CH+12-13-14

= Chapters 12, 13 & 14 - TKAM = At the beginning of chapter 12, Jem has turned 12, Calpurnia is getting Jem and Scout ready to go to church with her. Atticus is gone for a few weeks to do business, so Calpurnia is taking the children to a "colored" church so that they'll stay out of trouble. When they first get to the church, Lula, a lady from the church, comes up to them and tells them that they're not welcome there. Lula is the only one that doesn't want the children there though, everyone else is very friendly, so they all stay. Scout and Jem at first don't understand why there aren't any hymnal books in the church, but soon after they find out that only a couple people can read including Calpurnia and her son Zeebo. So the congregation just recites the lines that Zeebo sings from a battered hymn-book. This is called linin' and it's just when all the other people sing what Zeebo is reading. As the church is doing the offering, the Reverand closes the doors and says that no one can leave until there's ten dollars collected, because they're giving this money to Helen, Tom Robinson's wife, to help her out while Tom is in jail. Jem and Scout know that Atticus is defending Tom, and when they ask Calpurnia what he did, they find out that he's being accused of raping Mr. Bob Ewell's daughter. Dill didn't go back to Maycomb instead, he wrote a letter saying he has a new dad, or step father, and he will be staying with his family in Meridian. As they're coming back from church, they come home to find Aunt Alexandra sitting on their porch. Wondering why she'd be there without her car and driver, they discover that she's staying "for awhile". "For awhile" in Maycomb meant anywhere from a couple days, to a couple years, so the children began to worry. Aunt Alexandra had came to live with them, not because Atticus had asked her to, but because she had decided that's what would be best for the family. She said that the children were growing up quickly, and they needed to learn how to live up to the Finch name. Atticus tried to get the children to forget about the things Aunt Alexandra said, but it wasn't only Aunt Alexandra talking about the Finch family, the entire town was talking about them. Sometimes the talk was good, like saying simple things such as "Look at those Finch children over there", but sometimes it was harsh, and aimed more towards their father, such as "They c'n go loose and rape up the countryside for all of 'em who run this country care". When Scout asks Atticus if she can go up to Calpurnia's and spend a day with her, Aunt Alexandra has a fit. She doesn't want Scout going out there, because she thinks it's time to let Calpurnia go now that she's living there. Atticus tells her that Calpurnia won't be leaving until she wants to becuase she is a part of their family and she is important and very helpful to Atticus, which just infuriates Aunt Alexandra even more. Jem and Scout talk about the fights Aunt Alexandra and Atticus have been having, and decide not to antagonize her anymore. Scout and Jem get into a fight after Jem tries to tell Scout what to do. It turns into a brawl, until Atticus comes in and breaks it up. He sends both of them to bed and Scout walks into her room, and steps on something that she thinks is a snake. When Jem sticks a broom under her bed to try and get it out, instead of a snake, they find Dill hiding. Dill said his new father didn't want him there, so he took thirteen dollars from his mother's purse and got on the train to Maycomb. When Atticus finds that Dill is in the house, he tells Scout to go get him some food, and tells him that he's welcome to spend the night there. Miss Rachel agrees to let him stay there, and even though he's supposed to be sleeping in Jem's room, he sneaks off and sleeps in Scout's room.

**Antagonize:** to make hostile or unfriendly; make an enemy or antagonist
 * Contemptuously**: showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful.
 * Appalling:** causing dismay or horror: an appalling accident; an appalling lack of manners.
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**SAHLI SAYS** Dill and Scout have a nice conversation as they are drifting off to sleep. Dill states that Boo does not run off because he has nowhere to run off to. WHat does this say about Dill? How does it further our understanding of Dill?