1. To Kill A Mockingbird
Chapters 12-15

2. Letter from Dill and The Negro Community
Chapter 12
Letter from Dill
and
The Negro Community

3. Letter from Dill
Jem is growing up; According to Scout he is difficult to live with
He is moody;
He has developed a superiority complex
Summer begins
(third summer now) and
Scout receives a letter from Dill stating he will be staying in Mississippi
He has a new father
June 1935
Dear Scout,
You will never believe what happened!
I have a new father now. I am not going
to come to Maycomb this summer because
are going to build a fishing boat. He is a lawyer like Atticus, but he is much younger than Atticus. We are going to have so much fun together.
Just remember that I will love you forever and I plan to marry you when I get some money. Please write to me.
Love,
Dill

4. Church with Calpurnia
Atticus, in addition to being a lawyer, is a state representative
He is away for extended periods of time because the legislature is in session this summer
Atticus does not return by Saturday evening
Calpurnia decides to take the children with her to her church on Sunday
This experience gives the children a new perspective on not only Calpurnia, but also the Negro community as a whole

5. A Woman in Two Worlds
The people at Cal’s church are respectful to the children
Scout notices that Cal speaks differently when she is around her own people than how she speaks at their house
The church has no hymnal because most of the congregation cannot read

6. Helping One of Their Own
They take up a collection for Tom Robinson’s family
Reverend Sykes says it is not enough
They lock the doors until they get the $10 the Reverend said was needed.
This shows their generosity
Scout has questions about Tom Robinson’s case
Reverend Sykes tries to answer Scout’s questions

7. The Charge The charge against Tom is revealed
He is accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman
When Cal and the children arrive home, Aunt Alexandra is on the front porch
She has come to Maycomb to help take care of Scout and Jem

8. Chapter 13
Aunt Alexandra

9. Aunt Alexandra
We are given more insight into Aunt Alexandra’s personality
She believes in the caste system and thinks she is part of the upper class
She reveals more about the Finch family
She is can be described as moralistic, prejudiced, a gossip, self- righteous

10. Chapter 14
Runaway

11. Power Struggle Aunt Alexandra and Calpurnia do not get along
Aunt Alexandra is trying to usurp Calpurnia’s position and the way she runs the household
Aunt Alexandra suggests that Atticus fire Calpurnia
Atticus refuses
Everyone bosses Scout
She believes this to be unfair

12. Dill Runs Away Dill comes to Maycomb
He hides under Scout’s bed
He has run away from home because his parents ignore him
He runs from a place where there is no love and acceptance to where he knows he will be loved and accepted (the Finches)

13. Dill Gets to Stay
He is granted permission to stay with his aunt all summer
Scout asks Dill why Boo Radley has never run away
Dill is very intuitive in his reply: “maybe he doesn’t have anywhere to run off to”

14. Protecting Tom Robinson
Chapter 15
Protecting Tom Robinson

15. Warnings
Heck Tate comes to warn Atticus they’re moving Tom Robinson to the Maycomb jail
He expects trouble from the farmers from Old Sarum
Link Deas also warns Atticus
Atticus leaves the house that evening
He takes his car
This is unusual because he seldom used his car in Maycomb
The kids begin to worry when Atticus is not home by 10:00 that night

16. The Gang from Old Sarum
They decide to go down to the jail to see what is going on
The men from Old Sarum show up
They are a lynch mob
Atticus refuses to budge or release Tom to them

17. The Lynch Mob
Scout gets scared and runs to Atticus to see if he is okay
Atticus tells Jem to take the kids home
Jem refuses
A man from the mob grabs Jem
Scout kicks him in the groin

18. Protecting Tom Scout recognizes Mr. Cunningham
(Walter’s dad)
She talks to him about his entailment
This embarrasses him into realizing that he was given fair treatment under the law
The mob needs to do the same for Tom
Scout does not realize what she has done
She has averted a crisis situation

19. Tom is Safe Atticus and the kids go home after the mob leaves
Tom was also being protected by Mr. Underwood, the owner of the newspaper, who was on the second floor of his building with a gun