What is Chapter 13 in to Kill a Mockingbird about?
Summary: Chapter 13 Aunt Alexandra explains that she should stay with the children for a while, to give them a “feminine influence.” Maycomb gives her a fine welcome: various ladies in the town bake her cakes and have her over for coffee, and she soon becomes an integral part of the town’s social life.
Why does Scout cry in chapter 15?
Aunt Alexander is very critical of Scout and her tomboyishness, and even persuades Atticus to berate his children for improper behavior. Scout is not prone to crying but this makes her cry, more from her confusion because she would never expect Atticus to worry about keeping up appearances.
Why doesn t Scout cry?
Scout is not prone to crying but this makes her cry, more from her confusion because she would never expect Atticus to worry about keeping up appearances. She has always thought that as long as people “did the best they could with the sense they had” that that would be good enough.
What makes Scout cry while Atticus is talking with her?
Answers 1. Atticus makes an attempt, but when Scout cries in response to this strange side of her father she has never seen before, he returns to his original principles and finds himself incapable of passing on what Aunt Alexandra deems important. Scout is relieved when her father returns to the same old Atticus,…
Why does Scout Cry in the book The Outsiders?
Scout cries because, as she notes, “the full meaning of the night’s events” strike her. To be specific, she realizes that people wanted to kill her father, and, more generally, that people hate so intensely and so blindly that it seems that other people aren’t human to them.
Why does Scout Cry After returning home from the jail in?
In that one instance, Scout is thrown into the reality of how the world works. She sees that the men could have easily have killed her father, and if given the chance, they would have killed Tom. Scout sees first hand the ugliness that is a part of her town. She is aware that there are some people that are just plain nasty.
Why does Atticus stay at the jail with Jem and scout?
Atticus is staying at the jail to protect Tom Robinson. When Jem and Scout go to the jail, Scout is the one that breaks up the mob that was there. Her innocence and friendliness makes the men go away. She isn’t aware at the time, of what the men were about to do.