TKAM #7 Jem

After we left the court room, we met Mr. Dolphis Raymond. He seemed like a nice guy and we decided to talk to him. My stomach was feeling a little up so I could use some company. Mr. Dolphis Raymond was nice enough to offer me his drink. I did not want to seem prejudice so I took a sip. After I drank it, I thought I was drunk because all I tasted was coca cola. The last person I expected to be faking drunk would be Mr. Dolphis Raymond because he is always stealthy and walks around town acting drunk. Scout and I asked him why he is the way he is and he replied with an answer that seemed like Atticus would say. He said that sometimes you have to do things to shut people up instead of winning the fight because trying to solve a problem by creating another problem is just plain annoying. By acting drunk is sort of fraud and people might be mad at Mr. Dolphis Raymond for lying all these years but I could not change him. After thanking him and returning to the courthouse. We were just in time to catch the ending of the court case. Everyone in the colored balcony were saying that Mr. Gilmer was completely irrelevant which gave me a feeling that we won.
Out of nowhere, Calpurnia walked in and I had a feeling it had to do with me and Scout. A note came out of her hand and in that moment, my heart sunk. I knew that it was a note from Aunt Alexandra about us. Atticus then says to all of us that we have been missing and someone in the crowd pointed us out. I knew I was in huge trouble when Atticus saw me because we were not allowed to visit the court case by Atticus’s orders. After meeting Atticus downstairs, we begged him to let us stay because I was so anxious about the ending of the case. He granted us permission to come back to the case as long as we went home, had supper and ate slow. When we were home and ate supper, Aunt Alexandra seemed as disappointed at us as Calpurnia was. All Calpurnia could think of was how could I bring my little sister to the court case. Aunt Alexandra stayed quite throughout the whole supper. We were gone almost an hour and nothing at the court case seemed to have changed. It did not seem like Atticus was getting into any predicament at the time. The jury returned and I was almost blinded by my own anxiousness. I had to know who won and I had to know now. As Judge Taylor read the paper, all of the votes were guilty. At that moment, I had already used up all my energy being anxious and could not even realize that Atticus lost.
I was so disappointed and knew it was not fair. We met Atticus outside by the street and I told him that it wasn’t right. He agreed that it wasn’t right but he said it was done before and it could be done again. This world just didn’t seem fair to me because an innocent man is having his life on the line for helping a girl with chores just because of the color of his skin. It just wasn’t right.

TKAM #6 Judge Taylor

It was a clear morning today and the only bad thing was I had to do another court case today. This court case is the type of court case that I hate the most because whenever an argument has race included, I know there will be a lot of yelling and the witnesses will be very predujudice. After I got dressed, I said goodbye to my wife and took off. I got to courthouse and I knew I had a long day in front me. As I put on my judges robe, I was mentally preparing myself for boredom and frustration. After the jury got settled, the crowd of people just flooded the court room. After I was announced, I walked in and sat down. We began the case with the opening statements that were not interesting at all because this "Tom Robinson" was all over town and everyone knew his story. The interesting part began when Atticus began arguing because he is never irrelevant. Atticus was my favorite lawyer because of his education of how people respond while lying and how to get the truth out of people. First, Heck Tate was called up because he was a police men called up to the house to help Ms. Ewell. Heck Tate seemed pretty truthful with everything he had said. Mr. Ewell was called up for questioning next and I knew the second he got up in that chair, this was going to be interesting. The questions were flying at him faster than ever, and it seemed that all his answer had to do with Tom Robinson's race and because he's pauper. I knew that Mr. Ewell was full of lies the minute he started talking because I knew that he was an alcoholic and he was a man in an economic crisis with 8 of his children. Later on, Ms.Ewell was called up for questioning and she seemed scared. Atticus was kind of intimidating to Ms. Ewell, maybe he just wanted the truth out of her. I think Ms. Ewell was either slightly crazy or she was just raised wrong and was always trying to get in predicaments. She seemed to be intimidated by everything Atticus said and she thought Atticus was mocking her at a time during the case. Later on, they started questioning Tom Robinson, Tom Robinson seemed like the cleanest guy who would never even dare touch a white women. Atticuse subsequently found a way to prove to the jury that Ms. Ewell was wrong. He seemed truthful through all of his questioning and never seemed nervous. Sure he was a large man and there is a possibility that he could have done this crime but it was just the wrong time to be calling an African American our because you know they will loose.

TKAM #5 Dill

One day, my parents ignored me. I was so bored and I just wanted to hang out with my fiance, Scout. My parents ignored me, I felt like they did not care about me. So, I ran away. First, I spent in hour planning my escape and deciding about out I should bring on my par less journey to Maycomb. All I could think of was Scout, I wanted to play with them so much. I was thinking about the good times and the better times. After I was all packed, I forgot something. Something that I that is crucial for my trip to Maycomb, money. I did not have any money, so I stole my moms. I did not know how much money I needed, so I took as much as I would think I need. After I was packed, I escaped through the window at night so my parents would not know. I got to the train station, and decided to have a little snack before I left. After I bought my ticket and was going to go on the train. I met a man, he asked me why I had so much money. I told him that I ran away and he was surprisingly OK with it. He told me that you had to do what you had to do which was so inspirational to me because in my time of need, a man actually supports me. I knew I could only take the train to Maycomb Junction and then i had to walk 14 miles to Maycomb. I was mentally prepared for this but I don't know if my body could take the beating because I was starving. Luckily, some of the distance was shortened because I got a ride on the back of a cotton wagon. The walk was hard but I made it all the way to Maycomb and found Scouts house. I knew I could not just walk in the house because Atticus would just send me right back. I decided to sneak through the window and hide under Scouts bed. Later on, I was discovered by Scout and Jem because a broom emerged and hit me in the head. I was so embarrassed but I was too hungry to even walk. Jem tells Scout to extract some food for me and in an hour, I was all filled up. I tried to sleep in Jems bed but later on, I moved over to Scouts bed to talk things over because i knew Scout was infallible. I seemed oblivious to everything the Finches were doing because a week after I was there, the sheriffs and lawyers of Maycomb came to talk with Atticus. I knew this had something to do with Tom Robinson the defendent. Later than night we followed Atticus and found out he went to pay a visit to Tom Robinson. Later on while the court session started, Scout tried to defend her father by kicking a person in the crowd. I tried to help Scout but her acquiescence was out of control.

TKAM #4

One day, I was reading. As I was drifting into the story I was reading, Scout and Jem emerged and asked a question that opened my eyes. They asked me “Why are you so old.” After I thought about it, I told them “I started late.” This brought me back to reality about how old I was. I thought to myself, what if it is already to late to educate my children. I knew that I needed to teach Jem and Scout as much as I could before I was gone so they could prepare for life. I started thinking about how ignorant I am, when Jem asked me to teach him how to shoot the air rifles. I simply rejected because I did not want to. I didn’t want them to learn like how I acquired my skills. I wanted to teach them instead of them teaching themselves. As I realized that Jem is getting older and older, I knew I had a job to do. I know Jem needed guidance if he was going to grow up with good morals. I tried to teach him that doesn’t cause harm unless you have to. I tried to educate them about the dangers of guns and mistakes. Although they think that if they don’t pull the trigger, nobody will get hurt. There are a million accidents waiting to happen.
One day, Calpurnia called me at my office and sounded startled. She told me that there was a mad dog coming down our street and it was Tim Johnson. I rushed there as fast as I could to make sure no one is hurt. As I came, I saw the sheriff Heck Tate there. I expected the sheriff to shoot because their job is to protect us. All he said was he hasn’t shot a gun in over 30 years. He seemed cantankerous, so I took control and I knew I had to shoot the dog. I aimed and just imagined me being peaceful. Nothing around me took a deep breath and said my prayers. I shot, this shot just felt right. By no surprise, I hit the dog straight on and he hit the ground faster than anyone could say wow.
I went over to check just incase he wasn’t dead. Jem and Scout wanted to follow me with them but I told them to stay. I quickly scurried over there to check if Tim Johnson was dead. I looked at him and saw his life. I knew he was just a dog that needed help. Now he is gone and he is in a happier place now. Mrs. Dubose later told me that she found some camellia buds of hers that were destroyed. At that point, I knew that Jem did it. I took the items and went home to ask Jem. Sure enough, Jem. I was so disappointed at myself because I knew I still haven’t taught Jem enough to learn the difference between right and wrong. He told me that he did it and he seemed like he wanted to be inconspicuous. He was later told by me to talk and apologize to Mrs. Dubose.
I was happy that Jem was punished for his act of evil. He had to work for Mrs. Dubose for a few days, which should teach him some morals. Jem working for Mrs. Dubose for one month certainly did gain her respect. Too bad that it didn’t last longer enough for Jem to notice. After Jem’s time was up, I got a call about Mrs. Dubose so I rushed over as fast as I could. I was there with her until her last heartbeat. Everyone was so sad after she died but knew she died gracefully and happily. Still when I was sad, I had to leave home for two weeks because the state legislature had an emergency.

TKAM (Ms.Maudie) #3

For the first time in years, I finally see snow on top of our houses. This made my day, I’m sure the children enjoyed it to. I was so surprised that snow came down because it was summer. Every day, my evasion told the children to not bother me much because I am hard at work at times. Today, I could not ignore the children, I knew this was a good opportunity for them to have fun and I did not want to ruin it for them. Also, because it was a day off from school for them, I was sure they needed as much concentration as they could have for whatever wacky game they would make up next. Later on in the day, Scout and his brother came to my house asking for my snow. I knew I couldn’t say no to them so I let them have it. I entrusted them to not break my yard but I had a feeling they would.
The kids later on took both my hat and hedge clippers, which made them seem ingenuous to me. It seemed to me like the children were fanatical about building something out of snow because these were one of the rarest times in Maycomb and they had to take the opportunity. I would once in a while peek out the window to see what Scout and Jem were up to, and by no surprise, they were building a snowman.
Later that night, the most horrible thing happened. My house lit on fire and burned to the ground. I was devastated by this and tried to isolate my self from everyone but I knew that I needed help. Almost an hour after my house has been burning; all the people from Maycomb came to save my house. Everyone was so nice and helped out to save all they could. Even fire trucks from other cities came to help which made me brighten up a bit. After the house burned down, quite a bit of furniture was saved which cheered me up a bit more. I just felt like sitting alone because this was a disaster from a wonderful day.
The next day, Scout and Jem were sorry about how my house burned down but I was debating with them about how I hated my house because of how it used up all my yard space. After the house burned down, all I could think of was building a new life. This loss gave me so many opportunities to improve my life. I could build a new yard, a much better yard. I could even make a business off selling plants. This was actually a good opportunity for me to see how much my neighbors and friends care about me. They would always try to cheer me up and felt sad for me. After all this was over, I was happier than ever.

TKAM (Jems) #2

Because of the Dewy Decimal System, I could not wait for school to be over. Plus, because Scout got out of school 30 minutes before me, I was so jealous. One day, Scout came to me and told me that she found gum that she is chewing in some tinfoil sticking out of a knothole in one of the Radleys' oak trees. I was frightened that Scout would do something like this because even touching a tree over at the Radleys would get someone killed. Scout has much to learn because she still does not understand the dangers of germs and strangers. On the last day of school, I was so glad to be out. While we were walking by the Radleys place, we found old “Indian-head” pennies in the same knothole that Scout found her gum. Now that summer is here, me, Dill and Scout begin our fun. One of the first games we played was called the tire roll where we would roll ourselves inside an old tire. On Scouts turn, she rolled all the way to the Radleys steps. Scout was freaking out by the time she realized and so was I. Scout quickly rushed back to us and looked like she almost saw a ghost.

Because of the tire roll incident, this surprisingly gave me an idea for a new game. I called it “Boo Radley.” As the summer begins the age, we began to think of more complicated rules and parts to our Boo Radley game. Our game got so big that it eventually turned into a play about the Radleys. When it got the Boo’s scene, we would steal the scissors from the sewing drawer and use it as a prop. Every day we would play this and for hours at a time. We thought of new ideas all the time to keep the game alive. One day, dad saw us playing the game and realized that it had something to do with the Radleys. I knew at the point that I had to lie if we were going to get out of this alive. I don’t know if it is safe to play our game anymore after that.

After a while, I felt like I was bonding with Dill. We had the same interests and we could relate with each other. Once in a while I would think about Scout because she probably feels left out and lonely. Luckily, Scout found a friend. Her name is Miss Maudie Atkinson, Scout would spend her day baking and cooking with her. Meanwhile, Dill and me were planning on asking Boo out for some ice cream. We tried to give a note to Boo by sticking it through the window with a fishing pole but dad caught us and demanded the immediate stop of what we were doing and the Radley game.

We listened to dad for a while until the last day Dill was in Maycomb. Dill and I snuck over to the Radleys place and planned to look through a shutter. We looked through almost every single window and suddenly, we saw a man with a hat. Then out of nowhere, we hear a shotgun go off. We sprinted out and escaped from going under a fence by the schoolyard. My pants got caught on the fence and I had to kick them in order to free myself. When we came back, all the neighborhood adults were there talking about why Boo fired a shotgun. Dad then asks my where my pants were and Dill saved me by saying we were playing some strip poker. I later sneaked over to the Radleys to retrieve my pants. After the school year began again, Scout was complaining because it was as bad as 1st grade. We would check that knothole almost everyday and found presents a lot. We would wait a few days just incase it was not for us. On day there was two soap figures to resemble me and Scout which was freaky. One day, the knothole was filled with cement and dad told us that the tree was dying.