Mr. Gilmer gets up and cross-examines Tom. The prosecutor points out that the defendant was once arrested for disorderly conduct and gets Tom to admit that he has the strength, even with one hand, to choke the breath out of a woman and sling her to the floor.

What happened in chapter 19 of To Kill a Mockingbird?

Mr. Gilmer gets up and cross-examines Tom. The prosecutor points out that the defendant was once arrested for disorderly conduct and gets Tom to admit that he has the strength, even with one hand, to choke the breath out of a woman and sling her to the floor.

What happened in Chapter 23 To Kill a Mockingbird?

Summary: Chapter 23 Bob Ewell’s threats are worrisome to everyone except Atticus. Atticus tells Jem and Scout that 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.

What happens in chapter 20 of To Kill a Mockingbird?

Summary: Chapter 20 Dolphus Raymond reveals that he is drinking from a paper sack. He commiserates with Dill and offers him a drink in a paper bag. Dill slurps up some of the liquid and Scout warns him not to take much, but Dill reveals to her that the drink isn’t alcoholic—it’s only Coca-Cola.

What is Chapter 19 about in the giver?

Jonas realizes with horror that his father has killed the newchild—it twitched just as the dying man did on the battlefield. He realizes that “to be released” means to be killed. Without memory, Jonas father can’t understand the consequences of what he is doing.

Why is Scout sorry for Mayella?

Why did Scout pity Mayella even though she was testifying against Tom? Scout pitied Mayella because she was a misfit in every part of Maycomb society.

What is the plot of Chapter 19 of Lyddie?

With Rachel gone Lyddie felt a new sense of loneliness. She knew that she had been alone before Rachel ever got there but somehow now that she had had Rachel there it felt even worse for her to have left. Lyddie missed her company and friendship.

What happens in chapter 19 of Things Fall Apart?

Chapter nineteen of ‘Things Fall Apart’ jumps ahead to the end of Okonkwo’s exile in his mother’s land of Mbanta. Okonkwo prepares for a return to his homeland of Umuofia, but before he goes, he must show his thanks to his mother’s family for taking him in with a large feast.

What happened in chapter 23 of Things Fall Apart?

Summary: Chapter 23 The District Commissioner returns from his tour and requests that the leaders of Umuofia meet with him. They go, taking only their machetes because guns would be “unseemly.” The commissioner talks to them in condescending terms and says that they should discuss the church’s burning “as friends.”

What are some quotes from Chapter 23 in To Kill a Mockingbird?

“’The man had to have some kind of comeback, his kind always does. So if spitting in my face and threatening me saved Mayella Ewell one extra beating, that’s something I’ll gladly take. He had to take it out on somebody and I’d rather it be me than that houseful of children out there.

What happened in chapter 24 of To Kill a Mockingbird?

In Chapter 24, Aunt Alexandra invites over the women from her missionary circle to have tea with her. Scout, bored because Jem and Dill have gone to swim, joins her. Scout actually wears a dress and helps Calpurnia bring in the tea.

What happened in chapter 26 of To Kill a Mockingbird?

Summary: Chapter 26 School starts, and Jem and Scout again begin to pass by the Radley Place every day. They are now too old to be frightened by the house, but Scout still wistfully wishes to see Boo Radley just once. Meanwhile, the shadow of the trial still hangs over her.

What happens in Chapter 23 of to kill a Mockingbird?

Summary: Chapter 23. Bob Ewell’s threats are worrisome to everyone except Atticus. Atticus tells Jem and Scout that 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.

What are the events that happen in Chapter 1 of to kill a Mockingbird?

Scout begins school. The children begin finding gifts in the knot-hole. Knot-hole is cemented. Tom Robinson is arrested. Miss Maudie’s house burns down. Atticus shoots the rabid dog. Mrs. Dubose dies. Dill runs away from home and comes to Maycomb.

What do Jem and Atticus talk about in Chapter 23?

Jem and Atticus discuss the judicial system in Maycomb County for much of Chapter 23. Their conversation is an education for Jem in the realities not only of the jury system but also of life.

Why are scout and Jem so afraid in to kill a Mockingbird?

Aunt Alexandra isn’t so sure that they’re in the clear, but Jem and Scout feel better. Some of the reason that Scout and Jem are so afraid is because, to a degree, they still believe that courage and revenge happen physically. Spitting in Atticus’s face is, in their understanding, not enough to make Mr. Ewell okay with what happened.