Journal # 7 To Kill a mocking bird Dills prespective

There he was.  Mr Dolphus Raymond.  I had heard many things about him and how he lives from Jem and Scout.  Not necessarily bad in my opinion but slightly weird.  He was with a black woman.  This was unheard of.  He is the father of many mixed children.  I hear that they don't fit in anywhere.  Not with the blacks because they are half white and not with the whites because they are half black.  I felt bad for these kids because they didn't fit in.  Mr. Raymond supposedly is very rich and treats the kids very nicely.  he also lives in the black neighborhood and owns a lot of land.  Rumor has it this old Dolphus Raymond is a total drunky.  Everyone says that he keeps Whiskey in a brown lunch bag.  Suddenly I was called over.  I condescended because I was afraid of him and the stories about his wife and him.  I went anyways.  He told me to take a drink from his bag.  I took a sip and smiled.  It was coca cola!  All this time I thought it was whiskey.  Butt I was oblivious to the reasoning of this.  Everyone in town thought he was a drunky but he really wasn't.  I asked him why he gave himself a bad name.  He explained to me something very interesting.  He told me that he wasn't much of a drinker.  He also said that he liked living with black folks.  Said that no one would have understood him if he just said that he liked it so he pretends that he is under the influence of alchahol so that people believe that thats not really what he wants but that is what the whiskey is making him do.

I was so sad from the way that Mr. Gilmer treated Tom Robinson.  So  he cheered me up by saying that when he was to grow up he would understand it better.  Mr Dolphus Raymond is  a good person who only means well.  He just tries to deceive people by acting like he is a drunky so he can excuse his like for negroes.  

He told Scout that her father was a good person.  Said that she was to young to understand it but once she looked around the court room she could realize it.  Scout was quickly reminded that she was missing the case.  

We both walked in as Atticus was talking to the jury.  This was important and I knew not to bother anyone.  Atticus was telling the jury about how the Ewells didn't have any physical or medical evidence  that Tom Robinson did anything leaving the accusation wrong.  Atticus told the court that the prosecutor didn't have any whiteness other than the tow testimonies.  Atticus also said that Mayella broke a social norm.  She tempted a black person.

Atticus said that Bob Ewell was Left handed and must have beet up Mayella because her right eye was hurt.  Tom Robinson couldn't hit with his left arm because of the cotton machine incident.  

Atticus made a very good point.  All men were made equal in court.  The jury had to remember it was two white people versus a black person and that it was unfair if the jury was thinking as if he is unequal.

Just as Atticus finished up Calpurnia came into the room.  I knew we were in trouble.  She handed Atticus a letter.  Probably from Aunt Alexandra.  Atticus took a look around the room and announced that his children had gone missing.  Than someone said that they had been up with reverend Sykes for some time.  I, Scout and Jem went down to talk to Atticus.  We begged him to see the final verdict.  Atticus told us to go home and eat slowly because we weren't going to miss anything.  We came back a while later.  The Jury was still making a decision.  They came out.  Ultimately Tom Robinson was found guilty.  My heart dropped.  As Atticus left the courthouse the negroes all stood up and we stood up also.  I wish I had a dad like Atticus who was cool and deffended people who needed it.  

Journal #6 Nararated by Bob Ewell

November 21 last year.

I was out in the forest.  It was dark out.  wright round sunset.  I be holdin manys kindlin for the fire back at are house.  I got back and I was walkin to the front door I looked through the window ta see my daughter kissin a nigger.  And It was Tom Robinson. Everything got dark.  I saw myself beating my daughter Mayella.

"Ahh" I screamed.

I sat up.  It was a dream.  Today was the trial and I was ina horrible mood.  Mayella, my daughter knew what the fake story was.  Tom Robinson raped her after she asked him to cut something up for her.  There were no flaws in or plan.  We could lie through the whole case.  The odds were gainst Atticus and his nigger.  

I hated Atticus. him and his snotty lil chillrin. They be actin like dey know everything cause he reads dem books all day.  Dey don know nuthin bout livin like we do.  I got me a sandwich out of da dumbster and a thing of wiskey.  

Mayella came in da kitchen.  We didn't talk at all.  We both knew that today was the day. We were gon get Tom Robinson lynched.  Those Damn Niggers are always botherin us white folks. I hate em.

Mayella and mes walked to them there court house and waited for the trial to start.  i was called up to the stand.  Atticus asked me to explain the whole story. So I told him.  

One day I was bringin some kindlin home from the woods.  I heard my Mayella yelllin so I dropped me kindlin and ran to the house. When I got there it was round sunset and Tom Robinson took off runnin. Mayella was okay and I went to go fetch Officer.  Mayella was on the floor and she was beat up.  

Than Atticus was askin me some dumb questions like.  Can you read and write?  He asked me to wright my name on one of them papers.  So I wrote.  I used my left hand and he asked me if I was left handed.  I told em just cause I was left handed dont mean nothin.  

Atticus kept on askin me the same der questions over and over.  did you go get a doctor? was she hurt, did she need medical attention.  He than asked me what side the bruise there was on told him it was her right eye but den I realized it was her left.  Atticus was onta somethin but i didnt know what.

Den Mayella was called up to the stand. I didn't listen cause I wasn't interested.  Than Atticus asked a question that caught my ear.  Has your father ever hit you.  Mayella paused and looked at me.  I made no facial expression.  she knew she would get it later if she answered wrongly.  This could give Atticus the whole case.  I had figured out that he was accusing me of beating her up.  He was onto me and it wasn't good.  

Mayella kept on cryin up there. Just like I tol her ta do.  Atticus called up Tom Robinson.  I knew that the real story would be comin but who in Maycomb would believe a nigger.  Tom Robinson came up.  

"He said it like this.  I was waling by the Ewell's house and Mayella asked me to fix a door hinge.  So I went in to the front yard.  I opened the door repeatedly.  Nothing was wrong.  Than she told me that she wanted something inside.  She wanted me to get on a chair and get something from the top of the shelf.  So I did.  Than she grabbed me.  But it was more like a hug.  Than she kissed me." Tom Robinson told.

I was bracing myself.  I looked around and it seemed like nobody had formulated an opinion so far.

Tom Robinson Continued

"Than he said that he tried to get out of the house as Mayella was asking for him to kiss him.  than Mayellas father Bob Ewell looked in and called her a nasty name.  I ran out as soon as I got the chance." 

The questioning went on.  Someone in the stands stood up and said that he had had Tom Robinson working for him for 10 years and he never had a problem.  I had just realized something.  Tom Robinsons left arm was short and useless.  That mean that bruise on Mayellas left eye would be a problem.  How would he be able to rape her.  Oh no I thought to myself.  

Atticus was done and we took a ten minute break.

Journal #5 in the perspective of Jem

Chapter 14

            It seemed like since Atticus started gettin real busy with his cases, when we would go round town, therd' be alota commotions and wisperin goin on behind our backs.  All I knew was that Atticus's defendant is a Negro.  I also knew that Scout was gettin a lot of trouble about it at school so maybe the same ol thing was happinin in town.

            I was eavesdropping on Scout and Atticus's conversation.  Scout asked what "rape," was.  I learned this word because Scout also asked Calpurnia but she told er to go n' ask Atticus.  He told her what it was but I could tell she didn't understand a word o' it.  Neither did I but I knew it had somethin to do with a girl.  

            Aunty Alexandra came to town.  I don't like her.  She comes in our house and just starts bossing us around and telling us that we aren’t like real gentlemen and ladies.  Atticus has changed since Aunty got here.  He made Scout cry for the first time in a while.  Atticus is startin ta get nit picky with whatever we do.  

            It seems as though Aunt Alexandra was oblivious of any kind of lifestyle we had before.  Aunty fits in real well with everyone else in town though.  The townspeople welcomed her but I don know why.  She yells at us for every little thing that we do.

            Tonight I was telling Scout to stop antagonizing Aunt Alexandra.  I knew she didn’t like getting bossed around but it was partly for her own good.  I was just trying to look out for her.  She started punching me in the stomach and the face so I smacked her.  She got back up and before I knew it Atticus was pushing us apart.  I turned off the lights.

"Night Scout," I said, trying to flip a new leaf.

" Good night Jem," she said back.  

            A minute later Scout called me into her room to look for a rattlesnake under her bed.  I used a broom and was sweeping under the bed.  I hit something.  It definitely wasn't a little animal.  It was a person.  I was about to yell for Atticus when I heard Dill's soft voice come out from under the bed.  Dill emerged.  I wasn't sure about how he got here or why he was under Scout's bed.

            I was excited to see him.  He told us that he wasn't getting enough love from his parents so he ran away.  He also said that his mom had remarried another man who wouldn't let him go over the summer.

            He looked hungry so Scout went and got Dill some leftovers from the kitchen.  Dill ate it all up in a heartbeat.  Dill said he hadn’t eaten for a whole day

            I had to do it.  Atticus trusted me and I knew that Atticus would be okay and eh wouldn't freak out.  I called for Atticus to come up stairs.  Atticus was always so calm that even some of the most surprising and weird things wouldn't faze him. Atticus came upstairs to find Scout and Dill talking together and me, in the corner.  Scout gave me a dirty look but I knew that I had to do it.  At least it dispelled all of the guilty feelings that I had about Dill hiding in our house.

            Atticus didn’t mind at all he just wanted Dill to tell Aunt Rachel that he was visiting.  Atticus than just continued on amiably.

Dill slept in my bead that night.  We talked a little and than he slipped out of bead and told me that he was going to go talk to Scout.

Journal # 4 narrated as Calpurnia

Chapter 10

Jem and Scout were outside playing with there air rifles when suddenly I hear Jem quickly open the door and slam it.  I was in the kitchen cleaning and Jem ran in.  Jem told me that old Tim Johnson was injured and walking like a mad dog on the streets.  Tim Johnson was Maycomb's pet but according to Jem he had gone mad.  

“Honey, I can’t come outside right now I’m preoccupied with the dishes,” I said.

“Please Calpurnia, Tim Johnson has gone mad and he is injured,” Jem exclaimed.

“Alright, I’ll be out in a sec,” I said

Scout was right by Jem’s scout the whole time.  Jem is luck to have a sister that he truly loves and does everything with.  Also she is always there for him.

Jem and Scout ran outside.  By the time I had got there Jem and Scout were already staring at Tim Johnson.  I looked around.  But I couldn’t see any dog. 

 “We are in great Peril Cal!” Jem exclaimed.

“I don’t see no dog Jem,” I said

Jem pointed to a wolf looking dog.  It sure was Tim Johnson.  And he had gone mad.  I rushed the children inside.  I closed the door and ran to the phone.  I called Atticus as soon as I could and told him to get back to the house because Tim Johnson lost his mind.  Than I told everyone on the neighborhood that was going on.  Soon the whole neighbor hood knew what was going on.  Everyone had their doors shut tight. 

Soon Enough Atticus came to the block just in time as Tim Johnson was walking through our part of the block.  The Sheriff pulled out his gun.  I was looking through the blinds.  After looking at the dog he gave the gun to Atticus who quickly rested it on his shoulder aimed, I turned away And shot the dog. 

This was a good thing for the kids to realize how cool their father was since they thought he was boring and that he was only a bad checker player.  Soon I heard the door open.  Jem and Scout ran out the door to Scout.  Atticus and shot the dog in the head.  I looked at Atticus face as he turned around.  He looked like he contradicted what he had just done.

 

                                    Chapter 11

Jem and Scout came home from town.  Jem was very angry and Scout looked like she had just been crying.  What’s wrong Scout.  Scout walked over to me and whispered in my ear what Jem had done.

“What? Why would you do that to ms. Dubose’s property? And why did you do that to Scout’s Baton?” I asked rhetorically.

“I just lost my temp-”Jem said.

“Get out of this house now!” I exclaimed.

Later that day I over heard Atticus come in with a broken baton and a white flower bud.  Atticus almost never raised his voice to the children and always confronted the children in a nice way even if they did something bad.  I liked this about Atticus and I would hopefully acquire that skill in the future.  Atticus did however give Jem a great punishment.  He would have to go read to Ms. Dubose for two hours each day for a month.  Scout being the good sister that she was volunteered to go with him.  Scout told me that she was worried that something would happen to Jem.

While they were gone so much I had a lot of time to think.  It seemed as though Jem and Scout had lost interest in Boo Radley and had stopped antagonizing him.

 

                                    Chapter 12

“Cal?” asked Scout.

“yeah Scout?” I answered

“ Why is Jem being so difficult?  We used to be such good friends.” She asked in a low tone.

            I explained to her that it was part of Jem growing up.  I could feel that Scout and I were becoming friends and growing closer together all of a sudden.  I can’t just stop getting her in trouble so that she will like me but if I can just maybe tone it down that she will be easier to deal with.

            I decided that I was going to take Jem and Scout to my church. When we got there, since everyone was black, everyone gave nice gestures to Jem and Scout.  This was because Tom Robinson who was Atticus’s client.  Everyone was giving nice greetings till Lu Lu came up.  She looked seven feet tall.

            “What you be bringin lil white chillren in her.  This isa nigga church,” she said.

            We went back and forth but I could see that the children were confused by the way I was talking.  The church was embarrassed so the church members cut off the conversation by just walking in front of Lu Lu.  Other than that everyone was very welcoming to the kids.

We listened to the service.  Scout and Jem were wondering why we didn’t have books.  Not only did we not have enough money but we couldn’t read so it would just be a waste.  That’s why we have one person say the prayer and than everyone says it after them.

Scout later asked my why I was talking bad if she knew better.  The best example that I could come up with was that it would be like talking how I had talked at your house.  I would just be incorrect.  Also I told them that people don’t like it when there are smart people around them.

 

Acquire: To receive, get or obtain.

Antagonize: To torment.

Contradicted: To disagree

Preoccupied: To be busy with something else

chapter 8 and 9

" Scout, Scout, wake up now," I said.

"huh? what?" asked Scout as she sleepily woke up.

" here just put this robe on and lets walk outside," I told Scout.

Scout, Jem and I went outside to see what all the commotion was.  Ms. Maudie's house was burning to the ground.  The Neighbors were doing the best they could but that wasn't enough.  Ms. Maudie was a very nice lady.  She would always talk to Jem and Scout.  It was a tragedy that it happened to her out of all people. 

I could see that Scout and Jem wanted to do something about it in return for the kindness that Ms. Maudie brought to them but they couldn't.  Scout and Jem just stood there in the cold.  I looked over at Scout and she was very cold so I put my coat on her.  A little bit later I saw someone come up right behind Scout.  it was Boo Radley.  At first I was going to do something about his approach but than I saw that he was holding a blanket to put on Scout.  I thought it was Boo Radley who was lighting the houses on fire but my thoughts changed when he did this.  I looked over and I could see a fire truck being pushed my many men.  I knew that it wouldn't get to the burning house in time to save anything.  

Thank God that Ms. Maudie came out alright.  Soon the fire truck that was being pushed made it.  They turned out the fire hydrant and started trying to put out the fire.  

The other day  I was talking to Scout about how kids were treating her at school.  She said that there was one kid who would tease Scout about her father defending a nigger.  She said that a boy tormented her in front of a lot of people that I was defending a nigger.  At first I was shocked that such little kid had the potential of digging into their deepest sources to rip out information that they could use against a child that they didn't like.  But I knew that now I would have to explain to Scout about my client.  I explained to Scout that there would be a lot of talk around town about me defending a negro.  I told her that even though I though we were going to lose I had this feeling that told me that the right thing to do was represent the man.  I felt that if I was in the position where I would most likely be killed for something I didn't do, that I would want someone to help me out.  This case was very important to me because I knew that if I didn't take the case than no one would.  I knew that at some point Scout would hit her high point and engage in fighting.  

Journal #1 To Kill a Mocking Bird

Hi, I'm Dill.  I just moved into my Aunt Rachel's house for the summer.  I met these two really nice kids named Jem and Scout.  Jem is 10 and Scout is 6.  Their father is a lawyer and his name is Atticus.  Atticus is a real nice guy but he is kind of intimidating.  Scout is very smart. Probably one of the smartest in her class. I don't have a dad but I don't like to talk about that. I quickly became friends with Scout and Jem.  We always play around and reinact things.

I was the one who gave the idea to Scout and Finch to lure Boo Radley out of his house.Boo Radley was introduced to me by Jem and Scout.  From what they were saying he was a scary malevolent killer.  This interested me a lot.  Everyone calls him the Phantom of Maycomb but I want to see what he actually looks like and if the rumors are true.

When I met Jem he and I had a friendly argument.  It started off my me saying.

"Hey."

" Hey yourself," replied Jem.

I told him my real name which was Charles Bakers Harris and that I could read.  I didn't want to question Jem's pronouncements because I was trying to make friends with him.

Scout snapped back at me "So what?"

This made me feel bad but I couldn't let it get to me because I know that first impressions are important.  I felt like saying something mean back but I had to be careful.   I didn't know there background.

"Just letting you know that I can read," trying to to come off snotty. 

Jem insulted me by saying that I was 4 1/2 but I didn't let it get to me.  Instead I replied with my actual age.

" go n' on 7"

He told me I was very small for my age but I told him that I was little but old.  This didn't offend me to much because I thought that if people didn't know how old I was and they did know that I could read than they would be impressed with  my abilities.  Jem than cheered up the conversation by irking me to come over.  I had no other choice than to join them.  Our little talk went on back and forth.  It was basically a little introduction to each other.  I was from Meridian, Mississippi but My family originally was from Maycomb.  I told Jem and Scout and about the picture shows(movies) that I had seen.  They didn't have picture shows here in Maycomb except some Jesus ones in the court room.  I explained them to Jem and Scout and they were fasicnated.

intimidating: To be scary.

Malevlent: To have bad will.

Pronouncement: How one talks.

Journal #2 4-7

The door opened.  Scout scurried in through the door like something was chasing her.  while I was trying to figure out what she was running from I noticed that scout was chewing a hug piece of gum in her mouth.  Scout means well but she often comes off rude or obnoxious.  She was making a lot of noise with her mouth but I decided to ignore it for as long as I could.

"Scout, why were you running like you were being chased?" I asked.

"well, you see, I was walking home from school and I saw a piece of tin foil in the tree in the Radley home.  And I leaned over and grabbed it and it was chewing gum! So I ate it!" she explained.

"What? Scout you are never supposed to go or touch Boo Radley house.  Doncha know he will kill you! "  I exclaimed.

I didn't know anything about the Boo Radley house that was an actual fact but I have heard rumors about it, bad rumors.  Even if Boo Radley never killed anyone or wouldn't ever  kill anyone he still was mysterious and I didn't want my little sister to mess around inside the yard. 

"Scout, please spit it out."

" but Jem, its really good!"

"Now, before I tell Culpurnia on me."

I knew this would work because Culpurnia yelled at scout the other day for making fun of how the Cumington boy ate.  Scout spit out her gum and continued on.  It seemed as though Scout wasn't very happy during the year and somewhat bored most of the time.  I could tell from the facial expression on her face and her body language.  I think it was the new program in school.  She is ahead of everyone in her class and she is probably bored from listening to her classmates try to read.

Summer soon came and and scout and I were definitely ready for summer.  The first thig that we did and that we do every summer is roll each other around in the insides of tires.  We were having fun until I rolled scout in from of the Radley stems.

"Come on Scout! Lets get out of here"I yelled as Scout was laying right in front of the yard.

Scout got up and she quickly got out from in front of the house.

"Jem, I have a new game," said Scout.

"Well what is it than'" I said.

" It is going to be called "Boo Radley," Scout said in a scary voice

At first I thought this wouldn't be good considering that she had the courage to take something out of the tree of Boo Radley's house.  I did want to hear the idea for Scouts new game though.

"Okay, so we are going to act as the Radley family," Scout said.

I thought this idea was silly but I couldnt hurt scouts feelings.

"Sure," I replied.

As the summer went on and on our game became modified and complicated as we acted out the Radley home or at least how we though the Boo Radley home operated in the inside.  One day we were playing and Atticus came out.  We stopped out game and stood suspiciously. Atticus asked us if our game had anything to do with the Radley.  I told him that it didn't.   From than on I felt some resistance from Scout when I wanted to play the game.  Scout was probably scared that Atticus would get mad at them but there seemed to be something else on her mind.

As the summer went on Dill and I became good friends and we continued the Boo Radley game.  Scout spent most of her time talking to the widow next door named Ms. Atkinson.  I had no clue what they were talking about but it seemed like the more she talked to her the more she didn't want to play the Boo Radley game.  It came to me though that since Dill and I had become such good friends that Scout might have felt left out from the planning that Dill and I did.  Dill and I were very curious of what Boo Radley looked like and if he was even alive. So we got a note and asked if he would like to get ice cream.  Dill and I attached it to a fishing poll and was going to attach it to his house Dill and I held the fishing poll and we were about to attach it and than Atticus came out.  Atticus got angry at us and told us not to bother Radley by playing the Boo Radley games or trying to attach notes to his house.