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Chapters 7-12 - Coggle Diagram
Chapters 7-12
Chapter 7
Jem and Scout have found many presents inside the hollow of the tree next to Radley Place. First it was a string, then it was soap figures of themselves, a pack of gum, an old spelling bee medal, a broken watch chain, and an aluminum knife.
One day they find the hole in the tree plugged with cement, which surprises and confuses the children, just when they are about to leave a letter. Mr. Radley tells them: “Tree’s dying. You plug ‘em with cement when they’re sick. You ought to know that, Jem.”
Jem was “staying moody and silent for a week.” Later, Jem tells Scout that that night with Dill, he went back for his pants that he had left there. When he arrived, the pants were folded, and the rips had been sewn up, as if “—somebody knew you were comin‘ back for ’em.”
Chapter 9
Scout has received racist comments from Cecil Jacobs at school. This has filled Scout with curiosity. Atticus explains that it is a difficult case where she defends Tom Robinson, an African-American man, but what Atticus does is right, it's just that the people of Maycomb are bad. Atticus knows that Scout will continue receiving ugly comments, but he tells her: "you just hold your head high and keep those fists down"
Scout again receives racist comments about the same thing about Tom Robinson, but this time it was from Francis, a relative. This happened at Finch landing. Francis began to call her "nigger-lover" which anger at Scout to the point of hitting Francis.
Jack and Atticus were talking in the living room about the situation in Maycomb in relation to Tom's case. Atticus says that difficult times are coming for the family and that this case may affect the family. Atticus hopes that the children can overcome the problem "without catching Maycomb’s usual disease" (The racism)
Chapter 11
We meet Mrs. Dubose, a “very old woman; she spent most of each day in bed and the rest of it in a wheelchair.” When she is on the porch, she insults the children with racist and offensive comments every time she passes by.
Jem, in a anger attack, uses a stick to damage Mrs. Dubose’s camellia bush; to make amends, he has to: “She wants me to come every afternoon after school and Saturdays and read to her out loud for two hours.” all for a month.
Every time they go to Dubose’s house, she looks weaker and weaker and speaks very little.
The children learn a lesson: Mrs. Dubose was addicted to morphine. Visits from Jem and Scout helped her overcome the addiction, which had been given to her as a medicine for her illness. Finally, Mrs. Dubose died. Atticus tells the children that: “She was the bravest person I ever knew.” Dubose was an example of bravery and fight.
Chapter 12
Calupunia lleva a los niños a una iglesia africana. En la iglesia, Lula detiene a Calpunia diciendo que los niños no pueden entrar a la iglesia, pero Calpunia asegura que: "“It’s the same God, ain’t it?”. Y luego entran a la iglesia.
Esto muestra que hay mucho problema en Maycomb con el tema de la raza.
Scout y Jem aprendieron que alli, se ayudan mutuamente. Esto lo podemos ver cuando el padre Skyles, junta el dinero para ayudar a Helen, la esposa de Tom, a salir adelante. Ademas de que conocemos un poco de la historia de Calpunia, ella aprendio a leer en Finch's landing y Buford Place.
Scout recibe una carta de Dill: "The letter said he had a new father whose picture was enclosed, and he would have to stay in Meridian because they planned to build a fishing boat." Esto entristece a los niños. Y eso no es todo: "the state legislature was called into emergency session and Atticus left us for two weeks". Asi que los niños se quedan con Calupunia.
Chapter 8
Late at night, all the people of Maycomb and some fire trucks try to help stop the flames at Mrs. Maudie's house. This fire was started because: "Probably the flue in the kitchen. I kept a fire in there last night for my potted plants". Although Maudie's whole house was on fire, she didn't seem too worried.
During the night, Scout and Jem went to the front of Radley Place because Atticus told them to. Later, at the Finch house, Atticus notices the blanket Scout is wearing, she hadn’t noticed this. In the end, Atticus believes that Boo was the one who put it on her: “Boo Radley. You were so busy looking at the fire you didn’t know it when he put the blanket around you.”
Snow is coming to Maycomb and the children are excited. They make a snowman out of some dirt, this snowman looks like Mr. Avery, but Atticus tells them to change it so he can see. After changing it, now “He looks like Stephanie Crawford with her hands on her hips,” I said. “Fat in the middle and little-bitty arms.”
Chapter 10
Tim Johnson is a dog that was roaming the streets of Maycomb. Calpunia got scared because the dog had rabies, she knew because the dog "walked erratically", and she called the sheriff. The sheriff didn't have the courage to shoot. So Atticus took the sheriff's rifle and shot.
Scout and Jem learned a lesson: They don't know yet what their father is capable of: “You’d be surprised,” said Miss Maudie. “There’s life in him yet.”. They also didn't know that Atticus was called "One-shot Finch".
Scout and Jem think Atticus is a bit boring, because he doesn't play or do what the other fathers do. "He did not do the things our schoolmates’ fathers did: he never went hunting, he
did not play poker or fish or drink or smoke. He sat in the livingroom and read."