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Analysis. One Sunday late in August, Jem and Dill swim naked at Barker’s Eddy, leaving Scout with Calpurnia and Aunt Alexandra ’s missionary circle. She sits in the kitchen and listens to Mrs. Grace Merriweather report on the Mruna people, who apparently have earworms, no family, and get drunk on chewed-up tree bark.
- Summary: Chapter 23
- Summary: Chapter 24
- Summary: Chapter 25
- Analysis: Chapters 23–25
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...
Chapter 24 Summary and Analysis. When the chapter opens, Calpurnia is backing through the swinging door, carrying a charlotte (a kind of cake). Aunt Alexandra is hosting her missionary circle's ...
Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like The Mrunas are a tribe of people that the missionary circle is trying to civilize and Christianize, under the leadership of a Methodist minister named J. Grimes Everett. Although it is not directly stated where the Mrunas live, several clues indicate that they are an African tribe. For example, Mrs. Merriweather describes them as ...
To Kill A Mockingbird - Chapter 24 Lyrics. Calpurnia wore her stiffest starched apron. She carried a tray of charlotte. She backed up to the swinging door and pressed gently. I admired the ease ...
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To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter 24 Summary. It's the end of August, and Aunt Alexandra is hosting a missionary tea at the Finch house. Brain snack: a missionary tea is just a church fund-raising activity to support missionary or charitable projects. Unusually, she's letting Calpurnia serve, rather than controlling every detail like she usually does.
Chapter 24 brings the devastating news that Tom Robinson is dead—shot 17 times while attempting to escape from prison. Atticus has come home to ask Calpurnia to accompany him to tell Tom's widow. The episode provides another chance to see the Finch household rally to support each other. The moment at the very end of this chapter, when Miss ...
