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Dill ran away. He took money from his Mother's purse, hopped on a train, and walked to Scout's house. He said it wasn't because his parents didn't love him and didn't give him what he wanted, it was because they didn't want him around. They wanted him to go outside and play with friends or with his toys, just as long as he wasn't around. That is really sad. I need to make sure to let kids feel wanted adn important.
Mockingbird 4-2Atticus and their Aunt fought becuase their aunt wants Calphurnia to go away. She believes the kids shouldn't learn from her because she is black. That is a bunch of crap. Even though Cal is black, she is very "white" in the pressence of whites. She knows what is proper and what isn't. atticus decided she stays no mater what, because Cal means so much to their family. Good for him, is what I think.
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Aunt Alexandra wants Jem and Scout to act like a Finch. She wants them to be just perfect and not to get into any trouble. She says the finch name is a "Good Breed" of people. Their dad goes along with it, but I think he doesn't really want his kids to be much different than who they are. I think he is going to play some sort of trick. Kids have to be kids and you can't expect them to be perfect while they are young.
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Summer for Atticus is going to be really hard, so Aunt Alexandra comes to live with Scout and Jem for a while. She is another one who thinks they need to make Scout into a girl and she needs to act more lady like. It's weird how adults criticize other's for how they raise they're children. She will probably grow out of it eventualty andbecome very much like a girl. I wasnt' a total tom-boy, but I sure changed into a girl as I grew up.
Mockingbird 3-2Scout and Jem were talking about there birthdays adn asked when Cal's was. She said she didn't have a real one, but she made her's on Christmas because it was easier to remember. She also said she doesn't really know how old she is. she said this was very common for colored people. Again, another thing I have never thought about but are very normal for other people. It is so strange she doesn't know her age of birthday.
Mockingbird 3-1Only four out of the entire Colored people church can read. Calphurnia and her son being two of them. They learned how to read English from some random book they happened to get. They then would teach their children out of some book. I thought it amazing that no one else who was colored could read. I know they don't have the oppportunity or time, but I guess I assumed they would learn it on their own. This gave me a whole other thinking and I can't imagine not being able to read.
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The collection at Calphurnia's church that day went towards Tom Robison's wife while he is in jail. This was the black man that Atticus is defending in court. He was accused of raping one of the Ewell girls. That family is a trach family so Atticus knows what he is doing is right, but the town doesn't neccessarily agree. The priest said they needed ten dollars. They weren't going to let them leave until they had it. They even "suggested" that some people pay more. They even single out some and pretty much forced them to donate. That is not right. It's not a donation if it's forced. what kind of church would force people to pay money and in front of everyone?
Mockingbird 2-2Atticus was away so the children went to church with Calphurnia. She made them clean extra and had there clothes pretty much perfect. She wanted everone to know she took care of her kids. It was an all blacck church and one lady made them know they were not welcome, but everyone else enjoyed their company. Tehy sang in a style of Lining. One man read the line then everyone sang it. They did this throughout the whole song. I thought it a good way to sing even though they didn't have hymn books.
Mockingbird 2-1Jem was in trouble. He had to go over to the mean old lady's house and read to her for two hours everyday. Scout went with him for moral support. She noticed she drooled a lot. She then died because she was so sick. Atticus told Jem how brave she was because of what she went through. She had been given morphine for a pain reliever, but became addicted to it. She wasn't going to die relying on something so she didn't take it anymore. She mastered her goal.
Mockingbird 1-3The meaneat old lady in Jem and Scout's opinion lived just up the street from them. She hollared and yelled at them every time they passed. She called Scout ugly and not a good girl, and Jem wasa not a gentleman. She even said horrible things about their father to them. She was really old and sick, but because she was so mean the kids didn't think so. Jem distroyed all of her flowers to get back for what she said about his dad being a nigger-lover.
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