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The night when Dill arrived in Maycomb was a predictable one. It is obvious that because Dill's presence was known by the adults somebody would eventually contact a legal guardian. It was decided that Dill could stay at the Finch house. This was all hunky dory for a while, but only a week later one morning there was a mob out on the lawn of Scout's house.
Atticus ordered everyone inside. Curiosity overcame Dill, Scout, and even Jem.
"...let's see who it is..." (145)
Scout only heard fragments of the conversation that they were having. She noticed that among the mob was Link and the sheriff.
"...movin' him to the county jail tommorow..." (145)
Movin' who? Well, the court case with Tom Robinson was soon. So this must be about him. My suspicion was confirmed in the next page.
"Link, that boy might go to the chair, but he's not going till the truth's told." (146)
From what I could gather from the rest of their conversation, this mob is one that meant to help Tom Robinson on his case. Tom is being moved to a different jail, and they are warning Atticus of trouble that might come up.
The next night, Sunday, Jem and Scout are getting ready for bed when Atticus said good night. He was holding a light-bulb and an extension cord.He was heading out and would not be back until later. He took the car. According to Scout, this was odd because, "he liked to walk..." (148)
This aroused Jem's suspicion that Atticus was going to get hurt.
"I've just got this feeling..."(149)
Scout would not let Jem leave without her, so Jem was forced to take her and Dill.
They found Atticus at the Maycomb jail. He was reading with the light that the lightbulb provided. Not long later another mob showed up. This time the only person Scout recognized was Mr. Cunningham. A mob member came right out and inquired for the wherabouts of Tom. Atticus told everyone to go home because the Sheriff was near with a gun in hand.
"You can turn around and go home, Walter...Heck Tate's around somewhere."(151)
Scout soon decided to jump into the mob a say hello. She recognized Walter and tried to make conversation.
"How's your entailment gettin' along?" (153)
A mob member gave Atticus fifteen seconds to clear his kids from the area. Jem refused to leave, so Scout kept on talking. The mob did not move and decided to go home.
I think that the mob's original intent was to kill Tom. Atticus had expected them. When the kids showed up, the mobsters did not want to commit a crime in front of their eyes, so they left. Scout was completely oblivious to what was really going on, so she felt no danger in coming on in.
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“…movin’ him to the county jail tomorrow,” (Lee 145)
What Heck Tate’s mob wanted was to tell Atticus that they were moving Tom Robinson to the county jail, and trouble was coming soon. That is when Mr. Cunningham’s mob comes into the problem.
“‘Is he in there, Mr. Finch?’ a man said. ‘He is, ‘we heard Atticus answer, ‘and he’s asleep. Don’t wake him up.’… ‘You know what we want,’ another man said, ‘get aside from the door, Mr. Finch.’” (Lee 151)
What Mr. Cunningham’s mob wanted was to lynch Tom Robinson before the trial. That meant that he wouldn’t receive a trial, which is given by right. What finally made the mob go away was Scout’s innocence, by saying hey to Mr. Cunningham. This affected him greatly, they became ashamed of what they were doing. As Atticus said:
“‘So it took an eight-year-old to bring ‘em to their senses didn’t it?’”
Heck Tate's mob purpose was to move Tom Robinson to the county jail, as Maria has said. They were going there to sneak him out of his cell in the late night, but probably was going to beat him and abuse him.
Mr. Cunningham's mob wanted to lynch Tom Robinson before the trial so that there would not be a problem and so that a black man would not have the chance to win a trial because that was just ridiculous according to them. Mr. Cunningham's mob left because Scout had begun to speak up and talk to Mr. Cunningham making him melt a little because she had acted so innocent. So he saw no point and getting violent and vulgar infront of children.
Mr. Tate's mob wanted to cause trouble with Tom Robinson for being black.
And Mr. Cunningham's mob wanted the same thing. But Atticus was followed by Jem, Scout and Dill. With their childhood inoccence, this made the Cunningham's mob leave. Then Atticus told them that it was best if they went back to the house.
Mr. Heck Tate’s mob wanted to warn Atticus of trouble in the jail that Tom would be transferred to. When Mr. Heck Tate’s mob came Atticus told Alexandra and the children t stay inside, they did but stuck themselves to the windows. The mob were a group of men that thought somewhat like Atticus and weren’t really racist. The mob supported Atticus by coming to his house and warning him about the trouble that would rise in the jail. The porpoise of Walter Cunningham’s mob was to sneak into jail and take Tom to Lynch him because of what he was accused to do. Of course as I read later in the book the men knew that Tom wasn’t guilty and it was Walter who beat Mayella. Maybe Walter just wanted to take his anger out on Tom.
The Mob left because Scout got the “into sense”. They got “into sense” because there were kids and Mr. Heck Tate around. They just didn’t want to commit a crime around that many witnesses. Scout also made Walter feel that there was no use of aggression
In response to Sheril’s comment.
Sheril,
I agree with you in the part that you said where scout “melted” Mr. Heck Tate. Mr. Heck Tate threatened Atticus until scout came and made him go soft and feel compassionate. He didn’t want to hurt Scout so he just left.
Mr. Heck Tate's mob wanted to tell Atticus that Tom was going to be moved to the county jail. They thought that Tom Robinson was not as secure where he had been before. But Scout thought at first that someone had died until she understood fragments of what Mr. Heck Tate was teeling Atticus. I believe that Adrian either misunderstood the comment that Sheril had made or he confused Heck Tate's mob with Walter Cunningham's mob. Scout softened Walter Cunningham's heart and caused him to make him and his mob leave. Not Heck Tate. I belive you just misstyped something, Adrian.
Mr. Heck Tate's mob wanted to tell Atticus that Tom Robinson should move to the county jail. Mr. Cunningham's mob purpose was to lynch Tom Robinson before the trial so that he would not have any chances. With the childhood innocence that Scout and the children had, the mob left.
I agree with Myong Su. Mr. Tate's mob was so that he could get Atticus to move Tom Robinson to jail. Mr. Cunningham's mob was to kill Tom Robinson, since they knew he was innocent they wanted to get rid of him just to make sure he was not proven innocent. His mob left because of Scout, Jem, and Dill. They were there to stand up for Atticus. The mob knew that if they wanted to hurt him, they would have to hurt Jem, Scout and Dill and they did not want to do this.
yannick,
youre right.
sorry so heres my corrected version:
*agree with you in the part that you said where scout “melted” Mr. Walter cunningham. Walter Cunningham threatened Atticus until scout came and made him go soft and feel compassionate. He didn’t want to hurt Scout so he just left.
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