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To Kill a Mockingbird: Chapter 23 Summary & Analysis. Later, Atticus says later that he wishes Mr. Ewell wouldn’t chew tobacco, while Miss Stephanie takes it upon herself to dramatically tell the story of Mr. Ewell spitting in Atticus’s face. Jem and Scout don’t think it’s entertaining—they’re terrified.
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Bob Ewell’s threats are worrisome to everyone except Atticus. Atticus tells Jem and Scoutthat because he made Ewell look like a fool, Ewell needed to get revenge. Now that Ewell has gotten that vengefulness out of his system, Atticus expects no more trouble. Aunt Alexandra and the children remain worried. Meanwhile, Tom Robinson has been sent to an...
One day in August, Aunt Alexandra invites her missionary circle to tea. Scout, wearing a dress, helps Calpurniabring in the tea, and Alexandra invites Scout to stay with the ladies. Scout listens to the missionary circle first discuss the plight of the poor Mrunas, a benighted African tribe being converted to Christianity, and then talk about how t...
September has begun and Jem and Scout are on the back porch when Scout notices a roly-poly bug. She is about to mash it with her hand when Jem tells her not to. She dutifully places the bug outside. When she asks Jem why she shouldn’t have mashed it, he replies that the bug didn’t do anything to harm her. Scout observes that it is Jem, not she, who...
When he reassures his family that Bob Ewell does not really intend to harm him, Atticus advises Jem to stand in Bob Ewell’s shoes, echoing the advice that he gives Scout earlier in the novel and evoking one of the most important moral themes in the book. Here, however, Atticus’s attempt to understand another human falls short: he makes an honest mi...
by Harper Lee. Chapter 23 Summary and Analysis. PDF Cite. After hearing the story of how Bob Ewell spat in Atticus's face and dared him to fight, Scout and the kids set about trying to force...
To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter 23 Summary. Atticus just jokes about the attack, even though his kids are really terrified that Mr. Ewell will follow through on his threat. He says that nothing can happen to Tom until the appeal, which might have a better result than the original trial.
Summary. Jem, Scout, Dill, and Aunt Alexandra are worried about Atticus when Bob Ewell threatens him the day after the trial. Atticus, however, with his ever-present composure and ability to look at a situation from another person's viewpoint, assures the family that Bob Ewell's threat was just his way of venting.
Chapter 23 Summary. Atticus is the only one in the family who isn't concerned about Bob Ewell's threats after Atticus made him look stupid. While the Finch family is worried about what Ewell will do next, Tom Robinson has been moved to a prison that is seventy miles from Maycomb.
Chapter 23 opens with Atticus stating he wishes Bob did not chew tobacco, but he will not say any more. Miss Stephanie Crawford, who had originally reported the news in the previous...
