• Mr Heck Tate: Came to inform Atticus that
Tom Robinson would be moved to the Maycomb
jail.
• Mr Link Deas: Atticus could lose everything
with this case. Is worried about the old Sarum
Bunch.
• Mr Sam Levy: Was once threatened by the Ku
Klux Klan but were not afraid because he sold
the sheets for their outfits to them.
• Ku Klux: a terrorist
secret society organized
in the southern United
States after the Civil War
that used violence and
murder to promote its
white supremacist beliefs
• Chevrolet: Car
Atticus had
• Linotype: Machine
used to set a
newspaper on and
print it.
• A snipe hunt, a form of wild-goose chase that is also known as a fool's errand, is a
type of practical joke that involves experienced people making fun of credulous
newcomers by giving them an impossible or imaginary task. The origin of the term is a
practical joke where inexperienced campers are told about a bird or animal called the
snipe as well as a usually preposterous method of catching it, such as running around
the woods carrying a bag or making strange noises. Incidentally, the snipe (a family of
shorebirds) is difficult to catch for experienced hunters, so much so that the word
"sniper" is derived from it to refer to anyone skilled enough to shoot one.[1]
• In the most popular version of the snipe hunt, especially in the American South, a
newcomer is taken deep into the woods late at night and told to make a clucking noise
while holding a large sack. The others, who are in on the joke, say that they will sneak
away and then walk back towards the newcomer, thereby driving snipes towards the
bag holder. The frightened snipes, they say, will be attracted to the clucking noise and
be easily caught in the bag. The newcomer is then simply left in the dark forest,
holding the bag, to eventually realize his gullibility and find his way home or back to
camp.
• Says Atticus is disgracing the family by
defending Tom Robinson
• Slept for two hours on a Sunday afternoon and
forbid Jem and Scout to make any noise.
• Jem, spent Sunday afternoon in his room with
football magazines.
• Scout and Dill kicked Jem’s football in Deer’s
Pasture.
• Jem followed Atticus and Scout and Dill went
with him.
• Had no use for any organization except the
Maycomb Tribune of which he was the sole
owner, editor and printer.
• Spent his days in front of his linotype with a
gallon jug of cherry wine.
• People brought news to him.
• It was strange to see Mr Underwood at church
in the group of men speaking to Atticus.
• Lived in his office.
• Doesn’t think he has anything to lose defending
Tom Robinson.
• Doesn’t think the Old Sarum bunch will bother
them on a Sunday evening.
• Will not let Tom Robinson get the death
sentence before everybody has heard the truth.
• Was upset that Tom was moved to Maycomb jail
on a Sunday.
• Liked to sit alone in church.
• Spent Sunday afternoons in his office to read.
• Took an electric cord and light bulb and left after
supper with the Chevrolet.
• The following evening, Atticus takes the car into
town. At about ten o’clock, Jem, accompanied
by Scout and Dill, sneaks out of the house and
follows his father to the town center.
• From a distance, they see Atticus sitting in front
of the Maycomb jail, reading a newspaper.
• Jem suggests that they not disturb Atticus and
return home.
• At that moment, four cars drive into Maycomb
and park near the jail
• At that moment, four cars drive into Maycomb
and park near the jail.
• A group of men gets out, and one demands that
Atticus move away from the jailhouse door.
• Atticus refuses, and Scout suddenly comes
racing out of her hiding place next door, only to
realize that this group of men differs from the
group that came to their house the previous
night.
• Jem and Dill follow her, and Atticus orders Jem to go
home. Jem refuses, and one of the men tells Atticus
that he has fifteen seconds to get his children to leave.
• Meanwhile, Scout looks around the group and
recognizes Mr. Cunningham, the father of her
classmate Walter Cunningham.
• She starts talking to him about his legal entailments
and his son, and asks him to tell his son “hey.”
• All of the men stare at her.
• Mr. Cunningham, suddenly ashamed, squats
down and tells Scout that he will tell his son
“hey” for her, and then tells his companions to
clear out.
• They depart, and Mr. Underwood, the owner of
the newspaper, speaks from a nearby window
where he is positioned with a double-barreled
shotgun: “Had you covered all the time, Atticus.”
• Atticus and Mr. Underwood talk for a while, and
then Atticus takes the children home.