After the fire, Scout notices someone had but a blanket on her. She was standing in front of the Radley house and Nathan Radley was helping with the fire so it only made sense that it was Boo. Scout wants to beat up Cecil Jacobs because he is saying rude things about Atticus. Scout goes home and tells Atticus and he tells her not to be upset about it. Atticus tells Scout about being Tom Robinson’s lawyer, Tom Robinson is a black man who is being accused of raping a white lady. Atticus’ brother comes for Christmas and he gives Jem and Scout air rifles. The whole family goes to visit Aunt Alexandra, who is very traditional. Scout’s cousin says mean things about Atticus and Scout beats her up. Scout’s uncle spanks her without listen to her side of the story. They go home …show more content…
Atticus points out she had a black eye one the right side of her face. Bob Ewell (Mayella’s dad) goes on the stand and Atticus asks him to tell what happened. He said he heard screaming and he ran for the sheriff. We find out Bob Ewell is left handed (which makes sense with the black eye on the right side). Mayella is called to the stand. We find out she has no friends and takes care of her entire family. She said she asked Tom to come break up a dresser and he attacked her. Also, Tom’s left hand is lame because he got heard in a cotton gin when he was young.Next, Tom Robinson is called to the stand. He gives a very different account of what happened. He says that he often passed the Ewell house and that, sometimes, Mayella asked for help with certain chores. He notes that he felt bad for her, a statement that gets the entire courtroom into an uproar because, in Maycomb, a black man shouldn't be feeling sorry for a white woman. Tom goes on to tell how, on the day in question, Mayella asked him inside the house to help with chores. When he noticed the children were all gone, she tells him she had been saving up enough money for all the children to go buy ice cream at once-thus she