Chapters 16- 20
Chapter 16:
It is the day of the Tom Robinson trial and Jem, Dill, and Scout plan to sneak into the courtroom. Everyone is at the courtroom including Mr. Dolphus Raymond who has mixed children with a black woman and is always drunk. Miss Maudie does not attend the trial because she believes it is cruel.
Everyone is eating their lunch at the square right before the trial begins. The three kids wait for a majority of the people to go in first so Atticus won't catch them going in. They wait too long and cannot find seats. Reverend Sykes invites them to sit with the "black" balcony where they have a full-view of the court. Before finding their seats, they overheard some men badmouthing Atticus on how he is defending a black man. It is in this chapter in which we first see Judge Taylor.
Chapter 17:
Mr. Gilmer, the prosecutor, asks Heck Tate to go to the witness stand. We learn that it was the night of November 21 in which Mayella Ewell was raped. He claims that she was all bruised up with a lot of beating on her right side of her face. He said that a doctor was not called despite the damage.
Next Bob Ewell is asked to go to the witness stand. The Ewells live a dirty and unrighteous life and no one really knows how many children there are. It is noted that Mayella keeps geraniums to show that she has a feminine side. Bob Ewell "saw" Mayella get raped through the window and rushed quickly inside. He did not chase after the man and did not call the doctor. Atticus asks Bob to write his name on a paper to see if he was left-handed. And sure enough, he indeed was left-handed which would match the beating from the right side of her face.
Chapter 18:
Mayella Ewell is brought to the witness stand. It is noted that she has a bit more morals than the regular Ewells. We also find out that she has 7 siblings. She said that she asked Tom to chop up a dresser for her inside the house for a nickel. In the house, she claimed that he took advantage of her and raped her. Her story and Ewell's story contradicted. Atticus asks her why she didn't fight harder, or why the siblings were away from her, or how Tom managed to use his left arm to beat her when his left arm was busted up from a cotton gin when he was young. He tells her to admit she did not get raped and that it was her father's doing. She refuses and bursts into tears refusing to answer any of the questions.
Chapter 19:
Tom Robinson is brought to the witness stand. He explains that in that night, Mayella asked him to help with the door hinge in her house. So he went inside only to see the hinges were fine. He asked her where the children were and she said she let them go to get ice cream from the money she saved up from Tom's help. Then he was told to get a box down from the dresser only to be grabbed on the legs by Mayella. Mayella then kissed him according to Tom. Ewell saw this through the window and called her a W. We learn that Mayella and Ewell practice incest. He fled because he was scared that he would end up in the courtroom like he was right then.
He also explains how he helped her a multiple time and how he could've fling Mayella off him. Mr. Link Deas is expelled for blurting out that Tom has never been a trouble for 8 years. When asked why he helped Mayella, he says because he felt sorry for her. That was a noob move because back then, a black man could not feel sorry for a white man. Dill feels upset about the court case and cries. So Scout and Dill leave the courtroom to get some fresh air.
Chapter 20:
Dill and Scout meet Mr. Dolphus Raymond outside. Mr. Raymond offers Dill to drink from his paper bag. Dill does, despite Scout's warning, only to find out that it isn't alcoholic, but only Coca-Cola. He explains that he pretends to appear drunk to give an excuse for his mixed lifestyle and so he isn't bothered with questions on why he did such a thing. Dill feels better so him and Scout return to the courtroom just in time to hear the final statement by Atticus. Atticus explains all the evidence he needs and says the evidence from the two unreliable witnesses are trash. Mayella was acting like a kid by trying to hide the evidence of her wrong-doing. He also pleas for the jury to be fair and to change their thoughts on black people. Right then, Calpurnia comes in.
It is the day of the Tom Robinson trial and Jem, Dill, and Scout plan to sneak into the courtroom. Everyone is at the courtroom including Mr. Dolphus Raymond who has mixed children with a black woman and is always drunk. Miss Maudie does not attend the trial because she believes it is cruel.
Everyone is eating their lunch at the square right before the trial begins. The three kids wait for a majority of the people to go in first so Atticus won't catch them going in. They wait too long and cannot find seats. Reverend Sykes invites them to sit with the "black" balcony where they have a full-view of the court. Before finding their seats, they overheard some men badmouthing Atticus on how he is defending a black man. It is in this chapter in which we first see Judge Taylor.
Chapter 17:
Mr. Gilmer, the prosecutor, asks Heck Tate to go to the witness stand. We learn that it was the night of November 21 in which Mayella Ewell was raped. He claims that she was all bruised up with a lot of beating on her right side of her face. He said that a doctor was not called despite the damage.
Next Bob Ewell is asked to go to the witness stand. The Ewells live a dirty and unrighteous life and no one really knows how many children there are. It is noted that Mayella keeps geraniums to show that she has a feminine side. Bob Ewell "saw" Mayella get raped through the window and rushed quickly inside. He did not chase after the man and did not call the doctor. Atticus asks Bob to write his name on a paper to see if he was left-handed. And sure enough, he indeed was left-handed which would match the beating from the right side of her face.
Chapter 18:
Mayella Ewell is brought to the witness stand. It is noted that she has a bit more morals than the regular Ewells. We also find out that she has 7 siblings. She said that she asked Tom to chop up a dresser for her inside the house for a nickel. In the house, she claimed that he took advantage of her and raped her. Her story and Ewell's story contradicted. Atticus asks her why she didn't fight harder, or why the siblings were away from her, or how Tom managed to use his left arm to beat her when his left arm was busted up from a cotton gin when he was young. He tells her to admit she did not get raped and that it was her father's doing. She refuses and bursts into tears refusing to answer any of the questions.
Chapter 19:
Tom Robinson is brought to the witness stand. He explains that in that night, Mayella asked him to help with the door hinge in her house. So he went inside only to see the hinges were fine. He asked her where the children were and she said she let them go to get ice cream from the money she saved up from Tom's help. Then he was told to get a box down from the dresser only to be grabbed on the legs by Mayella. Mayella then kissed him according to Tom. Ewell saw this through the window and called her a W. We learn that Mayella and Ewell practice incest. He fled because he was scared that he would end up in the courtroom like he was right then.
He also explains how he helped her a multiple time and how he could've fling Mayella off him. Mr. Link Deas is expelled for blurting out that Tom has never been a trouble for 8 years. When asked why he helped Mayella, he says because he felt sorry for her. That was a noob move because back then, a black man could not feel sorry for a white man. Dill feels upset about the court case and cries. So Scout and Dill leave the courtroom to get some fresh air.
Chapter 20:
Dill and Scout meet Mr. Dolphus Raymond outside. Mr. Raymond offers Dill to drink from his paper bag. Dill does, despite Scout's warning, only to find out that it isn't alcoholic, but only Coca-Cola. He explains that he pretends to appear drunk to give an excuse for his mixed lifestyle and so he isn't bothered with questions on why he did such a thing. Dill feels better so him and Scout return to the courtroom just in time to hear the final statement by Atticus. Atticus explains all the evidence he needs and says the evidence from the two unreliable witnesses are trash. Mayella was acting like a kid by trying to hide the evidence of her wrong-doing. He also pleas for the jury to be fair and to change their thoughts on black people. Right then, Calpurnia comes in.