What does Scout think is under her bed?
Scout thinks at first that a snake is under her bed.
What is the gist of chapter 25 26 in To Kill a Mockingbird?
Chapter 26 School has started , and so both Jem and Scout begin to pass the Radley Place every day again. Although they are now too old to be afraid of the house, Scout still expresses a desire to see Boo Radley before she dies. Atticus however dissuades Scout from her childish games, for fear of Mr Nathan Radley.
What is the final thing Atticus explains to the sleepy Scout at the end of the book?
The author, Harper Lee, has wisely selected The Grey Ghost as the story which Atticus reads to Scout at the conclusion of To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus responds by telling Scout, “Most people are, Scout. When you finally see them.”
What did Scout really step on?
As Scout is getting into her bed, she steps on something warm and rather smooth. She then flicks on her bedroom light to look at what she stepped on but sees nothing. Scout then knocks on Jem’s door and asks him to take a look under her bed. Scout tells her brother that she thinks that she stepped on a snake.
Why did dill really run away?
Dill has run away from home because his mother and new father did not pay enough attention to him. He took a train from Meridian to Maycomb Junction, fourteen miles away, and covered the remaining distance on foot and on the back of a cotton wagon.
What is chapter 23 about in To Kill a Mockingbird?
Jem and Atticus discuss the justice of executing men for rape. The subject then turns to jury trials and to how all twelve men could have convicted Tom. Atticus tells Jem that in an Alabama court of law, a white man’s word always beats a black man’s, and that they were lucky to have the jury out so long.
What does the reader learn happened to Tom Robinson in chapter 24?
What does the reader learn happened to Tom Robinson in Chapter 24? He has been found innocent! He escaped and has fled the country.
What are Atticus’s final words?
The last thing that Atticus says in the story is this: “Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.”
What is the deeper meaning of Atticus lesson to Scout?
The lessons Atticus teaches Scout and Jem are to always be considerate of other perspectives, to fight with their minds, to treasure and respect innocence, to realize that appearances can be deceptive, to appreciate true courage, and to appreciate the value of integrity.