How did Atticus react to Bob Ewell’s Challenge? Bob spits in his face an threatens to kill him.

Ewell taunts Atticus, saying he is too proud to fight him. Atticus says he is just too old to fight, and walks away. His reaction shows how Atticus picked his battles.

As a result, Atticus says the following: “There’s nothing more sickening to me than a low-grade white man who’ll take advantage of a Negro’s ignorance. Don’t fool yourselves–it’s all adding up and one of these days we’re going to pay the bill for it. I hope it’s not in you children’s time” (221).

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Scout finds Dill under her bed. What does Atticus mean when he says, “rape to riot to runaways”? Scout and Jem, and had dealt with the runaway Dill. Scout thinks at first that a snake is under her bed.

Scout gets angry at being lectured and attacks Jem. Atticus breaks up the fight and sends them to bed. She calls Jem in and they discover Dill hiding there. Dill has run away from home because his mother and new father did not pay enough attention to him.

Why did Jem tell Atticus that Dill was there? Jem told Atticus that Dill was there because he can’t keep him hidden and feed him without Atticus knowing.

When Dill says that “Maybe [Boo Radley] doesn’t have anywhere to run off to,” (Lee 192) he means that since Boo has been cut off from the community for so long, he probably doesn’t have any places or go to. In chapter fourteen, Scout and Jem find Dill under Scout’s bed.

Why did Dill run away? He thought his parents weren’t interested in him and that they got along better without him.

Atticus goes to the Maycomb jail in chapter 15 of To Kill a Mockingbird to protect Tom Robinson from the Old Sarum bunch, which is a group of intoxicated men who plan on lynching Tom before the trial.

Atticus sits outside of the jail in order to protect Tom Robinson from the lynch mob. Jem and Scout follow him, but they stay far enough away that he can’t see them.

what makes scout cry while Atticus is talking with her and Jem? She is upset because Atticus is not acting like himself and is telling them things he does not believe in: “This was not my father.

Scout is angry with her aunt for constantly nagging her about the need to wear dresses and for not allowing her to eat Christmas dinner with the grown-ups; instead she has to sit at the “little table” with Cousin Francis. It is Francis who instigates Scout’s trouble with Alexandra, blaming Scout for picking on her.

What does Aunt Alexandra want Atticus to do to Calpurnia? he wants Atticus to fire Calpurnia. Alexandra believes that now that she is there, the family does not need Calpurnia anymore. In addition, it is clear that she does not like the fact that Calpurnia has influence over Scout.

Atticus and Aunt Alexandra learn Calpurnia took children to her church. Aunt Alexandra and Atticus argue over the way Atticus has raised the children, particularly Scout; saying she needs to learn lady-like ways. Scout and Jem fight over causing trouble for Atticus.

When Atticus and Calpurnia leave to break the bad news of Tom Robinson’s death to Tom’s wife Helen, Aunt Alexandra is left alone with Miss Maudie and the bewildered Scout. But in this scene, not only is she shocked by Tom’s death, she also expresses genuine concern for Atticus, her brother.

He tells Atticus that Dill ran away. Scout and Dill are shocked that Jem revealed their secret to an adult. They view Jem as a traitor. Of the perceived betrayal, Scout says that Jem “broke the remaining code of our childhood.” Jem explains that he had to tell Atticus.

In chapter 14, Scout and Jem get into a physical altercation, and Scout ends up punching her brother directly in the mouth. Following their fight, Atticus sends them both to their rooms, and Scout steps on something as she is getting into her bed.