At the end of chapter 15, Scout interrupts a confrontation between Atticus and a group of men outside of the Maycomb jail. What happens? Why do they men respond to Scout they way that they do?
At the end on ch.15 the group of maycomb men walk away to there cars and drive away.
The reason the men drove away from Scouts question is because something very bad must of happened. So no one wants to tell her because they might be to mad, sad, to talk about and she shouldn't here why. Something very horrible must of happened in the Maycomb jail.
At the end on ch.15 the group of maycomb men walk away to there cars and drive away.
The reason the men drove away from Scouts question is because something very bad must of happened. So no one wants to tell her because they might be to mad, sad, to talk about and she shouldn't hear why. Something very horrible must of happened in the Maycomb jail.
In chapter 15 Scout is able to almost effortlessly pacify the group of hysterical men because she shatters their mentality. When Scout begins to question Walter Cunningham about his child and his legal matters, Scout awakens Walter’s superego which in turn causes him to reflect upon his own moral standards. Walter himself would normally have no desire to harm Tom Robinson. But seeing as he was cajoled into believing Tom’s presence in Maycomb is a major threat, he became bellicose. You see the people of Maycomb are exhibiting behavioral patterns similar to those exhibited in insect colonies( such as ants, bees, etc.) In a group insects are an intelligent almost militaristic group as they dominate they area in which they inhabit. However a lone insect is unintelligent and almost incapable of making complex decisions. Taking this logic into account one can infer that Walter Cunningham and his associates are all victims of mass hysteria. The fear of one individual has been embodied within the group and caused Walter Cunningham to act irrationally. I doubt however, if Scout was able to fully assuage the fears of Maycomb’s townsfolk. Scout only managed to temporarily stun the townsfolk as they were not expecting such an assertion by a young girl such as Scout. Eventually the townsfolk will regroup into another hateful mob bent on destroying Tom Robinson. Scout has only bought herself time for the final confrontation between Tom Robinson and the bigotry of Maycomb.
At the end of chapter five, Scout starts trying to have a conversation with the men, but she had focused on Mr. Cunningham. She had tried talking about money situations with him, and she tried to talk about his son who is in her grade. The men respond to Scout that way because they are unfamiliar with a 2nd or 3rd grader talking to them in that manner. They had not known that Scout could have known about the money situations, and could have acted so maturely while talking to them. I think that they were surprised because they were there to get to Atticus, but instead they had been driven away by an eight or nine year-old. I think Scout had done this because she wasn't sure what to think of these men and what they would do to Atticus, and since the only familiar man was Mr. Cunningham she had decided to see if they he would respond to her instead of messing with Atticus. In the end, as i had said before, Scout's words had made the men leave from the harassing of Atticus.
at the end of of chapter 15 Scout interupts a group of men outside of the Maycomb county jail. she manly talks to Mr Cunningham. Walter Cunninghams father. she ask him how Walter is doing and shes surprised that Mr Cunningham has little to no interest in talking of his son. one of the men picks up Jem by his collar and Scout is outraged and kicks the man in his shin. the men end up leaving and go to there cars. i think that Scout is trying to by time for her father to save Tom Robinson from going to jail and having to deal with Maycomb. i think that the men were shocked that they could easily be distracted by a 9 year old when they came to talk to Atticus. they were surprised how mature Scout was and how much she knew about the Cunninghanms money situation.
At the end of chapter 15, I think Scout approached the men because she thought they were going to hurt him, she really didn’t know what they are going to do to him so anything that she could do to distract them from Atticus, she will do it. I think the men reacted in the way they did because first of all, they were just so shocked that someone just jumped into their conversation out of nowhere, I mean, it was totally unexpected. Also, I think they were surprised by some of the things Scout was talking about such as money, and just the fact that she knew someone there besides her father! I think they thought she was really mature, and that they couldn’t do anything to Atticus while his kids were there. I also agree with the first entrée….I think there is something the men aren’t going to tell them. Something must have happened, or is going to happen that isn’t a good thing.
Scout runs up to Atticus who is surrounded by a group of men with Jem and Dill at her tail. She starts talking to Mr. Cunningham mindlessly about entailments and tries to get him to remember whom she is. The men that are all watching her with fascination have their mouths half open are speechless. I think they were stunned to see a little girl blabbing on and on right when they were in the middle of something else. I also think that Scout amazed the other men with her bright personality.
In this chp. Jem decides that he's going to go out to check on Atticus. Scout says she'll come with him no matter what he says. Then scout invites Dill too. So Jem, Dill, and Scout all go walking around looking for their father. Then they see him infront of the jail sitting. Jem says he's ok and they start to head home, but then all these cars pull up infront of Atticus. They stay to watch. Scout ends up running towards Atticus saying "H-ey Atticus" ruining their deep converation. While Jem and his father are fighting about going home Scout tries to make conversation with Mr. Cunningham. First she tries telling him who she is, it seemed like he didn't remeber her, but he did. So she starts talking about his son saying tell him I say hi. Silence from Mr. Cunningham. Then just out of the blue this 9 year old girl starts talking about money and the way she is say this is so sophisticated all the men hear her. They turn around with their mouths half open. Even this comment breaks up the fight Jem and Atticus were having and even Atticus' mouth was half open in amazment. Why were they so amazed? because this is a young girl talking about the current news on money, well it was just unexpected. Mr. Cunningham tells Scout "I'll tell him you said hey, little lady." Then the whole group of men leave and Jem, Dill, Scout, and Atticus go home.
At the end of chapter 15, Jem Dill and Scout go to find Atticus. They find him outside the jail house, reading a paper. Then, a bunch of cars drive up to him, and lots of men get out, and they start arguing. After that, the kids run up to Atticus, and don't listen when Atticus says to go back home. One of the men grabs Jem, and Scout kicks him. Finally, Scout recognizes Mr. Cunningham in the crowed and starts to talk to him, and realizes that everyone is watching her. She looks around, and Mr. Cunningham bends down, hugs her, and tells everyone that they are leaving. I think that the men respond to Scout this way, because she is acting very friendly, and strange, and everyone is getting somewhat scared, because she is a girl, and she just kicked someone, and then started socializing with one of the men there. I also think that the men leave, because Mr. Cunningham might be their leader, and he thinks that Scout is being nice to him, and trying to compliment him, as though they are friends. Stef
At the end of chapter 15 Scout is trying to start a conversation with the men outside of the court house. Her main focus is on Mr. Cunning Ham and money situations. I think that the men outsde of the court house were trying to get away with not answering her. I think that they did that because they were unfimiliar with Scout. They were also unfimilar with this kid in the second/ third grade talking about this other kid in the second/ third grade talking to them in that type of manner. I think that the men were confused because they didnt think that a kid her age could possibly know about the money situation. They were also very surprised about the way she acted so maturely about it. I think that they were very surprised because they had come to harass Atticus an instead they got told off by a little girl in the Second/ Third grade. I think that Scout did this not only because she was trying to stand up for her father but i think that she did it because those men were trying to hurt somethng that she cares about.
Scout confronts the men outside of the Maycomb jail because she thinks that something might happen to Atticus, since when Atticus asked, "Do you really think so?" the second time, she knew that it meant that someone was going to get jumped, and found it too good to miss. She ran out and realized that the men were not the same people she had seen before. Atticus probably didn't want Scout to worry about what was happening, so he ordered Jem to take her and Dill home, but Jem refuses, and when he still refuses to leave, I'm assuming that he also wants to know what his happening, and since he is older he probably thinks he has the right to know and not listen to his father, which is stupid because you can only really do that when you are 16 or 17. When one of the men tries to hurt Jem, Scout kicks his leg and the man writhes in pain. Scout then recognizes Mr. Cunningham, the father of Walter Cunningham, a student in Scout's grade. She starts talking to him and tell Walter she said hello.
I think the men responded to Scout in the way they did probably because they were annoyed at how there was an interruption in their business, and they probably were discussing something very serious and didn't want children to know about it, as it may be inappropriate for them. They also probably didn't like Atticus, so they wanted to treat his children the same way they wish they could him, and to maybe show them that they were scary and told them not to mess with them. The men treated the kids like they were younger than they actually are. I agree with Kyle about how something bad must've happened, and I agree with Becca on how Scout wasn't sure what they would do to Atticus, and how they were surprised that Scout would know about money situations. Scout had no idea about what was going on, and didn't want to risk losing her father, which is probably the main reason why she decided to step in.
in the end of ch 13 the men are all surrounding Atticus and scout recognizes one of the men who is surrounding him. She says hi and to tell his son that she said hi. the man said he will and then everyone left. Then Atticus told Tom Robinson to come because everyone is gone.
I think that the reason that all the men went away after scout was talking was because they were very mad at Atticus about him defending a black person in court. They also probably thought that Scout didn't know this already so they didn't want to tell her and get her mad at Atticus.
I also think that they were going to beat Tom up because he was black and they believed that he raped a white woman. They went away probably also because they didn't want a kid to see most of the people she knows beat up someone.
At the end of chapter 15, the crowd of men leaves Atticus and Tom Robinson be. I think that these men were riled up with anger, that they were hungry for revenge. I think they really had been bottling up this hatred in there hearts and now wanted to let it out. They were furious with Atticus for defending Tom Robinson and wanted to hurt them because they didn’t want someone defending an African-American man (even if he was innocent) let alone a Caucasian man defending an African American man. However I think Scout’s presence was a wake-up call. I think that seeing her made these people realize that Atticus was a father, somebody who was loved by his children. Hurting him would mean hurting his whole family and I think that they understood, if only momentarily, that Atticus was a person too, just like the rest of them. Scout speaks to Walter Cunningham in a friendly way, trying to be polite and this softened him. He too, was a father and seemed to see the situation from Atticus’s view. As if envisioning what would happen if it were himself and how he and his family would feel. I believe this stopped him in his tracks, to see the purity of Scout’s character and her innocence, that not all the Finch’s were “bad” guys convinced him to walk away. All this is unbeknownst to Scout, who was only trying to be courteous.
Scout shamed the men away. They were obviously up to no good in the first place. So when Scout jumped out and desperately attempted to distract the men, the men were obviously surprised at her diligence. She stuck her neck out for her father, confident he would help them somehow. She kept on going at Mr. Cunningham and finally he gave in and left along with the rest of the men. She embarrassed him by talking about his son and asking about him. It's like if you did something really terrible to a person, and right after that same erson asked how your grandmother was doing. I dont know if that makes sense, but that is how i think of it.
In the end of chapter 15, when Scout interrupts the confrontation between Atticus and the group of men, she doesn’t see the true situation. Maybe Jem or someone older could have predicted what was about to happen but Scout was unaware of the full effects of the predicament they found themselves in. As Scout said, “I thought they must be cold natured, as their sleeves were unrolled at buttoned at the cuffs”. She’s not completely clueless and can get a basic idea of the situation. She is also shy at first but she tries to be polite and make conversation with them anyway. She starts asking Mr. Cunningham about his son and how entailments aren’t good. Everyone is simply fascinated by what she is doing, and she just keeps going. Mr. Cunningham tells Scout he will say hi to Walter for her and then the men leave without doing anything to Atticus. i think they had intended to beat up Atticus, but their morales stopped them when Scout tried to be polite to them and male conversation. They couldn’t have beat him up in front of his kids and once they were reminded that hurting him would hurt his family they realized it was wrong. I don’t think they were thinking about the consequences of their actions and harassing Atticus out of anger. Scout “killed them with kindness” when she was polite in the face of their bad intentions.
In chapter 15, some men were bothering Tom, and Atticus went to to jail to watch over Tom. The men came and they started to talk, the kids come and get into the talk too.Mr. Cunningham surprisingly told her that he would tell Walter that she said hello as she'd asked him to do. Then the group of men got in their cars and drove away.
When Scout turned to her father to ask if they could go home, he was sagging against the jail in relief. A voice from a window overhead asked if the men had gone and Atticus assured Tom that the men wouldn't bother him anymore. Then Mr. Underwood furthered that assurance from his window above the Tribune office as he leaned out with his shotgun and told Atticus that he'd had him covered the whole time. On the way home Jem and Atticus walked ahead of Scout and Dill, and although she expected Atticus to be angry with Jem for his disobedience, when they passed under a streetlight, Atticus was ruffling Jem's hair, the only sign of affection he ever exhibited.
Entail- to cause or involve by necessity or as a consequence
I myself would not expect to hear this vocabularly from a young sceond grader. The men that Scout were not talking to had very passive looks on their faces, being surprised that a petite second grader knew how to stand up for her family in such a professional nature.
When Scout first enters the semi-circle of men surrounding her father, she believes that she is familiar with the men in the cars, but is embarrassed to find out that she isn't. She remembers the facial features and the name of Walter Cunningham. She has a breif conversation with Mr. Cunningham, although all he does is deliver a mere nod of the head. She then says to Mr. Cunningham "Entailments are bad". She comes to the latter realization that here statement has been absorbed by every man in front of the jail. Atticus quietly gives his astounded approval to Scout, and all of the men head out.
The men respond to Scout the way that they do because they are astounded by Scout's social ability to talk to adults.
In chapter 15 Atticus is asked by the Sheriff to stand guard over his client, Tom Robinson. But unlike usual, Atticus has failed to tell Jem and Scout his plans. Feeling concerned Jem decides to sneak out and assure Atticus's safety. Scout begs Jem to allow her and Dill to accompany him. He agrees and they set out for the jail house, using a tip from a little excavating. The group sits in the bushes for a while, it is not until they are just about to go when a group of cars roll in. Out from the cars come men who wish to kill Robinson before the trial. Atticus stands his ground until Scout thinks it a good idea to run into to the crowd. The men there are uninviting of the presence of children especially a female one. Looking for a familiar face she finds mister Cunningham, the one who pays Atticus for legal help with labor, Scout starts to talk about his debt in front of the other men. Being a shy person he doesn't say much but how much his son likes Scout, as a friend. the whole gang leaves after this exchange perhaps because they were afraid that scout would share a personal aspect of their life. Perhaps they were done and had gotten what they came for, to make a public display for Maycomb and Robinson, that they were not willing to back down. Maybe they couldn't bear to say anything for fear of insulting mister Cunningham. It was possibly because Scout, no matter how much she wants to deny it, is a girl, and must be treated with the respect and that is morally given to a girl. So by default the men where not able to retort her comment no matter how much they may have wanted to.
Scout interrupts the conversation not knowing to what extent she has harmed Atticus. She asks Mr. Cunningham how his son is, and gets a harsh response: he picks her up by her collar. Mr. Cunningham had no interest in what Scout was curious about, and was only interested in the situation of Atticus. The rest of the men who were conversing with Atticus drive off, leaving Tom Robinson and Scout in fear.
This angry response is out of a mere frustation towards the whole family. Because of the risk Atticus is taking by supporting and defending an African American, especially after the rumored harm he has done to the town. Because of the small annoyance of scouts behavior, many in the town blame it on Atticus, and also connect it to Atticus and his unexcepted behavior.
At the end of chapter 15, Scout recognizes one of the faces antagonizing Atticus as Mr. Walter Cunningham. Mr Cunningham being the only one she recognizes out of the mob, Scout confronts him about his entailment and asks him about his son. At first, her attempts to get through to him fail, but he slowly comes to acknowledge her. He then asks the mob to clear out and leave. Mr. Cunningham did not want to acknowledge Scout and the fact that Atticus has children, same as himself. Nobody in this town would want to attack a parent in front of their child or have it happen to them.
At the end of chapter 15 a group of men try to get past Atticus and into the jail to mess with Tom Robinson. Atticus expected this and was waiting for the men at the jail. Jem suspected something was up when Atticus drove off late at night and decided to go downtown. Jem, Scout, and Dill end up going downtown to see what’s going on. When they get there they see Atticus being confronted by the group of men. The three children hide from everyone else at first but then go out in the open because they are afraid that Atticus is going to get hurt. Scout tries being her normal friendly self to the men thinking that they’re the normal neighborhood men. When she gets a closer look at their faces she realizes she only knows one of them, Mr. Cunningham. Scout finds herself in an awkward situation, she only knows one of the men, she is scared of them, and everyone is looking at her. Because she recognizes Mr. Cunningham she starts talking to him about everything she thinks he is interested in. She talks about how she knows and likes his son. Mr. Cunningham does not seem amused by her chitchat and he doesn’t seem to be interested in what she’s saying. Scout then begins to talk about Mr. Cunningham’s “entailments” and what she thinks of them. At first Mr. Cunningham does not seem amused by this either, but then he seems to break down. Mr. Cunningham smiles and tells Scout that he will tell his son she says hi. I think this change happens because Mr. Cunningham is only human. Although the group of men does not like Atticus or Tom Robinson they like Scout. They think Scout is cute and they don’t want to harm Atticus in front of her, Jem, and Dill. I think this change represents that like Atticus explained to Jem earlier in the chapter the people in Maycomb aren’t all that bad. I think that Atticus understands this and is trying to explain to his kids that although the people in Maycomb may seem threatening they are really just uneducated and racist. Also the people of Maycomb are mostly talk, when confronted with an actual situation they are pretty decent people. I think it is important for the Finch family to learn this lesson, so that they will not live the next couple months in terror.
Scout came to the group of men and started consulting with the man that she knew in the group of menwhich left the men in an awkward moment because she accadentally says somthing that offends all of them at theawkward moment they all decide to leave
At the end of chapter 15 Atticus is surrounded by men who want to take Tom Robinson. Getting scare Scout runs out from her hiding place and confronts the men. She realizes that one of them is Mr. Cunningham, the father of a child in her school. Scout starts talking to Mr. Cunningham about his son and tell him to say "hey" to him for her. All the men are surprised at this. They are amazed at her bravery for coming to protect her father and the fact that she would talk to him. After she is done talking to Mr. Cunningham the men get back in their car and drive away. I think that the reason that the men went away was because they realized that Atticus has children and that they are brave and sweet children that will protect their father. Scout also knew Mr. Cunningham' son from school and he realized that she is a kid just like his son and this fact made him unable to hurt any one of them to get to Tom Robinson.
Outside of the Maycomb jail, a group of men get out of their cars and vans and say, "You know what we want." As Scout was listening, it was particularly scary for her because she felt like her father was being threatened. She wanted to protect him and distract these men so she popped out and said "Hey Atticus," and began a conversation with Mr. Cunningham. She began asking Mr. Cunningham about his son and explaining how she bullied him and shortly after invited him to dinner. I think that Mr. Cunningham realized what Scout did for his son and he started to feel sympathy just like she did for his son.
Before Scout explained to Mr. Cunningham, she kicked him in the shin because he had grabbed Jem by the collar. I believe that this was another drive for these men to leave them alone. Scout stood up her brother and they may have been impressed but could also relate to her and that sense of defending someone you love.
When Scout interrupts Atticus's confrontation, she immediately becomes embarrassed because the men she thought they would be, were not who they were. We see Jem and Scout slowly separating as the book progresses, but when one of the strange men picks up her brother and starts to take him away, a side of Scout that is easily provoked comes out.
The talk about the Cunningham's is scattered throughout the book, but they are a well known and an easily identified family. By the look on Walter Cunningham's face, the reader knows he is uncomfortable with his financial information being exposed, but Scout does not see this and continues. Scout is extremely intelligent for her age, so the look on the men's faces are stunned with her vocabulary and knowledge, but Scout does not see how smart she is. All she sees is a group of big men staring at her with their mouths slightly ajar.
Here is a very good example of how innocent and vulnerable Scout really is. She was not trying to make Mr. Cunningham feel bad, just trying to remind a familiar face who she was. She does not know why these men are here but is showing them that she is not just a child; by speaking her mind. To stop her from spilling anything more, he shows her he knows who she is, and they leaves.
After this important confrontation, Scout once again shows her innocence by complaining to Atticus that she is tired and wants to go home.
Scout is a very brave young girl, but she can also be naive, so at the end of chapter 15 when she interrupts the conference between Atticus and the "gang" she is putting herself in danger, but also saving her fathers neck. At the end of Chapter 15 Scout jumps into the meeting, and addresses Mr. Cunningham, about entailments, she is taking a risk, whether she knows it or not, and she is taking one for the family and that is admirable. The response towards Scout is awe, because it is obviously a surprise for Scout to bring up entailments, not only because of the word choice, but also because it is unique for a young child to have the courage to speak to a group of serious men. I think that the group of men left because they were giving Atticus a warning; I think he would not have a warning if it had not been for Scout, and her response.
In the end of chapter 15 Scout , Jem, and Dill confront Atticus and the group of men near the Maycomb jail. When Scout runs to Atticus during this scene, Atticus seems to be shaky and almost scared. Scout doesn't realize the amount of tension between Atticus and the group of men. She innocently starts a conversation with the one familiar face she sees within the group of men, Walter Cunningham. She starts to talk to him about Mr. Cunninghams son and explains how he once went over to eat at her house. The narrator describes how she politely talks about things that might interest Mr. Cunningham like his son because that was the polite thing to do.
I think that the men, including Atticus, respond in such a way by opening their mouths and staring blankly at Scout because they were dumbfounded. They were all dumbfounded by how such a small, young girl was able to talk to Mr. Cunningham with such ease while everyone else felt tension and fear because of the Tom Robinson case. It showed them that even in the midst of all this political battle, there was still a sense of common politeness and easy-going conversation. That someone could still be so courteous and remember the past friendliness they shared even though things were so different now.
At the end of chapter 15, Scout confronts Atticus and a group of people standing outside of the jailhouse. Scout thinks that this is the same group of people that appeared outside of their house earlier who happened to be friends of Atticus. When Scout goes up to this crowed however, Scout is greeted by a more rowdy bunch who are there to try to get Atticus to leave Mr.Uderwood and let them presumably beat or kill him. Scout at first tries to become less noticeable because she is embarrassed by the fact that she had just walked into a grope of strangers. Than Scout realizes that she knows one of the members of the mob, Mr.Cunningham. Scout tries to start a conversation with Mr. Cunningham, he seems to have heard her but not to respond. Scout gets his attention by sympathizing for him because of his “Enatialments”.
Scout says,
"I go to school with Walter...He’s in my grade” I said, “and he does right well. He’s a good boy,” I added, “a real nice boy”
After Scout says this, Mr. Cunningham backs down and leaves after Scout asks him to say hi to Walter for her. Mr. Cunningham says, “I’ll tell him you say hi, little lady” and than he and his mob departs. Scout really gets to Cunningham because she shows him how much of a caring family the Finches are. Mr. Cunningham also sees how Atticus has helped him and has always reached out to him when he has had the chance. This is a very important moment in the book because it shows how nice Atticus is and how even though Atticus has many enemies, its hard to hold a grudge against him.
At the end of chapter fifteen, Scout does something rather brash and audacious. She comes between an uncanny group of men and Atticus at Maycomb jail. The group of men were asking Atticus to “move out of the way” but in a very threatening manner as if they were bullies in a sandbox. Scout and Jem were observing this droll encounter from a far until Scout bolted from her hiding place to her father as a defensive and protective instinct. Scout wasn’t exactly sure-footed in her plan; she was running almost entirely on pure adrenalin. After she took note of her surroundings and became more relaxed, she recognized one of the strange men. He was the father of Walter Cunningham, a boy that attended her second grade. She soon forgot what she was doing and told Mr. Cunningham to say “hey” to Walter and began to discuss legal entailments. In return, Mr. Cunningham also forgot what he was doing and quite stricken, he submissively assured Scout that he’d tell Walter that she said “hey”. Quite bashful and embarrassed, Mr. Cunningham called the rest of the men off and they disappeared into the night. Why did Mr. Cunningham and the men act this way in response to Scout? In society “the little girl” (which in this case is Scout) represents innocence, honesty, naivety, and just straight up, being “good”. “The little girl” always brings out the “good” in even the most “devious” of men. It’s the villain’s only vulnerability. Society’s convention or institution of “the little girl” is made bona fide in chapter fifteen. Scout brings out the good in Mr. Cunningham. He becomes very much ashamed for threatening and bullying Atticus when Scout arrives. I agree with Nicholas when he says that Scout made Mr. Cunningham reflect on his own “moral standards”. It’s almost as if Scout woke Mr. Cunningham and the men up from some sort of daze or trance. Also the men had come to fulfill a task. In the end they didn’t get to fulfill their one specific task because of a little girl. A little girl! Someone as small and insignificant as Scout got in the men’s way. In the end, they just ended up leaving because they remembered their sense of morality. Sometimes all it takes is one small voice of reason to win over a crowd full of both determination and pigheadedness.
Scout, Jem and Dyll go looking for Atticus at night. They find him outside of the Maycomb jail, reading. Atticus is protecting Tom Robinson, a client of his in the jail, from a group of men. When a car arrives, a group of men come out of the car and start speaking to Atticus. When Scout interrupts a confrontation between Atticus and a group of men, they are surprised to be interrupted at this time at night by a child. The men try to remove the children. Then Atticus tells his children to go home. Jem and Scout refuse. Scout sees only one familiar face in the group of men, Mr. Walter Cunningham. Scout starts to speak to him about his son in school and what a great person his son is. Scout switches to other topics, noticing that he isn’t responding. Then she starts to talk about entailments to him in front of the crowd of men. Scout starts to realize that every one is looking at her, and Mr. Walter Cunningham hasn’t responded to one word she says. I disagree with Vaughn and Mikah. It is not Scouts sophistication and her talk about entailment that amazes them, but the friendliness she shows the men, because she is unaware these men have been threatening her father. Mr. Walter Cunningham feels ashamed of not only her friendliness, but also her reminder about the hickory nuts. Mr. Cunningham does not have any money, so he paid Atticus with the hickory nuts. Then she tells him how his own son came to their house to eat. This is important to Mr. Cunningham because this family does not know where their next meal is coming from. You can tell he feels guilty throughout the conversation when she speaks. He doesn’t speak but expresses himself through body language. When Scout asks about his entailments, “He shifted his feet, clad in heavy work shoes”. “When Scout finishes talking, Mr. Cunningham tells her something. “Then he did a peculiar thing. He squatted down and took me by both shoulders. ‘I’ll tell him you said hey, little lady,’ he said. Then he straightened up and waved a big paw. ‘Let’s clear out,’ he called.” They leave because Scout reminds them of ho important Atticus is to the community and now they all start feeling guilty. When Jem, Dyll and Atticus go home Atticus approves of what Jem did in the situation. “Atticus and Jem were well ahead of us, and I assumed that Attticus was giving him hell for not going home, but I was wrong. As they passed under a street light Atticus reached out and massaged Jem’s hair, his one gesture of affection. Atticus is thankful that his children’s’ presence sent the men away. Atticus now knows that his kids are willing to protect and help him while this case is going on, rather then taking it the wrong way and getting angry at him.
At the end of chapter 15, Jem notices Atticus’s absence from the house in the middle of the night. He goes to get dressed and goes outside. Scout and Dill, still in the house, both woke up and saw that Jem was leaving. From the window, Scout called to Jem and asked him where he was going. He responded that he was going to find Atticus. Scout said to him that she wouldn’t allow her to leave without her coming with him, so she does. They start to leave the house and a bit later, Dill quietly crept out and caught up with them. They went to Atticus’s office and realized that he wasn’t there, but they saw a light coming from the Jail House. They found him at the front of the Jail House sitting and reading a newspaper. Jem said that the best thing to do would be to not disturb Atticus and leave for home. Immediately after that, four cars park in front of the Jail House and a group of men climb out and tell Atticus that he has to leave with his children or else. Atticus demands that Jem took the rest of the children and left, but Jem refused to. Jem and Dill tried to confront the mob. Scout, suddenly comes out from hiding and recognizes one of the members of the mob; Mr. Cunningham. She goes up to Mr. Cunningham and tries to charm him by talking casually and reminding him that they know each other. She then talks about his son and other experiences. Finally, she reminds him of the time that Atticus lent them money. In doing this, she implies to him that Atticus helped you in your time of need, so now it’s your turn. In response, he tells Scout that he will tell his son that she said “hey” and breaks up the mob. After that the mob leaves and a short while afterwards they all head home. In this rampage, Scout was the hero of the night. She stood up for her family and did well. What she did to the mob was very clever. She, in her hiding place, saw that the strength of the mob was in their unity. She isolated them as a chain and broke the weakest link. She knew that eh only purpose of the mob was to get Atticus out of the way and to murder Tom Robinson, so she found one member that was familiar and used the casual talk to break his concentration, she used the talk of his son to diffuse his rage, and she used the talk about the legal entailments to turn his direction towards breaking the mob. Rather than direct confrontation, she was much more successful by using psychological guile to avert the mob by creating an abstract destruction of the unity of the mob; its sole power.
Jem ends up noticing that his father had left to go to the town center at nighttime. He takes Scout over to where the nonsense between the group of men and atticus occur. This shows Jem's new sense of responsibility and the transition into a man (Also, I feel that his refusal on leaving is also another point of his trasition into a man.)
They see their father being harass, and they run over. Scout rushes over and the only one she recognizes in the group is Walter Cunningham, the father of the boy in her grade. Her sense of innocense comes over her and she starts asking him about his son. She is smart by doing this because the crowd is in awe, and they end up leaving, probably since they don't want to hurt their father while his children are there.
At the very end of Chapter 15, Scout intervenes into the circle of men that seem to be threatening her father outside of Maycomb jail. "You know what we want." is what Scout hears them saying. Thinking that they were the same men that were on her lawn a few days ago, she runs through the circle and calls for Atticus, when she is finally turns to see who all the people are, she realizes she doesn't recognize much of them. The Atticus tries to get Jem to take them home, but Jem refuses. Finally a men comes up to Jem and grabs him by the collar, trying to make him leave, but Scout kicks him in the leg and he winces in pain and backs off. Then she spots Mr. Cunningham, and she begins to try to have a conversation with him, but he barely acknowledges her in the beginning. After numerous tries he finally responds after she talk to him about how she beat his son up but then invited him over to dinner. He bends down to her level, puts his hands on her shoulders and says "I'll tell him you said hey, little lady," Shortly after that, he tells all the men that its time to leave.
I think that Mr. Cunningham made the men all leave partly because of what Scout said and how she was nice To Mr. Cunningham's son. I also believe that another reason why they left is they saw how how the Finchs were so, I guess you could say, loving. Scout, an about 10 year old girl, defended her elder brother against a big burly man without even thinking twice about it, which showed how much she cared for him. Also Scouts effort to make sure Mr. Cunningham said hi to his son for her. I disagree with the people who said that they must of all left because something reminded them about a horrible time around Maycomb jail. I believe it was solely the impression they got from Scout.
At the end of chapter 15 Atticus is with men who want to take Tom Robinson. Getting scared Scout runs out from her hiding place and confronts the men. She realizes that one of them is Mr. Cunningham, the father of a child in her school. At first Scout is surprised that Mr. Cunningham would be there. She asks Mr. Cunningham to say "hi" to his child for her. The men around her are surprised by her bravery. They're surprised that she even knew Mr. Cunningham and even more surprised that she would have the guts to stick up for her father. The men then drive away. I think that the group of men left because they were giving Atticus a warning; I think he would not have a warning if it had not been for Scout, and her response.
Scout appears and makes a rather strong and analytical speech about Mr. Cunningham's personal relationship with her, or the Finches that she represent, through his son. This made all the individuals isolated from the might of their union, as they all began to ponder about their own life, and the purpose of putting Atticus to jail. They ultimately reach a conclusion, and with Mr. Cunningham on the lead, they dispatched.
From the recent chapters, the author really focuses on the role of insider. Most people think their way because other people thinks this way. A metaphor I really liked was what Nicholas said about the people acting like a colony of ants: together they are a fully capable, intelligent and strong. As individuals, they could get nothing much done, and could be defeated easily. When isolated from the group, Mr. Cunningham reflects on his actual relationship with Atticus and the Finches. They never done anything bad, Atticus was an immeasurably wise and humble, though talented man. Their family never harmed anyone, never mean to anyone. I believe Scout's statement that Walter was a really nice boy shook Mr. Cunningham back into his senses, because he found out that even Atticus's kids are nice, and that he does not deserve such a fate, to be in jail.
The power of Scout's voice was also displayed by the awe of the other men. Scout stroke directly at the core-right to personal feelings and affairs, like a innocent, perfect girl's talk. I believe all the men thought the way Mr. Cunningham did, added with the knowledge that no bad father would have their daughter be so educated while so young and her innocence.
At the end of chapter 15, Scout arrives at a scene where there is a mob gathering around Atticus and threatening him. Ironically, she ends up saving him because of her naïveté. She is so unaware of what is really happening that she starts to talk to Mr. Cunningham, Walter Cunningham’s father, about his entailment or his debt. This shocks everyone so much that the situation is pretty much forgotten. As if still unaware of the situation’s gravity, Scout continues to mention the entailment and, when she is ignored, moves on to talk about almost beating up Mr. Cunningham’s son, Walter.
I believe the men left for two reasons: they were confused by the level of social ineptitude that Scout embodied and they are somewhat ashamed. While they think that Scout’s behavior is absurd, they also recognize the innocence it requires to insult someone that severely and not even know about it. The men leave because of a mix of pity and confusion—they are confused about Scout’s behavior and they are upset that children have been dragged into such a violent situation.
In chapter 15, Scout interrupts a conversation between Atticus and a group of men outside of the Maycomb jail. She sees Mr. Cunningham and tries to chat with him. But he didn't really seem to interested or cared about what Scout wanted to say. He seemed to care more on what he came to the Maycomb jail for. "Hey Mr. Cunningham. How's your entailment getting' along?" Since Scout sees Mr. Cunningham and she knows who he is out of all these strangers around her, she talks to him. "I began to feel sweat gathering at the edges of my hair…a bunch of people looking at me. They were quite still." She was getting really nervous because she was technically in the spotlight and everyone was watching her to see what her next move is. The men around her don't really know how to respond to Scout because its like an awkward moment because the men just wanted to find Tom Robinson and beat him up or kill him. It would be rude and disrespectful to Scout, Jem and Dill to beat someone (Tom R. or Atticus) because they are just kids and they don't really know what is going on in this situation or how to deal with it. So the men just leave with Mr. Cunningham's last words being "I'll tell him you said hey, little lady…Let's clear out, let's get going boys." - Brianna <3
At the end of Chapter 15, Scout, Jem, and Dill go down to the jail with Tom Robinson in it. While the men are arguing with Atticus. The men wanted to kill Tom because of his crime before the trail. Atticus goes to defend him in order to keep Tom alive for a fair trail. When Scout butts in, she notices that she does not know any of the people. The men would have hurt her, but, they did not because she spoke to Walter Cunningham Sr. She spoke about his son and this caused them to notice what they were doing was bad. In return, they left her alone. Later Scout realized what might have happened to her. She then cries. The men respond because they know of their own families and if what they would have done to Scout happened, they would not be able to tell their family and children.
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At the end on ch.15 the group of maycomb men walk away to there cars and drive away.
The reason the men drove away from Scouts question is because something very bad must of happened. So no one wants to tell her because they might be to mad, sad, to talk about and she shouldn't here why. Something very horrible must of happened in the Maycomb jail.
At the end on ch.15 the group of maycomb men walk away to there cars and drive away.
The reason the men drove away from Scouts question is because something very bad must of happened. So no one wants to tell her because they might be to mad, sad, to talk about and she shouldn't hear why. Something very horrible must of happened in the Maycomb jail.
For some reason i cant delete the 1st. post. So Tom, the 2nd post is my real one.
In chapter 15 Scout is able to almost effortlessly pacify the group of hysterical men because she shatters their mentality. When Scout begins to question Walter Cunningham about his child and his legal matters, Scout awakens Walter’s superego which in turn causes him to reflect upon his own moral standards. Walter himself would normally have no desire to harm Tom Robinson. But seeing as he was cajoled into believing Tom’s presence in Maycomb is a major threat, he became bellicose. You see the people of Maycomb are exhibiting behavioral patterns similar to those exhibited in insect colonies( such as ants, bees, etc.) In a group insects are an intelligent almost militaristic group as they dominate they area in which they inhabit. However a lone insect is unintelligent and almost incapable of making complex decisions. Taking this logic into account one can infer that Walter Cunningham and his associates are all victims of mass hysteria. The fear of one individual has been embodied within the group and caused Walter Cunningham to act irrationally. I doubt however, if Scout was able to fully assuage the fears of Maycomb’s townsfolk. Scout only managed to temporarily stun the townsfolk as they were not expecting such an assertion by a young girl such as Scout. Eventually the townsfolk will regroup into another hateful mob bent on destroying Tom Robinson. Scout has only bought herself time for the final confrontation between Tom Robinson and the bigotry of Maycomb.
At the end of chapter five, Scout starts trying to have a conversation with the men, but she had focused on Mr. Cunningham. She had tried talking about money situations with him, and she tried to talk about his son who is in her grade. The men respond to Scout that way because they are unfamiliar with a 2nd or 3rd grader talking to them in that manner. They had not known that Scout could have known about the money situations, and could have acted so maturely while talking to them. I think that they were surprised because they were there to get to Atticus, but instead they had been driven away by an eight or nine year-old. I think Scout had done this because she wasn't sure what to think of these men and what they would do to Atticus, and since the only familiar man was Mr. Cunningham she had decided to see if they he would respond to her instead of messing with Atticus. In the end, as i had said before, Scout's words had made the men leave from the harassing of Atticus.
at the end of of chapter 15 Scout interupts a group of men outside of the Maycomb county jail. she manly talks to Mr Cunningham. Walter Cunninghams father. she ask him how Walter is doing and shes surprised that Mr Cunningham has little to no interest in talking of his son. one of the men picks up Jem by his collar and Scout is outraged and kicks the man in his shin. the men end up leaving and go to there cars. i think that Scout is trying to by time for her father to save Tom Robinson from going to jail and having to deal with Maycomb. i think that the men were shocked that they could easily be distracted by a 9 year old when they came to talk to Atticus. they were surprised how mature Scout was and how much she knew about the Cunninghanms money situation.
At the end of chapter 15, I think Scout approached the men because she thought they were going to hurt him, she really didn’t know what they are going to do to him so anything that she could do to distract them from Atticus, she will do it. I think the men reacted in the way they did because first of all, they were just so shocked that someone just jumped into their conversation out of nowhere, I mean, it was totally unexpected. Also, I think they were surprised by some of the things Scout was talking about such as money, and just the fact that she knew someone there besides her father! I think they thought she was really mature, and that they couldn’t do anything to Atticus while his kids were there. I also agree with the first entrée….I think there is something the men aren’t going to tell them. Something must have happened, or is going to happen that isn’t a good thing.
Scout runs up to Atticus who is surrounded by a group of men with Jem and Dill at her tail. She starts talking to Mr. Cunningham mindlessly about entailments and tries to get him to remember whom she is. The men that are all watching her with fascination have their mouths half open are speechless. I think they were stunned to see a little girl blabbing on and on right when they were in the middle of something else. I also think that Scout amazed the other men with her bright personality.
In this chp. Jem decides that he's going to go out to check on Atticus. Scout says she'll come with him no matter what he says. Then scout invites Dill too. So Jem, Dill, and Scout all go walking around looking for their father. Then they see him infront of the jail sitting. Jem says he's ok and they start to head home, but then all these cars pull up infront of Atticus. They stay to watch. Scout ends up running towards Atticus saying "H-ey Atticus" ruining their deep converation. While Jem and his father are fighting about going home Scout tries to make conversation with Mr. Cunningham. First she tries telling him who she is, it seemed like he didn't remeber her, but he did. So she starts talking about his son saying tell him I say hi. Silence from Mr. Cunningham. Then just out of the blue this 9 year old girl starts talking about money and the way she is say this is so sophisticated all the men hear her. They turn around with their mouths half open. Even this comment breaks up the fight Jem and Atticus were having and even Atticus' mouth was half open in amazment. Why were they so amazed? because this is a young girl talking about the current news on money, well it was just unexpected. Mr. Cunningham tells Scout "I'll tell him you said hey, little lady." Then the whole group of men leave and Jem, Dill, Scout, and Atticus go home.
Hi, its Stef.
At the end of chapter 15, Jem Dill and Scout go to find Atticus. They find him outside the jail house, reading a paper. Then, a bunch of cars drive up to him, and lots of men get out, and they start arguing. After that, the kids run up to Atticus, and don't listen when Atticus says to go back home. One of the men grabs Jem, and Scout kicks him. Finally, Scout recognizes Mr. Cunningham in the crowed and starts to talk to him, and realizes that everyone is watching her. She looks around, and Mr. Cunningham bends down, hugs her, and tells everyone that they are leaving.
I think that the men respond to Scout this way, because she is acting very friendly, and strange, and everyone is getting somewhat scared, because she is a girl, and she just kicked someone, and then started socializing with one of the men there. I also think that the men leave, because Mr. Cunningham might be their leader, and he thinks that Scout is being nice to him, and trying to compliment him, as though they are friends.
Stef
At the end of chapter 15 Scout is trying to start a conversation with the men outside of the court house. Her main focus is on Mr. Cunning Ham and money situations.
I think that the men outsde of the court house were trying to get away with not answering her. I think that they did that because they were unfimiliar with Scout. They were also unfimilar with this kid in the second/ third grade talking about this other kid in the second/ third grade talking to them in that type of manner. I think that the men were confused because they didnt think that a kid her age could possibly know about the money situation. They were also very surprised about the way she acted so maturely about it.
I think that they were very surprised because they had come to harass Atticus an instead they got told off by a little girl in the Second/ Third grade.
I think that Scout did this not only because she was trying to stand up for her father but i think that she did it because those men were trying to hurt somethng that she cares about.
Scout confronts the men outside of the Maycomb jail because she thinks that something might happen to Atticus, since when Atticus asked, "Do you really think so?" the second time, she knew that it meant that someone was going to get jumped, and found it too good to miss. She ran out and realized that the men were not the same people she had seen before. Atticus probably didn't want Scout to worry about what was happening, so he ordered Jem to take her and Dill home, but Jem refuses, and when he still refuses to leave, I'm assuming that he also wants to know what his happening, and since he is older he probably thinks he has the right to know and not listen to his father, which is stupid because you can only really do that when you are 16 or 17. When one of the men tries to hurt Jem, Scout kicks his leg and the man writhes in pain. Scout then recognizes Mr. Cunningham, the father of Walter Cunningham, a student in Scout's grade. She starts talking to him and tell Walter she said hello.
I think the men responded to Scout in the way they did probably because they were annoyed at how there was an interruption in their business, and they probably were discussing something very serious and didn't want children to know about it, as it may be inappropriate for them. They also probably didn't like Atticus, so they wanted to treat his children the same way they wish they could him, and to maybe show them that they were scary and told them not to mess with them. The men treated the kids like they were younger than they actually are. I agree with Kyle about how something bad must've happened, and I agree with Becca on how Scout wasn't sure what they would do to Atticus, and how they were surprised that Scout would know about money situations. Scout had no idea about what was going on, and didn't want to risk losing her father, which is probably the main reason why she decided to step in.
By Cara
hey tom
in the end of ch 13 the men are all surrounding Atticus and scout recognizes one of the men who is surrounding him. She says hi and to tell his son that she said hi. the man said he will and then everyone left. Then Atticus told Tom Robinson to come because everyone is gone.
I think that the reason that all the men went away after scout was talking was because they were very mad at Atticus about him defending a black person in court. They also probably thought that Scout didn't know this already so they didn't want to tell her and get her mad at Atticus.
I also think that they were going to beat Tom up because he was black and they believed that he raped a white woman. They went away probably also because they didn't want a kid to see most of the people she knows beat up someone.
I can't wait to read more.
Bradley
I ment ch 15
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Hi, It’s Kai W.
At the end of chapter 15, the crowd of men leaves Atticus and Tom Robinson be.
I think that these men were riled up with anger, that they were hungry for revenge. I think they really had been bottling up this hatred in there hearts and now wanted to let it out. They were furious with Atticus for defending Tom Robinson and wanted to hurt them because they didn’t want someone defending an African-American man (even if he was innocent) let alone a Caucasian man defending an African American man. However I think Scout’s presence was a wake-up call. I think that seeing her made these people realize that Atticus was a father, somebody who was loved by his children. Hurting him would mean hurting his whole family and I think that they understood, if only momentarily, that Atticus was a person too, just like the rest of them. Scout speaks to Walter Cunningham in a friendly way, trying to be polite and this softened him. He too, was a father and seemed to see the situation from Atticus’s view. As if envisioning what would happen if it were himself and how he and his family would feel. I believe this stopped him in his tracks, to see the purity of Scout’s character and her innocence, that not all the Finch’s were “bad” guys convinced him to walk away. All this is unbeknownst to Scout, who was only trying to be courteous.
Scout shamed the men away. They were obviously up to no good in the first place. So when Scout jumped out and desperately attempted to distract the men, the men were obviously surprised at her diligence. She stuck her neck out for her father, confident he would help them somehow. She kept on going at Mr. Cunningham and finally he gave in and left along with the rest of the men. She embarrassed him by talking about his son and asking about him. It's like if you did something really terrible to a person, and right after that same erson asked how your grandmother was doing. I dont know if that makes sense, but that is how i think of it.
In the end of chapter 15, when Scout interrupts the confrontation between Atticus and the group of men, she doesn’t see the true situation. Maybe Jem or someone older could have predicted what was about to happen but Scout was unaware of the full effects of the predicament they found themselves in. As Scout said, “I thought they must be cold natured, as their sleeves were unrolled at buttoned at the cuffs”. She’s not completely clueless and can get a basic idea of the situation. She is also shy at first but she tries to be polite and make conversation with them anyway. She starts asking Mr. Cunningham about his son and how entailments aren’t good. Everyone is simply fascinated by what she is doing, and she just keeps going. Mr. Cunningham tells Scout he will say hi to Walter for her and then the men leave without doing anything to Atticus. i think they had intended to beat up Atticus, but their morales stopped them when Scout tried to be polite to them and male conversation. They couldn’t have beat him up in front of his kids and once they were reminded that hurting him would hurt his family they realized it was wrong. I don’t think they were thinking about the consequences of their actions and harassing Atticus out of anger. Scout “killed them with kindness” when she was polite in the face of their bad intentions.
In chapter 15, some men were bothering Tom, and Atticus went to to jail to watch over Tom. The men came and they started to talk, the kids come and get into the talk too.Mr. Cunningham surprisingly told her that he would tell Walter that she said hello as she'd asked him to do. Then the group of men got in their cars and drove away.
When Scout turned to her father to ask if they could go home, he was sagging against the jail in relief. A voice from a window overhead asked if the men had gone and Atticus assured Tom that the men wouldn't bother him anymore. Then Mr. Underwood furthered that assurance from his window above the Tribune office as he leaned out with his shotgun and told Atticus that he'd had him covered the whole time. On the way home Jem and Atticus walked ahead of Scout and Dill, and although she expected Atticus to be angry with Jem for his disobedience, when they passed under a streetlight, Atticus was ruffling Jem's hair, the only sign of affection he ever exhibited.
Entail- to cause or involve by necessity or as a consequence
I myself would not expect to hear this vocabularly from a young sceond grader. The men that Scout were not talking to had very passive looks on their faces, being surprised that a petite second grader knew how to stand up for her family in such a professional nature.
When Scout first enters the semi-circle of men surrounding her father, she believes that she is familiar with the men in the cars, but is embarrassed to find out that she isn't. She remembers the facial features and the name of Walter Cunningham. She has a breif conversation with Mr. Cunningham, although all he does is deliver a mere nod of the head. She then says to Mr. Cunningham "Entailments are bad". She comes to the latter realization that here statement has been absorbed by every man in front of the jail. Atticus quietly gives his astounded approval to Scout, and all of the men head out.
The men respond to Scout the way that they do because they are astounded by Scout's social ability to talk to adults.
In chapter 15 Atticus is asked by the Sheriff to stand guard over his client, Tom Robinson. But unlike usual, Atticus has failed to tell Jem and Scout his plans. Feeling concerned Jem decides to sneak out and assure Atticus's safety. Scout begs Jem to allow her and Dill to accompany him. He agrees and they set out for the jail house, using a tip from a little excavating. The group sits in the bushes for a while, it is not until they are just about to go when a group of cars roll in. Out from the cars come men who wish to kill Robinson before the trial. Atticus stands his ground until Scout thinks it a good idea to run into to the crowd. The men there are uninviting of the presence of children especially a female one. Looking for a familiar face she finds mister Cunningham, the one who pays Atticus for legal help with labor, Scout starts to talk about his debt in front of the other men. Being a shy person he doesn't say much but how much his son likes Scout, as a friend. the whole gang leaves after this exchange perhaps because they were afraid that scout would share a personal aspect of their life. Perhaps they were done and had gotten what they came for, to make a public display for Maycomb and Robinson, that they were not willing to back down. Maybe they couldn't bear to say anything for fear of insulting mister Cunningham. It was possibly because Scout, no matter how much she wants to deny it, is a girl, and must be treated with the respect and that is morally given to a girl. So by default the men where not able to retort her comment no matter how much they may have wanted to.
Scout interrupts the conversation not knowing to what extent she has harmed Atticus. She asks Mr. Cunningham how his son is, and gets a harsh response: he picks her up by her collar. Mr. Cunningham had no interest in what Scout was curious about, and was only interested in the situation of Atticus. The rest of the men who were conversing with Atticus drive off, leaving Tom Robinson and Scout in fear.
This angry response is out of a mere frustation towards the whole family. Because of the risk Atticus is taking by supporting and defending an African American, especially after the rumored harm he has done to the town. Because of the small annoyance of scouts behavior, many in the town blame it on Atticus, and also connect it to Atticus and his unexcepted behavior.
At the end of chapter 15, Scout recognizes one of the faces antagonizing Atticus as Mr. Walter Cunningham. Mr Cunningham being the only one she recognizes out of the mob, Scout confronts him about his entailment and asks him about his son. At first, her attempts to get through to him fail, but he slowly comes to acknowledge her. He then asks the mob to clear out and leave. Mr. Cunningham did not want to acknowledge Scout and the fact that Atticus has children, same as himself. Nobody in this town would want to attack a parent in front of their child or have it happen to them.
At the end of chapter 15 a group of men try to get past Atticus and into the jail to mess with Tom Robinson. Atticus expected this and was waiting for the men at the jail. Jem suspected something was up when Atticus drove off late at night and decided to go downtown. Jem, Scout, and Dill end up going downtown to see what’s going on. When they get there they see Atticus being confronted by the group of men. The three children hide from everyone else at first but then go out in the open because they are afraid that Atticus is going to get hurt. Scout tries being her normal friendly self to the men thinking that they’re the normal neighborhood men. When she gets a closer look at their faces she realizes she only knows one of them, Mr. Cunningham.
Scout finds herself in an awkward situation, she only knows one of the men, she is scared of them, and everyone is looking at her. Because she recognizes Mr. Cunningham she starts talking to him about everything she thinks he is interested in. She talks about how she knows and likes his son. Mr. Cunningham does not seem amused by her chitchat and he doesn’t seem to be interested in what she’s saying. Scout then begins to talk about Mr. Cunningham’s “entailments” and what she thinks of them. At first Mr. Cunningham does not seem amused by this either, but then he seems to break down. Mr. Cunningham smiles and tells Scout that he will tell his son she says hi.
I think this change happens because Mr. Cunningham is only human. Although the group of men does not like Atticus or Tom Robinson they like Scout. They think Scout is cute and they don’t want to harm Atticus in front of her, Jem, and Dill. I think this change represents that like Atticus explained to Jem earlier in the chapter the people in Maycomb aren’t all that bad. I think that Atticus understands this and is trying to explain to his kids that although the people in Maycomb may seem threatening they are really just uneducated and racist. Also the people of Maycomb are mostly talk, when confronted with an actual situation they are pretty decent people. I think it is important for the Finch family to learn this lesson, so that they will not live the next couple months in terror.
Scout came to the group of men and started consulting with the man that she knew in the group of menwhich left the men in an awkward moment because she accadentally says somthing that offends all of them at theawkward moment they all decide to leave
At the end of chapter 15 Atticus is surrounded by men who want to take Tom Robinson. Getting scare Scout runs out from her hiding place and confronts the men. She realizes that one of them is Mr. Cunningham, the father of a child in her school. Scout starts talking to Mr. Cunningham about his son and tell him to say "hey" to him for her. All the men are surprised at this. They are amazed at her bravery for coming to protect her father and the fact that she would talk to him. After she is done talking to Mr. Cunningham the men get back in their car and drive away. I think that the reason that the men went away was because they realized that Atticus has children and that they are brave and sweet children that will protect their father. Scout also knew Mr. Cunningham' son from school and he realized that she is a kid just like his son and this fact made him unable to hurt any one of them to get to Tom Robinson.
Outside of the Maycomb jail, a group of men get out of their cars and vans and say, "You know what we want." As Scout was listening, it was particularly scary for her because she felt like her father was being threatened. She wanted to protect him and distract these men so she popped out and said "Hey Atticus," and began a conversation with Mr. Cunningham. She began asking Mr. Cunningham about his son and explaining how she bullied him and shortly after invited him to dinner. I think that Mr. Cunningham realized what Scout did for his son and he started to feel sympathy just like she did for his son.
Before Scout explained to Mr. Cunningham, she kicked him in the shin because he had grabbed Jem by the collar. I believe that this was another drive for these men to leave them alone. Scout stood up her brother and they may have been impressed but could also relate to her and that sense of defending someone you love.
When Scout interrupts Atticus's confrontation, she immediately becomes embarrassed because the men she thought they would be, were not who they were. We see Jem and Scout slowly separating as the book progresses, but when one of the strange men picks up her brother and starts to take him away, a side of Scout that is easily provoked comes out.
The talk about the Cunningham's is scattered throughout the book, but they are a well known and an easily identified family. By the look on Walter Cunningham's face, the reader knows he is uncomfortable with his financial information being exposed, but Scout does not see this and continues. Scout is extremely intelligent for her age, so the look on the men's faces are stunned with her vocabulary and knowledge, but Scout does not see how smart she is. All she sees is a group of big men staring at her with their mouths slightly ajar.
Here is a very good example of how innocent and vulnerable Scout really is. She was not trying to make Mr. Cunningham feel bad, just trying to remind a familiar face who she was. She does not know why these men are here but is showing them that she is not just a child; by speaking her mind. To stop her from spilling anything more, he shows her he knows who she is, and they leaves.
After this important confrontation, Scout once again shows her innocence by complaining to Atticus that she is tired and wants to go home.
Scout is a very brave young girl, but she can also be naive, so at the end of chapter 15 when she interrupts the conference between Atticus and the "gang" she is putting herself in danger, but also saving her fathers neck. At the end of Chapter 15 Scout jumps into the meeting, and addresses Mr. Cunningham, about entailments, she is taking a risk, whether she knows it or not, and she is taking one for the family and that is admirable. The response towards Scout is awe, because it is obviously a surprise for Scout to bring up entailments, not only because of the word choice, but also because it is unique for a young child to have the courage to speak to a group of serious men. I think that the group of men left because they were giving Atticus a warning; I think he would not have a warning if it had not been for Scout, and her response.
In the end of chapter 15 Scout , Jem, and Dill confront Atticus and the group of men near the Maycomb jail. When Scout runs to Atticus during this scene, Atticus seems to be shaky and almost scared. Scout doesn't realize the amount of tension between Atticus and the group of men. She innocently starts a conversation with the one familiar face she sees within the group of men, Walter Cunningham. She starts to talk to him about Mr. Cunninghams son and explains how he once went over to eat at her house. The narrator describes how she politely talks about things that might interest Mr. Cunningham like his son because that was the polite thing to do.
I think that the men, including Atticus, respond in such a way by opening their mouths and staring blankly at Scout because they were dumbfounded. They were all dumbfounded by how such a small, young girl was able to talk to Mr. Cunningham with such ease while everyone else felt tension and fear because of the Tom Robinson case. It showed them that even in the midst of all this political battle, there was still a sense of common politeness and easy-going conversation. That someone could still be so courteous and remember the past friendliness they shared even though things were so different now.
p.s. The grammar in your blog post is wrong :)
At the end of chapter 15, Scout confronts Atticus and a group of people standing outside of the jailhouse. Scout thinks that this is the same group of people that appeared outside of their house earlier who happened to be friends of Atticus. When Scout goes up to this crowed however, Scout is greeted by a more rowdy bunch who are there to try to get Atticus to leave Mr.Uderwood and let them presumably beat or kill him. Scout at first tries to become less noticeable because she is embarrassed by the fact that she had just walked into a grope of strangers. Than Scout realizes that she knows one of the members of the mob, Mr.Cunningham. Scout tries to start a conversation with Mr. Cunningham, he seems to have heard her but not to respond. Scout gets his attention by sympathizing for him because of his “Enatialments”.
Scout says,
"I go to school with Walter...He’s in my grade” I said, “and he does right well. He’s a good boy,” I added, “a real nice boy”
After Scout says this, Mr. Cunningham backs down and leaves after Scout asks him to say hi to Walter for her. Mr. Cunningham says, “I’ll tell him you say hi, little lady” and than he and his mob departs. Scout really gets to Cunningham because she shows him how much of a caring family the Finches are. Mr. Cunningham also sees how Atticus has helped him and has always reached out to him when he has had the chance. This is a very important moment in the book because it shows how nice Atticus is and how even though Atticus has many enemies, its hard to hold a grudge against him.
At the end of chapter fifteen, Scout does something rather brash and audacious. She comes between an uncanny group of men and Atticus at Maycomb jail. The group of men were asking Atticus to “move out of the way” but in a very threatening manner as if they were bullies in a sandbox. Scout and Jem were observing this droll encounter from a far until Scout bolted from her hiding place to her father as a defensive and protective instinct. Scout wasn’t exactly sure-footed in her plan; she was running almost entirely on pure adrenalin. After she took note of her surroundings and became more relaxed, she recognized one of the strange men. He was the father of Walter Cunningham, a boy that attended her second grade. She soon forgot what she was doing and told Mr. Cunningham to say “hey” to Walter and began to discuss legal entailments. In return, Mr. Cunningham also forgot what he was doing and quite stricken, he submissively assured Scout that he’d tell Walter that she said “hey”. Quite bashful and embarrassed, Mr. Cunningham called the rest of the men off and they disappeared into the night.
Why did Mr. Cunningham and the men act this way in response to Scout? In society “the little girl” (which in this case is Scout) represents innocence, honesty, naivety, and just straight up, being “good”. “The little girl” always brings out the “good” in even the most “devious” of men. It’s the villain’s only vulnerability. Society’s convention or institution of “the little girl” is made bona fide in chapter fifteen. Scout brings out the good in Mr. Cunningham. He becomes very much ashamed for threatening and bullying Atticus when Scout arrives. I agree with Nicholas when he says that Scout made Mr. Cunningham reflect on his own “moral standards”. It’s almost as if Scout woke Mr. Cunningham and the men up from some sort of daze or trance.
Also the men had come to fulfill a task. In the end they didn’t get to fulfill their one specific task because of a little girl. A little girl! Someone as small and insignificant as Scout got in the men’s way. In the end, they just ended up leaving because they remembered their sense of morality. Sometimes all it takes is one small voice of reason to win over a crowd full of both determination and pigheadedness.
-Kai Marcel
Scout, Jem and Dyll go looking for Atticus at night. They find him outside of the Maycomb jail, reading. Atticus is protecting Tom Robinson, a client of his in the jail, from a group of men. When a car arrives, a group of men come out of the car and start speaking to Atticus. When Scout interrupts a confrontation between Atticus and a group of men, they are surprised to be interrupted at this time at night by a child. The men try to remove the children. Then Atticus tells his children to go home. Jem and Scout refuse. Scout sees only one familiar face in the group of men, Mr. Walter Cunningham. Scout starts to speak to him about his son in school and what a great person his son is. Scout switches to other topics, noticing that he isn’t responding. Then she starts to talk about entailments to him in front of the crowd of men. Scout starts to realize that every one is looking at her, and Mr. Walter Cunningham hasn’t responded to one word she says.
I disagree with Vaughn and Mikah. It is not Scouts sophistication and her talk about entailment that amazes them, but the friendliness she shows the men, because she is unaware these men have been threatening her father. Mr. Walter Cunningham feels ashamed of not only her friendliness, but also her reminder about the hickory nuts. Mr. Cunningham does not have any money, so he paid Atticus with the hickory nuts. Then she tells him how his own son came to their house to eat. This is important to Mr. Cunningham because this family does not know where their next meal is coming from. You can tell he feels guilty throughout the conversation when she speaks. He doesn’t speak but expresses himself through body language. When Scout asks about his entailments, “He shifted his feet, clad in heavy work shoes”. “When Scout finishes talking, Mr. Cunningham tells her something. “Then he did a peculiar thing. He squatted down and took me by both shoulders. ‘I’ll tell him you said hey, little lady,’ he said. Then he straightened up and waved a big paw. ‘Let’s clear out,’ he called.” They leave because Scout reminds them of ho important Atticus is to the community and now they all start feeling guilty. When Jem, Dyll and Atticus go home Atticus approves of what Jem did in the situation. “Atticus and Jem were well ahead of us, and I assumed that Attticus was giving him hell for not going home, but I was wrong. As they passed under a street light Atticus reached out and massaged Jem’s hair, his one gesture of affection. Atticus is thankful that his children’s’ presence sent the men away. Atticus now knows that his kids are willing to protect and help him while this case is going on, rather then taking it the wrong way and getting angry at him.
At the end of chapter 15, Jem notices Atticus’s absence from the house in the middle of the night. He goes to get dressed and goes outside. Scout and Dill, still in the house, both woke up and saw that Jem was leaving. From the window, Scout called to Jem and asked him where he was going. He responded that he was going to find Atticus. Scout said to him that she wouldn’t allow her to leave without her coming with him, so she does. They start to leave the house and a bit later, Dill quietly crept out and caught up with them. They went to Atticus’s office and realized that he wasn’t there, but they saw a light coming from the Jail House. They found him at the front of the Jail House sitting and reading a newspaper. Jem said that the best thing to do would be to not disturb Atticus and leave for home. Immediately after that, four cars park in front of the Jail House and a group of men climb out and tell Atticus that he has to leave with his children or else. Atticus demands that Jem took the rest of the children and left, but Jem refused to. Jem and Dill tried to confront the mob. Scout, suddenly comes out from hiding and recognizes one of the members of the mob; Mr. Cunningham. She goes up to Mr. Cunningham and tries to charm him by talking casually and reminding him that they know each other. She then talks about his son and other experiences. Finally, she reminds him of the time that Atticus lent them money. In doing this, she implies to him that Atticus helped you in your time of need, so now it’s your turn. In response, he tells Scout that he will tell his son that she said “hey” and breaks up the mob. After that the mob leaves and a short while afterwards they all head home.
In this rampage, Scout was the hero of the night. She stood up for her family and did well. What she did to the mob was very clever. She, in her hiding place, saw that the strength of the mob was in their unity. She isolated them as a chain and broke the weakest link. She knew that eh only purpose of the mob was to get Atticus out of the way and to murder Tom Robinson, so she found one member that was familiar and used the casual talk to break his concentration, she used the talk of his son to diffuse his rage, and she used the talk about the legal entailments to turn his direction towards breaking the mob. Rather than direct confrontation, she was much more successful by using psychological guile to avert the mob by creating an abstract destruction of the unity of the mob; its sole power.
Jem ends up noticing that his father had left to go to the town center at nighttime. He takes Scout over to where the nonsense between the group of men and atticus occur. This shows Jem's new sense of responsibility and the transition into a man
(Also, I feel that his refusal on leaving is also another point of his trasition into a man.)
They see their father being harass, and they run over. Scout rushes over and the only one she recognizes in the group is Walter Cunningham, the father of the boy in her grade. Her sense of innocense comes over her and she starts asking him about his son. She is smart by doing this because the crowd is in awe, and they end up leaving, probably since they don't want to hurt their father while his children are there.
At the very end of Chapter 15, Scout intervenes into the circle of men that seem to be threatening her father outside of Maycomb jail. "You know what we want." is what Scout hears them saying. Thinking that they were the same men that were on her lawn a few days ago, she runs through the circle and calls for Atticus, when she is finally turns to see who all the people are, she realizes she doesn't recognize much of them. The Atticus tries to get Jem to take them home, but Jem refuses. Finally a men comes up to Jem and grabs him by the collar, trying to make him leave, but Scout kicks him in the leg and he winces in pain and backs off. Then she spots Mr. Cunningham, and she begins to try to have a conversation with him, but he barely acknowledges her in the beginning. After numerous tries he finally responds after she talk to him about how she beat his son up but then invited him over to dinner. He bends down to her level, puts his hands on her shoulders and says "I'll tell him you said hey, little lady," Shortly after that, he tells all the men that its time to leave.
I think that Mr. Cunningham made the men all leave partly because of what Scout said and how she was nice To Mr. Cunningham's son. I also believe that another reason why they left is they saw how how the Finchs were so, I guess you could say, loving. Scout, an about 10 year old girl, defended her elder brother against a big burly man without even thinking twice about it, which showed how much she cared for him. Also Scouts effort to make sure Mr. Cunningham said hi to his son for her. I disagree with the people who said that they must of all left because something reminded them about a horrible time around Maycomb jail. I believe it was solely the impression they got from Scout.
At the end of chapter 15 Atticus is with men who want to take Tom Robinson. Getting scared Scout runs out from her hiding place and confronts the men. She realizes that one of them is Mr. Cunningham, the father of a child in her school. At first Scout is surprised that Mr. Cunningham would be there. She asks Mr. Cunningham to say "hi" to his child for her. The men around her are surprised by her bravery. They're surprised that she even knew Mr. Cunningham and even more surprised that she would have the guts to stick up for her father.
The men then drive away. I think that the group of men left because they were giving Atticus a warning; I think he would not have a warning if it had not been for Scout, and her response.
Scout appears and makes a rather strong and analytical speech about Mr. Cunningham's personal relationship with her, or the Finches that she represent, through his son. This made all the individuals isolated from the might of their union, as they all began to ponder about their own life, and the purpose of putting Atticus to jail. They ultimately reach a conclusion, and with Mr. Cunningham on the lead, they dispatched.
From the recent chapters, the author really focuses on the role of insider. Most people think their way because other people thinks this way. A metaphor I really liked was what Nicholas said about the people acting like a colony of ants: together they are a fully capable, intelligent and strong. As individuals, they could get nothing much done, and could be defeated easily. When isolated from the group, Mr. Cunningham reflects on his actual relationship with Atticus and the Finches. They never done anything bad, Atticus was an immeasurably wise and humble, though talented man. Their family never harmed anyone, never mean to anyone. I believe Scout's statement that Walter was a really nice boy shook Mr. Cunningham back into his senses, because he found out that even Atticus's kids are nice, and that he does not deserve such a fate, to be in jail.
The power of Scout's voice was also displayed by the awe of the other men. Scout stroke directly at the core-right to personal feelings and affairs, like a innocent, perfect girl's talk. I believe all the men thought the way Mr. Cunningham did, added with the knowledge that no bad father would have their daughter be so educated while so young and her innocence.
At the end of chapter 15, Scout arrives at a scene where there is a mob gathering around Atticus and threatening him. Ironically, she ends up saving him because of her naïveté. She is so unaware of what is really happening that she starts to talk to Mr. Cunningham, Walter Cunningham’s father, about his entailment or his debt. This shocks everyone so much that the situation is pretty much forgotten. As if still unaware of the situation’s gravity, Scout continues to mention the entailment and, when she is ignored, moves on to talk about almost beating up Mr. Cunningham’s son, Walter.
I believe the men left for two reasons: they were confused by the level of social ineptitude that Scout embodied and they are somewhat ashamed. While they think that Scout’s behavior is absurd, they also recognize the innocence it requires to insult someone that severely and not even know about it. The men leave because of a mix of pity and confusion—they are confused about Scout’s behavior and they are upset that children have been dragged into such a violent situation.
In chapter 15, Scout interrupts a conversation between Atticus and a group of men outside of the Maycomb jail. She sees Mr. Cunningham and tries to chat with him. But he didn't really seem to interested or cared about what Scout wanted to say. He seemed to care more on what he came to the Maycomb jail for.
"Hey Mr. Cunningham. How's your entailment getting' along?" Since Scout sees Mr. Cunningham and she knows who he is out of all these strangers around her, she talks to him. "I began to feel sweat gathering at the edges of my hair…a bunch of people looking at me. They were quite still." She was getting really nervous because she was technically in the spotlight and everyone was watching her to see what her next move is. The men around her don't really know how to respond to Scout because its like an awkward moment because the men just wanted to find Tom Robinson and beat him up or kill him. It would be rude and disrespectful to Scout, Jem and Dill to beat someone (Tom R. or Atticus) because they are just kids and they don't really know what is going on in this situation or how to deal with it. So the men just leave with Mr. Cunningham's last words being "I'll tell him you said hey, little lady…Let's clear out, let's get going boys."
- Brianna <3
At the end of Chapter 15, Scout, Jem, and Dill go down to the jail with Tom Robinson in it. While the men are arguing with Atticus. The men wanted to kill Tom because of his crime before the trail. Atticus goes to defend him in order to keep Tom alive for a fair trail. When Scout butts in, she notices that she does not know any of the people. The men would have hurt her, but, they did not because she spoke to Walter Cunningham Sr. She spoke about his son and this caused them to notice what they were doing was bad. In return, they left her alone. Later Scout realized what might have happened to her. She then cries. The men respond because they know of their own families and if what they would have done to Scout happened, they would not be able to tell their family and children.
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