Chapter 32

Chapter 32

I woke to the morning sun blinding my eyes through my bedroom window. I got to my feet and ran to the room next door. Atticus was in Jem's room sitting in a chair beside his bed with the book that he had read to me last night. I knew that Atticus had been in Jem's room all night awaiting for Jem to wake up. I went over to Jem's side he was still sound asleep. I knew if I tried to wake Jem Atticus would tell me not to and just let him sleep. But I wanted to tell Jem everything that happened last night with Boo Radley. I knew Jem wouldn't believe me when I told him that I had actually met Boo Radley, our mysterious neighbor who never showed his face to anyone until last night.
"Scout," Atticus spoke his voice soft and quiet.
"Scout, why don't you go into the kitchen and have some breakfast and help Calipurnia with anything she needs." He said.
"I want to wait until he wakes up, Atticus." I told him. I could tell he wasn't going to force me to leave the quiet room.
Atticus and I watched Jem while he slept, I didn't know how long he would be out.
"Atticus? How long will it be until Jem will wake up?" I asked him anxiously.
He sighed and looked over at Jem, he stared at him for a minute before he spoke.
"We will give him as long as it takes, Scout," He said not looking up at me.
I looked at Jem too, he looked so quiet, so peaceful. All of his injuries were patched up and cleaned. Atticus never took his eyes off Jem and I knew that he wouldn't be leaving the room until Jem woke up. Just then Jem's eyes started to blink open and soon he was staring at Atticus and I. I looked at Atticus and then Jem who now had his eyes fully opened and looked lost. He proped himself up and sat upright, his eyes starring off in space. Then he looked at Atticus waiting for him to speak, but before Atticus could even open his mouth I said "I have so much to tell you!"And at that very moment a smile crept onto his face.

Life Lessons

In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem and Scout are growing up and as the books starts to close they are learning some life lessons from the adults around them. A life less on that Scout learns is that not everyone has the same feelings like Atticus does about blacks and racism and everyone being equal. Neither Scout or Jem liked how Mr. Ewell and Mayella didn't have to go to jail and Tom Robinson had to go even though he wasn't guilty. Also, how Mr. Ewell treats Atticus after the trial, how he spits in Atticus's face and calls him names about how he defended a black man. In the beginning of the book Scout doesn't realize that there is a different world out there and now that she's seen what other people think she's starting to realize that.
When Atticus gets home from the town he tells Jem and Scout "I destroyed his last shred of credibility at that trial, if he had any to begin with." Attcuis is saying that even though he didn't go to court he still was very angry at Atticus to make the jury think that maybe Bob Ewell should go to jail. But since Tom Robinson was a black man Bob Ewell didn't go to jail even though he should have.

Atticus as a Father

Atticus is the type of parent that is patient and calm. When Jem and Scout are talking to him he listens and gives them a chance to speak and tell him their side of their story.When Dill showed up Scout thought that Atticus would be mad and send him home right then, but instead he said he could stay the night if talked to his aunt. When Jem asked Atticus to come into Scout's bedroom to see that Dill was there he said "Just hungry, I bet". I think this makes Atticus a reasonable father, he likes to please everyone and he wants everone to be happy. Some parents would have sent Dill home if they were in Atticus's position but Atticus didn't send Dill home.

Atticus teaches Jem and Scout that the color of someones skin shouldn't matter and how they should just be themselves and except everyone. He wants his children to grow up excepting everyone and he doesn't care if they don't follow the family tradition and how Scout doesn't dress or act like a girl. Atticus is like my parents in some ways. My parents believe that everyone should be equal and my sister and I shouldn't try to change our personalities to fit into what everyone else is doing. I think my parents can be calm just like Atticus but I think that Atticus is more calm than my parents because sometimes my parents lose their temper, unlike Atticus. I think that Atticus is a good influence on his children and on other people around him and i would definitely want him as a father.

Changing Perceptions of Boo Radley

In chapters four through eight some weird thing happened that Boo Radley did. First, during the fire he put a blanket on Scout and she didn't even notice it until Atticus had pointed it out. Second, when Jem's pants ripped on the fence Boo Radley sewed them up and left them on the fence. Third, Mr. Nathan Radley closed up the tree hole before Scout and Jem could leave a note saying thank you for all the stuff that they think Boo left them in the tree. These are things that Boo Radley probably did and they are mysterious because they never actully saw him when these events happened.