Jem-Chapter 26-28

Today, Scout came home from school and told me about how Mrs. Whatshername was a hypocrite. Scout told me about how she says the Nazis are so bad and then she mentioned the case. A fire lit inside me and I just started yelling at her. That case had such a ludicrous outcome that whenever someone mentions it I go off like an erupting volcano.
It’s Halloween and I really don’t like this holiday very much. It’s for the smaller kids. Instead of planning out my costume or pranking the old ladies, I am practicing football and I am the water boy on the team. Coach says that next year if I gain 15-20 pounds I can play. I agreed to take Scout to the Halloween pageant up at the high school. She had to practice so I helped her before the performance.
We walked to the high school together and Cecil scared us pretty good after we came out from under the huge tree. I was carrying Scout’s costume and dropped it because I was so scared. We finished walking all the way up to the high school without incident. When we got there I put Scout’s ham costume behind the stage. I then gave her thirty cents and told her to hang out with Cecil, who is also in the play. The play started and Mrs. Merriweather gave this long speech and I waited for Scout to come out after Mrs. Merriweather said Po-ork. She came out a little late and was really embarrassed. We didn’t leave until the very end. Somebody asked us if we needed a ride home and I said no.
Scout an’ me started walking back home in the dark when I heard somebody coming. Scout was talkin’ about something and then I told her to hush up a minute so I could listen for it. We were stopped at the time, but as soon as we started walking I could hear him coming. I think Scout heard it too because the next time we stopped she didn’t say a word. Then right after we got out from under the big tree somebody jumped us. I was fighting him off and was telling Scout to run. The person pulled and twisted my arm until it broke real bad. After that I felt a blinding pain in my arm and then I felt him let go of me. Next thing I know I’m lying in my bed with the Doctor and Atticus standing over me. The Doctor then gave me something and I fell aslepp and didn’t hear from anybody until morning.

Tom Robinson

I sat in court all day and everyone was testifying against me. It really made me scared that I was going to be convicted for rape. That all changed when Mayella Ewell went up to the witness stand. She was slow on her answers and sounded as though this was all set up. I thought it was all along, but now with the look on everybody’s faces they were starting the doubt the testimony given.

I was happy when Atticus told me to stand up and everyone saw that I was lopsided. Only a left handed person could have made the marks on her face and I am right handed because I have a very badly mangled left arm. I can’t even do anything with it. Mr. Ewell is left handed and I think he beat her up when he was drunk and they made up the rape part.

I went up to testify and I think that is when everyone started to believe my story. I told nothing but the truth and I think we actually have a shot at winning the case. I told them that Mayella kept on asking me to do jobs for her. She then invited me in the house and she started kissing me. She told me to kiss her back and I didn’t. Her father’s face was in the window and he yelled, get off him you whore lady. I then said that I bolted as fast as I could.

Aunt Alexandra post 5

I came to visit the family in Maycomb and found it to be a really messy house. Jean Louise is the worst lady I have ever been around. She is always filthy, covered in mud or sand. The town of Maycomb welcomed me nicely, and I got to speak with everyone. Ms. Maudie made me a fabulous Lane cake and I talked with Stephanie Crawford about all the neighborhood gossip.

I do have goals why I stay here, some of which include making Jean-Louise into a lady. It is hard with her being all dirty and acting like a boy. She should be wearing dresses, not rags. They also aren’t that educated on the family history which is quite disappointing. I like knowing everybody in town and them all liking me too. I think in to town very nicely, but not into Jeremy and Jean-Louise’s lives.

Journal #4-Jem

Once we came home from Finch’s landing after Christmas, we wanted to start shooting birds right away. Then Atticus told us, “you can shoot all the blue jays you want, but it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” Atiicus never says anything is a sin, so it was weird to hear. I really didn’t want to shoot a mockingbird so I just shot tin cans in the backyard instead.  Me and Scout went shooting past the Radley place, when I saw something really weird in the distance. Tim Johnson was down yonder hobbling up the road. We realized we were in grave peril because of the effects of a mad dog.We ran back to the house and called for Cal. She came down and saw Tim Johnson and reported him as a mad dog to everyone on our street. She called Atticus and he came with the sheriff.

 Then something really weird happened. The sheriff handed the gun to Atticus and said, you’re the only one that can hit him from here Ol’ One Shot. We went over to Ms. Maudie’s and she told us that Atticus used to be the deadest shot in all of Maycomb County. I really surprised me to hear this.

 My 12^th birthday came and I got some money that was burning a hole in my pocket. We had to walk by Mrs. Dubose’s house on the way to town and she was on the front porch. She called Atticus a nigger-lover and she yelled some more insults. Jem went to town and bought the steam engine I wanted and I bought Scout a baton. Then as we were going home I lost my temper and cut all those hedges in that mean old lady’s yard. Then I snapped Socut’s baton in half.

Later that night Atticus made me go up and apologize to the cantankerous old lady. I told her I would try and re-grow all the plants that I cut down. That evil old lady also made me read to her every day for a month. About a month after I was done reading Atticus came home and said that that evil old lady had died

Atticus-Chapter 8-9

I’m having a real hard time with the kids. I love them tons, but it is hard to raise them without a mother. With me being gone all day for work it is real hard to play with them we you are dead tired. It was real cool when it started to snow for the first time in a lot of years. It made me real happy to see them happy. They built a wonderful snowman that looked a lot like Mr. Avery, so I made them disguise it. Jem, Scout and I went to sleep that night and I woke to smell of smoke. My first thought was to get the kids out, but then I realized that it was Ms. Maudie’s house on fire. I got the kids out of the house and told them to go stand in front of the Radley gate. After the flames had gone we went back to the house and I noticed that their was a blanket around Scout’s shoulder’s. I then told them that it was Boo Radley’s because he was the only person who would do something like that.

Uncle Jack came and visited us like he does every year for Christmas. This year I gave the kids air rifles, trying to cheer them up a bit, especially when we were about to go to Aunt Alexandra’s. I know Scout hates it when Aunt Alex tries to tell her that she needs to act more like a lady. I want to find out why Scout got into a fight with Francis and I know she wasn’t tellin’ anyone the truth when Francis accused her of calling him a whore lady.

I’m pretty upset that people are giving me and my children a hard time about the Tom Robinson case. I can deal with it and I believe Jem can too, but Scout has always had a hard time with keeping her temper. I told her as a favor to me not to get in fights any more.

Jem-Journal #2

When we got let out of school, I went and picked up Scout after school and we walked home together. She told me about the gum she had found in the hollow in the tree. We looked in the tree again and saw some foil. Inside this small velvet box were two real old pennies. I had to explain to Scout about the Indian heads. We were all excited because Dill was comin to us for summer.

We started playing our games like we always do, and then Scout started getting bored of playing the Rover boys. Scout started telling me to make one up and I didn’t want to. I started telling them about Hot Steam. I mean how can they not know about hot steams.

Next, Scout wanted to roll in the tire. She knows I’m too big so she made me push. It wasn’t fun at all until Scout started rollin down the hill and crashed and ended up right in front of the Radley front steps. I yelled for her to bring the tire and run. It was
real scary to see your sister to be running through the Radley yard. She didn’t get the tire and I asked her why. She told me to go get it. I ran in real fast, got the tire and tore out through the fence again.