SHOULD BOO BE CHARGED WITH
MURDER? (Chapter 30)... Scout overhears much of the
conversation between Atticus and Sheriff Heck Tate concerning Bob Ewell's death. Tate
firmly tells Atticus that his official report would be that Ewell's death was accidental
and self-inflicted--that " 'Ewell fell on his knife.' " In this way, Boo would not have
to suffer the indignity of a trial. By this time Scout understands that it must have
been Boo that saved her and Jem by knifing Bob himself. She told
Atticus,
"Mr. Tate was right."
Atticus disengaged himself and looked at me. "What do
you mean?"
"Well, it'd be sorta like shootin' a mockingbird, wouldn't
it?"
MEETING
BOO (Chapter 31)... Scout had finally realized that
Boo was not a monster; he was her hero. She had already considered the lonely life he
must have experienced shut up inside the Radley house, but now, after meeting him, she
had a chance to prove her friendship.
"Mr. Arthur, bend your arm down here, like
that. That's right, sir.
I slipped my hand into the crook of his
arm.
He had to stoop a little to accommodate me, but if Miss Stephanie
Crawford was watching from her upstairs window, she would see Arthur Radley escorting me
down the sidewalk, as any gentleman would
do.
MISS
CAROLINE (Chapter 3)... Scout never got along with
her first grade teacher, Miss Caroline, but she did feel sorry for her (at least a
little bit) on her first day of school. After Burris Ewell called her a " 'snot-nosed
slut,' " Scout and the rest of the kids tried to console
her.
Soon we
were clustered around her desk, trying in our various ways to comfort
her.
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