After the offering has been collected, Reverend Sykes dumps the offering can out, counts the money, and tells the congregation that it is not enough. Reverend Sykes then instructs Alec to shut the doors and tells his congregation that no one is leaving until they collect ten dollars for Helen Robinson and her children.

Why does Reverend Sykes order the doors of the church shut? The doors of the church were shut so ten dollars could be collected for Tom Robinson’s wife and children.

However, Reverend Sykes’s sermon is very similar to the kind of sermon delivered in Scout’s church: “His sermon was a forthright denunciation of sin…he warned his flock against the evils of heady brews, gambling, and strange women…

When Reverend Sykes counts the money, he tells the congregation that it isn’t enough. He wants to collect ten dollars, and he orders the church doors closed until he collects what he thinks Helen needs.

Reverend Sykes then has the doors to the church closed until enough money is given to equal ten dollars. He asks for the congregants who do not have children to contribute extra.

Reverend Sykes asks Jem to take Scout home because of the explicit details of the rape given during the trial. The children sit in the balcony during the trial. What does Scout mean when she says that Jem is counting his chickens? It means Jem was counting on Atticus’s winning too soon.

Ewell didn’t have a doctor check out his daughter because it would have shown that she wasn’t raped, instead, it would have shown that he had beaten her for kissing a black man.

Reverend Sykes is the reverend of the First Purchase M.E. African Church in Maycomb County, where most if not all of the African-American characters go to church. Reverend Sykes forces the congregation to donate 10 dollars for Tom Robinson’s family since at the time, Tom’s wife, Helen, was having trouble finding work.

At the end of the trial, why does Reverend Sykes tell Scout to “stand up”? Revered Sykes tells scout to stand up because Atticus is passing by them. He wants her to show respect, however she doesn’t understand why he wants her to stand. It shows the readers that Atticus is upset and he feels defeated.

As Atticus is passing, Reverend Sykes tells Scout to stand up because her father is walking by them. Standing as he passes by them is one way that the community demonstrates their respect and appreciation for Atticus.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch does not win the court case. Tom Robinson, an African-American man, is found guilty of raping a white woman,…

Why do Reverend Sykes and the rest of the African American spectators stand for Atticus, even after his defendant Tom was found gulity? Reverend Sykes and the rest of the African Americans stood when Atticus walked past because he saw through the color Tom’s skin color and believed he was innocent.

Reverend Sykes then mentions that the collection is for Helen Robinson and her children.

Atticus needs the extension cord so he can take the lamp to the front of the jail and read while he’s sitting in the chair. It’s not just because he needs the light to see to read, but he wants more to be seen by the people in the town.

Following Sunday dinner, Atticus takes a light attached to an extension cord with him to sit outside of the Maycomb jailhouse. Jem, Scout, and Dill are curious and follow Atticus to the jailhouse, where they find him peacefully reading his newspaper.

does this explain why he left the house with the extension cord and light bulb? Atticus is sitting outside in front of the jail. He is calmly reading by the light of the bare bulb that he had brought with him. His children protects Atticus.

What did Atticus do after supper that Jem and Scout thought peculiar? Atticus came into the living room carrying a long extension with a light bulb on it. What did the men who came to the Maycomb jail want? The men who came to Maycomb jail wanted to execute Tom Robinson.

After finishing supper, Atticus enters the living room with an extension cord attached to a light bulb.

When the closing arguments come about, Atticus tells the people on the jury that they have to look past Tom being a black man and see him as just a man. He tells them it is their God given duty to do the right thing. He is trying to get them to do what is right and not what the town says.

Answers 2. The black people stand out of respect for Atticus. They understand the sacrifices Atticus made to take this case. They understand the passion and commitment Atticus had for a cause that was defeated even before he started.

When Atticus leaves the courtroom after the trial, the balcony (which was seating for the “colored” people – although Jem, Scout, and Dill are also up there) stands as a sign of respect and appreciation towards Atticus. The whole balcony stands as a sign of respect to Atticus.

After Tom Robinson’s guilty verdict, Atticus stood up to leave the courtroom. Scout observed her father from where she sat in the balcony: Atticus took his coat off the back of his chair and pulled it over his shoulder.

Why do people in the balcony gallery stand when Atticus leaves the courtroom? They stand out of respect for what Atticus has done for Tom and for their community. As Atticus walks out the back door of the courtroom, Rev. Sykes says, “stand up Scout, your fathers passing.”

What happens to Atticus at the end of chapter 22? Mr. Ewell saw Atticus by the post office, spat in his face, and told him that, “he’d get him if it took the rest of his life.” Atticus calmly wipes his face and leaves.

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Mr. Ewell is not shaken from his story, but Atticus carefully plants the seed that Mr. Ewell himself could’ve beaten Mayella.

Answer Expert Verified. Miss Stephanie tells Jem and Scout about an incident that happened between Atticus and Bob Ewell earlier in the day. On the post office corner, Bob Ewell spat in Atticus’s face and told him that he’d get him even if it took the rest of his life.