The Trial Starts...

In this chapter, we read that Atticus was taking Jem, Scout, and Dill back home and they had to be quiet as they came in so aunt Alexandra wouldn’t hear them. Jem put Scout to sleep next to him. When scout actually realized that Atticus had almost got in real trouble, she began to cry and Jem came over to her and comforted her, which I think  it was something nice Jem actually did. The next morning, Jem was the only one who had a big meal since he ate three eggs. Aunt Alexandra got mad at Jem and Scout and told them that children who snuck out at night were a disgrace to the family. Atticus told Aunt Alexandra that he was actually glad that Scout, Jem, and Dill came for him. Scout told Atticus that she was going to beat up Walter Cunningham since his dad almost got Atticus Killed. But Atticus told her to forgive Walter instead of beating him up. After dinner,  Atticus left to the trial and Dill same in for breakfast as Aunt Alexandra told Jem, Scout, and Dill to not leave the house nor go to the trial and on stay on the yard. As they were outside, they saw mostly everyone from town head to the trial. As everyone was passing by, Jem told Dill about them and their backstories. Jem, Scout, and Dill went over to Ms. Maudie’s house and asked if she was going but she said that she was not because she thought it was “morbid” to go on a trial for a man’s life. Stephanie Crawford said she was going to the trial since she knew every detail of it. When Atticus came home for dinner, he said that they were just choosing a Jury  for most of the time and that the trial didn’t even start. Jem, Scout, and Dill went into town anyways even though they were told not to go. I was always get caught for doing it and never really learned my lesson until I became more mature. The trial was full and looked like a County Fair. Dill noticed a white man who was with the African Americans drinking whiskey out of a coca cola bottle. Jem said his name was Mr. Dolphus Raymond and that he enjoyed being with the  African Americans better than the others but the other white people do not understand him. He even had mixed children . As the trial began to start, everyone began moving and Jem and Dill had lost scout in the crowd. When they had found Scout, Jem was mad at her since she had basically lost them seats. As they were searching, Scout saw Reverend Sykes and he gave them seats on the balcony. everyone began to quiet down when Heck Tate began to talk on the witness stand.

I can connect to this because when I was younger this would probably be something that i would do as a kid when I was told to not do something and I would just get really tempted into doing it anyways. I have done some bad mistakes and have gotten punished for them. One time, my parents were cooking dinner and I was told not to touch the stove. It made me want to touch the stove even more so I did it. The pain was really bad and I was crying ( i was about 4). I didn’t get much of a punishment from my parents since I already got one from not listening to them.