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Atticus defending Tom Robinson in Court

Jem, Scout and Dill sitting with African Americans in court

Plot Summary

Important Quotes

- The chapter starts off with Scout drifting into and out of sleep because the thought of her father sitting outside the jail with all the men gathered around him is very scary for her

-Breakfast is quite tense because everyone except Jem doesn't have an appetite

-Scout wonders why Mr. Cunningham seems like a good guy, even though he would have hurt her father last night if she and Jem didn't show up. Atticus tells her he is a good person and he just makes some bad decisions

- Dill tells everyone that he is hearing rumors from different people that he, Jem, and Scout fought 100 different men last night

- Jem, Scout, and Dill go to the courthouse because the trial is the next day. They see Mr. Raymond, who is drunk. Dill asks why he is sitting around African Americans, and Jem tells them that Mr. Raymond likes being around them more then whites. He also tells them about Mr. Raymonds life story, including that he has children from a black woman.

- By the time the boys find Scout, all the seats are taken up. They are forced to sit on the balcony with the African Americans

-Judge Taylor is in charge of the trial, and he seems very odd. Especially because of the fact that he eats cigarettes.

Discussion Questions

How do Jem and Scout feel about their father defending an African American?

"but around here once you have a drop of Negro blood, that makes you all black." (p. 81)

the one drop of negro blood rule is absurd and should not even matter in the first place.

So it took an eight-year-old child to bring 'em to their senses.... That proves something - that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they're still human. Hmp, maybe we need a police force of children."

In this era of time (1930's) an eight year old child is much more sensible than most of the adults in the courtroom

"The Negroes, having waited for the white people to go upstairs, began to come in." (p.218)

The white people don't want to be in the same place at the same time as the white people so they go first and make the black people wait.

"Judge Taylor was on the bench, looking like a sleepy old shark, his pilot fish writing rapidly below in front of him. (p. 220)

he sometimes seems out of it and like he's not paying attention but he really is all of the time

Do you think Mr. Raymond is liked throughout Maycomb? Why or why not?

How do you think the kids feel about having Judge Taylor in charge of the court case?

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