How does Jem change?
Jem is starting to mature and change phiscally as he goes through puberty. He is becoming more of an adult, and stops playing with Scout as often.
Lula
lady at Cal's (colored) church who is upset that Jem and Scout attend services
Zeebo
The town garbage collector who is also Calpurnia's son. He's one of four people who can read at the First Purchase African M.E. Church.
Reverend Sykes
- preacher at First Purchase who sits with the kids at the trial and locks his congregation in the church until they take up enough money for the Robinson family
What does Scout learn about Calpurnia?
Calpurnia leads a double life- with the Finches, she has better grammar and is more proper, and with the colored people she talks and acts like them. She also learns that life is hard for the people at Cal's church.
Who was waiting for the children when they came home from the church service? Why had she come?
Aunt Alexandra comes to stay at the Finch's home. She says that she is there to start raising the children "properly." She wants Scout to become more "ladylike.
Aunt Alexandra fitted into the world of Maycomb like a hand in a glove, but never into the world of Jem and me." Explain what this means.
This means that Aunt Alexandra never aceppted Scout ((and prevoisly Jems) childish behavior.
Atticus and Alexandra disagree about how to deal with children. How does Atticus handle the situation?
At first Atticus disscusses this with the children. Scout starts to cry and Atticus tells the kids to forget everything he said and to just be kids.
Describe Jem and Scout's relationship through these chapters as Jem matures.
As Jem matures, he and Scout grow apart. Jem wants to read, whereas Scout wants to play and be a normal kid.
Why did Dill run away from home back to Maycomb?
Dill had everything a boy could want, except his parents didn't spend any time with him. He didn't feel like they needed him.
Atticus discusses the KKK, concluding with the comment that the Klan is gone. Is this correct? Explain.
This is incorrect, because the KKK is still a thing.
Discuss the irony of the following statement and the situation which it described: "There followed what I later realized was a sickening comic aspect of an unfunny situation: The men talked in a near-whisper.
Scout is disscussing a group of men trying to kill Tom Robbinsion. They aproach the jail whispering, because they do not want to wake up Tom. The irony is you don't want to wake up a man that you are about to murder.
Why does Jem openly defy Atticus and refuse to leave?
Jem defies Atticus, because he is starting to mature I take risk. This is him starting to make dissions for him self.
What does Scout's childish attempt at conversation accomplish? Explain.
When at the jail Scout reconizes Walter's father (Walter Sr.) Scout starts talking to Walter Sr. saying things like, " I am friends with your son," or, "Hey, your son once came over for lunch." This makes Walter Sr. lose courage and he and his friends bac