wouldn’t understand, it’s hard for him to make things simpler. Therefore, he just chooses to be left alone.

So what’s up with Aunt Alexandra? I don’t really like her much. My opinion of her is that she is a snob. I don’t buy the whole story of her staying over for Scout’s sake. Doesn’t it seem obvious that Aunt Alexandra is just annoying?  Well, yeah so what if Scout is growing up? Calpurnia seems to take pretty good care of her. Besides from my quote post Calpurnia lives a double life extremely well. I think her proper side is all Scout needs to grow up, not some fussy lady. I think Aunt Alexandra left her house for another reason. Maybe she got mad at her husband or something. I think so because Aunt Alexandra is just plain mean to Scout. AND she’s always arguing with Atticus about how to raise his daughter. I think she should just be happy that Atticus raised Scout to be good. As of now, Scout hasn’t stolen anything or done any such things. Yeah she used to fight, but now she tries to control herself more. I don’t trust Aunt Alexandra yet. She’s just not nice.

“That Calpurnia lead an modest double life never dawned on me. The idea that she had a separate existance outside our house was a novel one, to say nothing of her having command of two languages.”(125)

Whoa. Calpurnia can speak properly and like the colored people. I thought that every colored person talked like Cal, but I guess not. I had forgotten that Maycomb was a rascist town. Well this quote gives insight to how the Finch family was(especially the kids’ grandfather). Calpurnia tells Jem and Scout that she learned to read from the landing which makes the kids respect Calpurnia even more. This also shows that Calpurnia knows how to act around certain people so that she won’t be embarressed. To me this is very wise.

I think that it was unfair that Jem had to read to Ms. Dubose every night for a month. She offended Jem with a racist comment that offended him. If it was me, i would of flipped out too. Jem was told to be on good behavior, but when someone is rude for no reason, then they do not deserve your good behavior at all. i understand that Ms. Dubose was getting old and sick, but not even a person on their death bed should be disrespectful to anyone. By saying that Jem was no good like the niggers her worked with, it showed her true colors and personality. I do not want to be mean and say that she deserved to die, but she got what was coming for her. I knew that something bad was going to happen to he, but it was obvious that death was coming her way because she was already dying from being so old and sick. By Jem standing up for himself to Ms. Dubose showed the readers that he is growing into a stronger person. I’m glad that he handled the situation the way he did because Ms. Dubose needed to see how her words can hurt people, and what it may result to. Most likely she knew, but she needed to experience it one more time before she died.

Well i think these chapters were kind of good they were funny at some parts. One of the parts that i thought were really funny was the part where Atticus shoots the dog on the middle of the head, and what’s funny about that is that Atticus’ own kids think that he’s boring that he does not do anything fun like fish or hunt like any other father in Maycomb. But when he shot the dog from a far distance they were like Oh My God!! haha they never would have thought Atticus would have such good aim. Then Ms Maudie tells Scout and Jem that when Atticus was a young man he used to be a really good shooter and he had a nickname which i think its really funny “One-shot Finch” i do not know why but i think that is really blackish, and I’m not trying to be racist or anything. Oh, another thing that was hilarious was when Ms Dubose tells Jem that Atticus is not any better than the “niggers and trash he works for” and Jem destroys Ms Dubose camellia bushes. I think i would have done the same thing if they said that about my dad. I think that the punishment he got is not fair because she was talking bad about his father. The good thing, well not actually good but like yeah the good thing is that she died after Jem’s punishment is over. Thats what i think about chapters 10-12 which i think were much better than chapters 1-4. Whoa I typed way more than 200 words haha, i thought i wasn’t going to do it. hahaha

So Scout wanted to know what her dad did that was something she could be proud of. She didn’t really find anything interesting when she asked Miss Maudie. So one day her Jem see a strange dog, ask Calpurnia to look at it, and then the whole town is alerted that there’s a mad dog coming their way. So the sheriff comes with Atticus to kill the dog. Well, the sheriff sort of argues with Atticus on who should shoot the dog. Jem and Scout are watching from a distance still. Then the sheriff gives Atticus the gun and he shoots the dog almost in the center of the head. Jem and Scout are astounded to see that Atticus, their old, boring dad, has great shooting skills. When I found this out I thought it was really weird.

Something that I found creepy was Mrs. Dubose. She sounds scary and mean and just a horrible old lady. If she woulda talked about my daddy like that I would have been infuriated. I wouldn’t get mad at anybody, but knowing Mrs. Dubose’s character I would have cared. I’d tell her off and not care what anybody said afterwards because she had it coming for her. I was glad that Jem tore Mrs. Dubose’s camellia bushes. I laughed then I felt bad for her when she died.