Journal #6 - Chapters 15-19 - Perspective: tom Robison
People all though out Maycomb came into to town to see my trial. Probably 98% of the people were against me and believed I had raped this girl. They say it’s a fair trial and I have a chance to prove that I didn’t but I knew it wasn’t a fair trial. Me a black males word against a white females word who will the prejudice court believe. I know aticus will try as hard as he can to prove me innocent even if he knows I have know chance. At least I can look up and see all these people up top praying for me and know I had did nothing.
First to the stand Mr. Tate. He should have never been called to the stand he only knows what Mr. Ewell and Ms. Mayella Ewell had told him. Which was not the truth? Then Mr. Ewell went to the stand. There stories were different in many areas and you could tell that neither really knew what went on. Mr. Ewell didn’t really answer many questions he just agreed with what Mr. Tate stated. It was weird Atticus was asking him questions then ask a question what seemed to be irrelevant. He asked him to write his name on a piece of paper. He did so with his left hand. Mayella had many bruises up and down her right side of her body. I didn’t get it at first but I could see what Atticus was thinking. For her to have bruises on her right side a left handed person hit her with there left while she was pinned down with the right hand. And the jury will see I could not have done it because my right arm about 10 inches shorter then right and I have no use of it. Mr. Ewell did not look happy about these questions it wasn’t subsequent to what he wanted.
Finally Mayella was called up. The girl I was accused of raping. She started crying as soon as she got to the stand I don’t know why. She was really scared of Mr. Finch I think she tensed up and got really nervous when he asked her questions. She didn’t want the judge to see there fraud of accusing me. Atticus was asking her question after question as she went on her story got really twisted up you could tell it wasn’t the truth. Then after one question she stayed crying again. He asked her if it was her father who beat her…she had no response. It was obvious she was in a predicament.
When they called me to the stand I wasn’t nervous all I was going to do was speak the truth. Mr. Finch was asking me easy simple questions at firs how I knew her? What work I did for her? Then he asked me what really happened my story was very different to threes but it was the Truth. Mayella asked me to get her something I stood up on the chair and she grabbed my leg freaked me out I jumped down. Then she started hugging me I tried to get her off but not push or harm her. She then hugged me around my waist and asked me to kiss her. As I struggled her father walked in he was calling Mayella a whore and threatening to kill her. I didn’t know what else to do. I was stealth when I left. Then I herd I was accused of raping her.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
TKAM post #5
Journal #5 - Chapters 12-15 - Perspective: scout
Sometimes I just really hate aunt Alexandra she comes unexpected and unwanted to our house. I wouldn't mind it if she came for a short time but she said she staying with us for awhile. She comes in and trying to make me a girly girl or a lady which I don't like her trying to do. And trying to make jem into more of a adult. She gets along with all the people of Maycomb and talks to them like she has known them for ever she acting like our mom which bothers me because she not. She want to get rid of Calpurnia I overheard her talking to Atticus saying she could do the things that Calpurinia does. I don't want Calpurnia to leave because we got a lot closer and I think of her more as a friend then a person who works for Atticus. Aunt Alexandra needs to go back to uncle jack and stay there we were doing just fine without her and stop trying to change every thing.
Me and Jem were arguing back and forth and started to get louder. Like always Atticus comes and breaks it up and sends us both to bed. As I was walking to my bed I stepped on something or someone I was freaked out. Jem went to see if something was there. When we looked closer to see there was a figure of someone, it was Dill there under my bed. I was waiting for like some cool story on how he got there but instead it was boring all he said was he stole money from his mom and rode a train then ran in to Maycomb. He wrote a letter home and was allowed to stay with us for one week that was such a fun and good week even with aunt Alexandra there. I was talking to Dill then all the sudden Atticus got called outside by a large group of men. They were all standing around him talking I could her them but didn't understand what they were talking about I think it was about the court case with the Tom something guy not sure though., later on that night Aticus said he was to go into town. Jem woke me up and I asked him what it was he was exactly doing. He said he was going into town to look for Atticus after a little bit of back and forth he finally said I could go. On our way into town we stopped of at Dills house and wanted to see if he wanted to go he said yes. When we got into town we saw Atticus by the jail house just standing there then multiple cars pulled up and about to men in each car got out. I didn't know what was going on so I quickly ran to him I didn't know any of the men except for Mr. Cunningham I told him to tell his son I said hi. He said he would then he told all the other guys to leave. That whole night I didn't get or understand but nothing happened to Atticus like I thought so I was glad.
Sometimes I just really hate aunt Alexandra she comes unexpected and unwanted to our house. I wouldn't mind it if she came for a short time but she said she staying with us for awhile. She comes in and trying to make me a girly girl or a lady which I don't like her trying to do. And trying to make jem into more of a adult. She gets along with all the people of Maycomb and talks to them like she has known them for ever she acting like our mom which bothers me because she not. She want to get rid of Calpurnia I overheard her talking to Atticus saying she could do the things that Calpurinia does. I don't want Calpurnia to leave because we got a lot closer and I think of her more as a friend then a person who works for Atticus. Aunt Alexandra needs to go back to uncle jack and stay there we were doing just fine without her and stop trying to change every thing.
Me and Jem were arguing back and forth and started to get louder. Like always Atticus comes and breaks it up and sends us both to bed. As I was walking to my bed I stepped on something or someone I was freaked out. Jem went to see if something was there. When we looked closer to see there was a figure of someone, it was Dill there under my bed. I was waiting for like some cool story on how he got there but instead it was boring all he said was he stole money from his mom and rode a train then ran in to Maycomb. He wrote a letter home and was allowed to stay with us for one week that was such a fun and good week even with aunt Alexandra there. I was talking to Dill then all the sudden Atticus got called outside by a large group of men. They were all standing around him talking I could her them but didn't understand what they were talking about I think it was about the court case with the Tom something guy not sure though., later on that night Aticus said he was to go into town. Jem woke me up and I asked him what it was he was exactly doing. He said he was going into town to look for Atticus after a little bit of back and forth he finally said I could go. On our way into town we stopped of at Dills house and wanted to see if he wanted to go he said yes. When we got into town we saw Atticus by the jail house just standing there then multiple cars pulled up and about to men in each car got out. I didn't know what was going on so I quickly ran to him I didn't know any of the men except for Mr. Cunningham I told him to tell his son I said hi. He said he would then he told all the other guys to leave. That whole night I didn't get or understand but nothing happened to Atticus like I thought so I was glad.
TKAM post #4
Journal #4 - Chapters 10-12 - Perspective:Jem
After Christmas me and scout could not wait to try our air rifles out. We were going to start shooting at birds but Then Atticus came over and said we could shoot all the blue jays we wanted but its a sin to kill a mockingbird. Atticus never said any thing was a sin so I thought it was strange but I had decided not to shoot mockingbirds. One day me and scout were walking around the Radley house looking for any thing to shoot with our air rifles then all of the sudden something got my attention. I had no idea of the great peril that could happen. scout started to tell me something but I told her real fast to be quiet she asked why I said don't Contradict me. Once I got a better view of it I noticed that I was looking at Tim Johnson Mr Johnson dog. I went back and told Calpurnia when she heard us she went crazy and started telling everyone in the neighborhood that it was a mad dog. I tried to tell her it was just sick and looking for a place to rest before but she was cantankerous she was acting like I was inaudible . I knew what to do Atticus was in the front yard with a gun. Mr Tate was trying to give the gun to atticus he said that he was the only one who could make that shot that close o the radley place Mr Tate thought he miss and hit the radley place. Atticus refused at first for a couple seconds but then he eventually took the gun and opens one round on the supposed mad dog it was a perfect hit. I was shocked to see atticus hit it that well. I started talking to atticus later and discovered that he use to be the best and deadliest shooter in maycomb. But I can see why he didn't want us to know that. We asked question after question but he didn't respond immediately but final a answer came out Ol One Shot was his nickname. He got that nick name because it only would take him one shot to hit any target or thing. He sopped shooting because he said god didn't want his animals shot at and he didn't want to be membered the own as the best shooter he would rather be membered as something else that was good.
On my birthday I had money I wanted to spend me and scout had to walk past miss Dubose's house. She was on her front porch when we walked buy she started saying insults to us about atticus and called him a nigger-lover. We went to town and bought some things and scout a baton. On they way back when going by miss Dubose's house I lost my ember and cut all of her ugly hedges down then I broke scouts baton but I regretted that later. Atticus made me apologize to the lady even though he and I both new I didn't mean it. When I told her I tried to make it inconspicuous that didn't mean it. I had to also try and re grow her plants. Over the next month I did other things for her then one day atticus told me that she had died.
After Christmas me and scout could not wait to try our air rifles out. We were going to start shooting at birds but Then Atticus came over and said we could shoot all the blue jays we wanted but its a sin to kill a mockingbird. Atticus never said any thing was a sin so I thought it was strange but I had decided not to shoot mockingbirds. One day me and scout were walking around the Radley house looking for any thing to shoot with our air rifles then all of the sudden something got my attention. I had no idea of the great peril that could happen. scout started to tell me something but I told her real fast to be quiet she asked why I said don't Contradict me. Once I got a better view of it I noticed that I was looking at Tim Johnson Mr Johnson dog. I went back and told Calpurnia when she heard us she went crazy and started telling everyone in the neighborhood that it was a mad dog. I tried to tell her it was just sick and looking for a place to rest before but she was cantankerous she was acting like I was inaudible . I knew what to do Atticus was in the front yard with a gun. Mr Tate was trying to give the gun to atticus he said that he was the only one who could make that shot that close o the radley place Mr Tate thought he miss and hit the radley place. Atticus refused at first for a couple seconds but then he eventually took the gun and opens one round on the supposed mad dog it was a perfect hit. I was shocked to see atticus hit it that well. I started talking to atticus later and discovered that he use to be the best and deadliest shooter in maycomb. But I can see why he didn't want us to know that. We asked question after question but he didn't respond immediately but final a answer came out Ol One Shot was his nickname. He got that nick name because it only would take him one shot to hit any target or thing. He sopped shooting because he said god didn't want his animals shot at and he didn't want to be membered the own as the best shooter he would rather be membered as something else that was good.
On my birthday I had money I wanted to spend me and scout had to walk past miss Dubose's house. She was on her front porch when we walked buy she started saying insults to us about atticus and called him a nigger-lover. We went to town and bought some things and scout a baton. On they way back when going by miss Dubose's house I lost my ember and cut all of her ugly hedges down then I broke scouts baton but I regretted that later. Atticus made me apologize to the lady even though he and I both new I didn't mean it. When I told her I tried to make it inconspicuous that didn't mean it. I had to also try and re grow her plants. Over the next month I did other things for her then one day atticus told me that she had died.
TKAM post #3
Journal #3 - Chapters 4-7 - Perspective:Ms. Maudie
The seasons had changed from Autumn to winter along with just the seasons changing our weather had to. We had our first real winter in years it hasn't been this cold since the mid or late 1880's. I'm not to fond of the cold weather or the snow it tends to kill my plants. I wish it would get warmer or not snow at my house. Jem an scout finch came and took the snow from my house to there front yard I thought it would be better for my plants and they needed the snow I guess they were building a snowman or something with it. Then Jem took my sun hat it made me so mad. I was woken up to the smell of smoke in my house I thought that the fire in my fireplace would have went out by now but because of the cold. But it must have been still going so I went back to sleep. About 5 or 10 minutes later I woke back up to smoke the smell was stronger still half awake I put on my robe and my slippers walked down the hall to see a fire! I froze for a couple of seconds then ran outside the whole neighborhood must have been out there. Many people asking if I was OK I told them all yes. I stood out there watching my home go up in flames and some of the men in Maycomb went in to save some of my furniture. I felt so helpless or like if I wasn't connected to the world I felt isolated from it. Many people in my house getting my stuff and I was just standing around outside. T he fire burned up my whole second floor and people begin to get water buckets and other things to try and put the fire out and stop it from spreading to other houses especially the closer ones like the finch house. People were running around with water in pajamas and robes some in long coats even with the fire so close it was still cold out. I stood there as my house burned into flames I watched it come crashing down to the ground. I bet the finch kids were freezing as I stood next to them. I turned around and saw scout standing there with a blanket on her I had no idea were it came from and neither did scout. Atticus figured I must have been boo Radley who gave her the blanket. The next day I was thinking I was happy and sad and also worried at the same time worried because I didn't know where I would stay. A couple minutes later Stephanie Crawford came up to me and asked if I would like to stay with her I would love to I said. I was sad because my plants were gone but excited because I could now build a smaller house like I have wanted to so I could in return have a bigger garden. I then started feeling like everything would work out for the best I had somewhere to stay and I could build me a smaller house with tons of room for my azaleas and other plants.
The seasons had changed from Autumn to winter along with just the seasons changing our weather had to. We had our first real winter in years it hasn't been this cold since the mid or late 1880's. I'm not to fond of the cold weather or the snow it tends to kill my plants. I wish it would get warmer or not snow at my house. Jem an scout finch came and took the snow from my house to there front yard I thought it would be better for my plants and they needed the snow I guess they were building a snowman or something with it. Then Jem took my sun hat it made me so mad. I was woken up to the smell of smoke in my house I thought that the fire in my fireplace would have went out by now but because of the cold. But it must have been still going so I went back to sleep. About 5 or 10 minutes later I woke back up to smoke the smell was stronger still half awake I put on my robe and my slippers walked down the hall to see a fire! I froze for a couple of seconds then ran outside the whole neighborhood must have been out there. Many people asking if I was OK I told them all yes. I stood out there watching my home go up in flames and some of the men in Maycomb went in to save some of my furniture. I felt so helpless or like if I wasn't connected to the world I felt isolated from it. Many people in my house getting my stuff and I was just standing around outside. T he fire burned up my whole second floor and people begin to get water buckets and other things to try and put the fire out and stop it from spreading to other houses especially the closer ones like the finch house. People were running around with water in pajamas and robes some in long coats even with the fire so close it was still cold out. I stood there as my house burned into flames I watched it come crashing down to the ground. I bet the finch kids were freezing as I stood next to them. I turned around and saw scout standing there with a blanket on her I had no idea were it came from and neither did scout. Atticus figured I must have been boo Radley who gave her the blanket. The next day I was thinking I was happy and sad and also worried at the same time worried because I didn't know where I would stay. A couple minutes later Stephanie Crawford came up to me and asked if I would like to stay with her I would love to I said. I was sad because my plants were gone but excited because I could now build a smaller house like I have wanted to so I could in return have a bigger garden. I then started feeling like everything would work out for the best I had somewhere to stay and I could build me a smaller house with tons of room for my azaleas and other plants.
TKAM post #2
Journal #2 - Chapters 4-7 - Perspective: scout
I'm glad that summer is coming up in a couple of days so I can stop doing that stupid flash card stuff. How can you learn with them flashing cards in your face constantly. It must have been unanimous that no one liked the flash cards. Jem told me that it will get better but I think I could learn more on my own. Summer will be starting shortly so that means that dill will be coming back. When dill comes its always fun, when he showed up we didn't know what to do so we decided to play a game acting as if we were the Bradley. We were getting it down so good and started to sound like them till Atticus came and ruined all of our fun he said to stop tormenting that man. As the summer goes on jem and dill our getting closer and I feel excluded and left out. I started going to my neighbor Miss Maudie Atkinson more often she a chameleon lady who changes to what she is doing. She likes to garden and makes the best cakes. We talked and soon started talking about boo Bradley who she told me to call Arthur. As a boy she said he wasn't malignant but if he was crazy as a boy he is now she said. Jem and dill were going to stick a note in the Radley place and I went along. Right as we were leaving Atticus caught us . Dills last day came soon and they decided to see what boo looked liked I went along again. We looked though a window and saw a man with a hat we were going to move in for a closer look then BANG a gun shot went off we all scattered in a evasion me and dill took of running but jem want there I looked back and saw jem caught on the fence he had to take his pants of to get free. The adults were questing jem about his pants but we didn't get in as much trouble because they came up with a excuse of playing poker. Dill left later that day and jem went back to the Radley place to get his pants. Jems pants were mended back together but not as nice or neat as a women would have but like a man had did it. School started back up and I was now in the second grade. On our way home from the first day of school me and jem saw soap carvings in a knothole I decided to take them. As we looked closer at them we noticed that the to figures were people and had looked just liked us. we found chewing gum and a pocket watch and a spelling bee medal we wondered who wold be putting these things in the knothole but nobody besides us from school would be going by the Radley place. we thought it could be boo Radley himself. We were sad to see it after school one day the knothole had been filled up with cement by boo's brother who said the tree was dying even though it looked perfectly fine.
I'm glad that summer is coming up in a couple of days so I can stop doing that stupid flash card stuff. How can you learn with them flashing cards in your face constantly. It must have been unanimous that no one liked the flash cards. Jem told me that it will get better but I think I could learn more on my own. Summer will be starting shortly so that means that dill will be coming back. When dill comes its always fun, when he showed up we didn't know what to do so we decided to play a game acting as if we were the Bradley. We were getting it down so good and started to sound like them till Atticus came and ruined all of our fun he said to stop tormenting that man. As the summer goes on jem and dill our getting closer and I feel excluded and left out. I started going to my neighbor Miss Maudie Atkinson more often she a chameleon lady who changes to what she is doing. She likes to garden and makes the best cakes. We talked and soon started talking about boo Bradley who she told me to call Arthur. As a boy she said he wasn't malignant but if he was crazy as a boy he is now she said. Jem and dill were going to stick a note in the Radley place and I went along. Right as we were leaving Atticus caught us . Dills last day came soon and they decided to see what boo looked liked I went along again. We looked though a window and saw a man with a hat we were going to move in for a closer look then BANG a gun shot went off we all scattered in a evasion me and dill took of running but jem want there I looked back and saw jem caught on the fence he had to take his pants of to get free. The adults were questing jem about his pants but we didn't get in as much trouble because they came up with a excuse of playing poker. Dill left later that day and jem went back to the Radley place to get his pants. Jems pants were mended back together but not as nice or neat as a women would have but like a man had did it. School started back up and I was now in the second grade. On our way home from the first day of school me and jem saw soap carvings in a knothole I decided to take them. As we looked closer at them we noticed that the to figures were people and had looked just liked us. we found chewing gum and a pocket watch and a spelling bee medal we wondered who wold be putting these things in the knothole but nobody besides us from school would be going by the Radley place. we thought it could be boo Radley himself. We were sad to see it after school one day the knothole had been filled up with cement by boo's brother who said the tree was dying even though it looked perfectly fine.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
TKAM POST 1
TKAM post 1 Dill
today I finally arrived in Maycomb Alabama. Its a smaller town then my hometown just a couple hours from here a town called meridian Mississippi. This is my first time in Maycomb and I will be staying at my aunt Rachel's house. i thought that my whole summer would be boring. As I was sitting in the collard patch I saw to kids looking at me. I said hey and he responded with hey yourself. I introduced my self and tried to impress them by saying I could read. they didn't seemed that impressed. The boy asked if I was four and a half I said going on 7. He told me his little sister has been reading since she was born, her name was Scout. He commented on my height he said that I looked small for a 7 year old. He then invited me over. “Lord what a name,” he said. I new from my aunt that his name was Jeremy Atticus finch and he was making fun of my name. I told them that folks would call me dill he said people call him Jem. We started to talk to each other and I told them about Dracula, and the picture shows back in Meridian. Then he told my about this house across the street. They call it the Bradley place. It was shocking on how intimidating a house could be on the kids. They told me about the malevolent man who lived in it boo Bradley. When ever something went wrong it was probably the work of boo Radley. Scout and Jem said they have never seen him because he doesn't ever leave his house. The more stories I heard the more interested I became. I wanted Jem and scout to help me get boo to leave his house. For awhile I would stand there looking at the Radley place wondering about the mysterious man who lived inside. I had decided to knock on his door when I told it to Jem and scout they asked if I was crazy or wanted to kill myself. I bet that Jem couldn't go any further then boo Radley's gate “i have never rejected a dare” he said. He was thinking about it and 3 days had [passed. Every day I would be telling him hes to scared or I would call him a names like chicken just to try and make him do it. I told him people back where I'm from in meridian were not as scared of these kind of people but people in Maycomb were. He had finally decided he was going to do it now he went to the corner of the Radley place and touched the corner of the house he then ran as fast as he could back to me and scout. When he was running back we thought we saw something peeking out of the shutters. I had decided coming back for the rest of my summers wasn't going to be that bad as long as boo and scout were there. Next year I think I'm going to dare Jem to go inside the house.
today I finally arrived in Maycomb Alabama. Its a smaller town then my hometown just a couple hours from here a town called meridian Mississippi. This is my first time in Maycomb and I will be staying at my aunt Rachel's house. i thought that my whole summer would be boring. As I was sitting in the collard patch I saw to kids looking at me. I said hey and he responded with hey yourself. I introduced my self and tried to impress them by saying I could read. they didn't seemed that impressed. The boy asked if I was four and a half I said going on 7. He told me his little sister has been reading since she was born, her name was Scout. He commented on my height he said that I looked small for a 7 year old. He then invited me over. “Lord what a name,” he said. I new from my aunt that his name was Jeremy Atticus finch and he was making fun of my name. I told them that folks would call me dill he said people call him Jem. We started to talk to each other and I told them about Dracula, and the picture shows back in Meridian. Then he told my about this house across the street. They call it the Bradley place. It was shocking on how intimidating a house could be on the kids. They told me about the malevolent man who lived in it boo Bradley. When ever something went wrong it was probably the work of boo Radley. Scout and Jem said they have never seen him because he doesn't ever leave his house. The more stories I heard the more interested I became. I wanted Jem and scout to help me get boo to leave his house. For awhile I would stand there looking at the Radley place wondering about the mysterious man who lived inside. I had decided to knock on his door when I told it to Jem and scout they asked if I was crazy or wanted to kill myself. I bet that Jem couldn't go any further then boo Radley's gate “i have never rejected a dare” he said. He was thinking about it and 3 days had [passed. Every day I would be telling him hes to scared or I would call him a names like chicken just to try and make him do it. I told him people back where I'm from in meridian were not as scared of these kind of people but people in Maycomb were. He had finally decided he was going to do it now he went to the corner of the Radley place and touched the corner of the house he then ran as fast as he could back to me and scout. When he was running back we thought we saw something peeking out of the shutters. I had decided coming back for the rest of my summers wasn't going to be that bad as long as boo and scout were there. Next year I think I'm going to dare Jem to go inside the house.
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