This picture not only well represents the book section, but the whole book as well. Imagine Tom Robinson as this dead mocking bird. He didn’t hurt anyone, but was killed anyway. Mockingbirds don’t hurt anybody, but they still get killed from time to time. Anyhow, hey this is the last picture analysis! YAY!

-Good Ol’ Rough and Ready

“Imagine Aunty being proud her great-grandaddy could read an’ write-ladies pick funny things to be proud of.” 

     Jem and Scout are growing. Then this quote takes us back and makes us realize that they are still only children. They don’t realize the importance of being able to read and write. They make fun of their Aunt Alexandra for find ing these things important and being proud of them. 

     Once they go out into the real world and realize that without these skills, almost nothings is possible, they will maybe thank their Aunt for pushing them to learn? As we all know, they dislike their Aunt but I’m starting to think she’s alright. What she says about other people, doesn’t really hurt them, they still have their dad’s support. So, if she can do any good for them, she should be thanked. 

“So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell,
blue skies from pain.
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts? 
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?
How I wish, how I wish you were here.”

In the final chapter of this section Scout is very lonely. Her brother rejects her. She tries to go up to him, and play, but he rejects her and tells her that she should start acting more like a woman. Dill sends her a letter saying that he wont be able to go this summer, this only furthers Scout’s loneliness. The icing on the cake is when Atticus is not able to be home all the time. Everyday for two weeks he has to leave the house.

In these three chapters we see an emerging pattern. We see one of the characters start his acquaintance with maturity. Throughout these few chapters a few situations that test the kids maturities arises. Jem constantly prevails in all of these situations. The chapters start out with “One-shot Finch.” Scout and Jem both feel very proud of their father; Scout more than anyone. She is so excited, she wants to go out and tell every soul she can. Jem immediately calls her, telling her not to say anything, out of respect for their father. He believes Atticus would have told them, if he had wanted them to know. His maturity is further tested when he confronts Mrs. Dubose, and reads to her. His punishment is to go to her house everyday and read to her. As he goes long, everyday the reading sessions get longer. He learns of her poor condition, and he learns the meaning of true courage. In the final chapter of this section, Jem does not want to be with Scout anymore. Scout tries to be with her brother, but he rejects her. He seems to have finally started to find his own way, and he is embracing it.

-Julio Hernandez

     Scout tells Jem that he is becoming more like a girl than she is. Scout was about to crush a roly poly bug when Jem warns her that the ladybug never did anything to harm her. This part of the book is confusing. It might be foreshadowing or trying to make a point. The ladybug may have represented the mockingbird, but what did Scout represent? Maybe people as a whole, or something else. Or maybe nothing. haha.

     Mr. Underwood writes a long editorial on Tom Robinson (the murder of an innocent man). I think that Tom Robinson, having not won his case, decided that this was the best. It would be found that he was innocent, and might give a boost to the ridding of segregation. Unless, the case is left as it is, which i doubt will happen because of the controversy.

     The last thing that really caught my eye in these chapters, is that Jem has started to talk about important matters. Jem and Atticus discuss the justice of executing men for rape, then later in the bedroom, Jem and Scout talk about the class system. This shows Jem’s growth throughout the book, now Scout has to catch up.

Poor, poor Tom Robinson. Who would have thought to kill him? He was already convicted guilty, now someone decides to kill him?

Then again, Tom’s death was partially caused by his own doing. Sounds like he tried to escape jail, a guard saw him and shot him dead. Now the guard had every right in the world to shoot him since he was trying to escape.

Tom was sentenced to the electric chair wasn’t he? I can’t quite recall. If that was the case, he would have died later anyway. But I don’t blame him for taking a chance and run for hi life. It was either a guaranteed death, or a probable death. Hey some chance is better than none I guess. I hope his family can recover from this easily.

-Guess Who

“In the name of God, believe him.” Pg. 206

This quote illustrates well what everyone at the hearing should follow. Anyone there that can get the veil of idiotic prejudice of they’re eyes and listen to reason. If the people there had two cents of common sense, they would see that Tom Robinson is the real victim here. Does it make sense for a man who seems to worry more about avoiding getting shot than making a buck to be going around and abusin’ gals? It seems that the jury and the accusers have the idea that all black men are evil little gangsters that need to be treated worse than cattle. I’m glad Atticus had enough common sense to see through that.

Speaking of idiots, I have a phrase a devised that helps me keep my cool when within proximity of non-intelligent beings:

A man once said ‘For every action, there is an opposite reaction.’ So thereby, I say that for every man of sense and intelligence, there is a blazin’ idiot waitin’ to screw somethin’ up.

-Old Rough & Ready

I think the case of Tom Robinson is odd. The odds seem stack against Mr. Robinson rather unfairly. The court at first seemed rigged so that Mr. Robinson would lose. This whole trial seemed to be a good example of prejudice. Mr. Robinson was merely a man trying to make a living, and he is thrown everything and the kitchen sink. He was attacked and accused for something he didn’t even do.

In my observation, the case should be in Mr. Robinson’s favor. Any black man during the time wouldn’t even think of doing stuff like Tom was accused of, unless, of course, he is trying to commit suicide. Back in the depression days, a black man caught looking the wrong way was usually beaten to a pulp. A sensible man like Tom wouldn’t put his life in danger like that.  Second of all, the poor man is already handicapped. Now Tom seems like a good strong man, but I doubt he could, or would, be able to choke a 19-year-old with a useless arm.

Anyway, I’m dang glad Atticus got the case in Tom’s favor.

-Think ya’ know by now

     Recently, I found that there was a movie accompanying the book. This picture shows the scene in which Tom Robinson is being questioned. I chose it simply because it depicts how the court looked. Whether it was Atticus or Mr. Gilmer questioning him, I’m not sure of. I think that it is Mr. Gilmer because of the expression found on Tom’s face. If it had been Atticus, he would be a bit more relaxed.

     The judge (Judge Taylor)  does not seem to be paying attention to what’s going on, which then makes me think Atticus might have been questioning since the judge might have a preference (racism again). The man in the back, then, might have been Mr. Gilmer. Behind him, Mayella’s father, Bob Ewell. I am only guessing on this because of the way the actors are dressed and their physical expressions.

“Hey you, out there in the cold
Getting lonely, getting old
Can you feel me? 
Hey you, standing in the aisles
With itchy feet and fading smiles
Can you feel me? 
Hey you, dont help them to bury the light
Dont give in without a fight.”

This song is reminiscent of the twisted and mysterious aura that is drawn around Boo Radley. He is human like the rest of us, a simple innocent, but it seems that he is constantly being tormented. He is tormented by either ignorant children or blatant racists. The song conveys both desperation and hope, a person who is shunned in the song. A person who is lonely and strange, but an outside voice interferes. In the book it is the same way, and the outside voice, is the voice of justice.