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__Chapter 25__ The Chapter starts out with Scout telling the reader what time of the year it was. It was September and it was still very warm. There wasn't a trace of the cool weather that came with the new month. When Scout is coming in the house she notices that a roly-poly was on the ground. She then goes into a great deal of detail describing it. She notes how when a roly poly is touched they roll up into a ball as a defense mechanism. They then go to pick up Dill. They then see Atticus. He is on his way to the Robinson's house to tell Helen Robinson about the horrible news of her husband's death. After some discussion Atticus is persuaded into letting Jem, Scout, and Dill ride along to the Robinsons. Under one condition, they had to wait in the car. They then arrived at the Robinson's home. They notice a bunch of kids playing marbles in the front yard. Atticus then gets out of the car and asks Sam, Tom's daughter, where her mother is. Sam responded saying she is not here, but I can go get her. Soon enough Sam comes back with her mother. Her mother then goes inside to talk to Atticus and Calpurnia. Once the news is given to Mrs. Robinson, Atticus walks out and gets in the car. They end up driving home and talking about Maycomb County and Tom Robinson. Atticus talks about how Tom will be the talk of the town for about two days then everyone will just begin to forget about it. That Thursday, the obituary came to the papers. The interesting thing about it was, it was not only an obituary, there was also an editorial included which happened to be written by Mr. Underwood. __Roly-poly-__ Insect that Scout is describing in the begining of the chapter.

__Chapter 26__ The kids have just started school again and have realized they have to walk by the Radley place everyday. They are still very curious about Boo Radley, but don't dare to do anything because Atticus forbids it. Jem has joined the football team, but all he is is the waterboy. His coach tells him that if he gains 25 pounds he may be able to play football the season after the next. Scout finds this really funny and when she comes home one day, she finds Jem with at least 12 banana peels and an empty milk body next to his bed. The kids at school are forced to do current events articles every week. Each student had to cut out an article from the newspaper and present to the class. Little Charles Little was one of the kids who ended up presenting more of a advertisement than a current event. The kid who impressed the teacher the most was Cecil Jacobs, he did a current event on "old" Adolf Hitler. This brought about a lot of discussion and confusion on Scout's part. She went home and asked her brother for help on understanding why Adolf would do all the horrible stuff he did. The teacher brings up Democracy during the chapter. She says how what we have in America is a Democracy and what they have in Germany is called a Dictatorship. The chapter ends with Scout talking to Atticus about Jem. Atticus just told Scout not to worry too much about what Jem says and does.

__Democracy__- Is a political government carried out either directly by the people (direct democracy) or by means of elected representatives of the people (Representative Democracy). __Dictatorship__-Is defined as an autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by an individual the dictator.

__Chapter 27__ This Chapter is all about change. Bob Ewell had lost his job at the WPA for laziness, being the only man ever to lose his job there for that. The second thing that happened was to Judge Taylor. It was a Sunday night and Judge Taylor's wife had left for Church. Judge Taylor never liked to go, he would just spend his time in the den reading and what not. So on this Sunday night in October he ends up hearing a noise outside. He goes to check what it is and he sees a shadow. Unfortunately, he did not see enough to make out who it was. His best guess was Bob Ewell. He ponders why Bob would be after him. Later in the chapter, they realize that Bob has been trying to get pay back for anyone involved in the trial. The third thing that happened was to Helen Robinson. She ended up getting a job where Tom use to work because Mr. Link felt bad about the way everything had panned out. Mr. Link confronts Bob Ewell and tells him not to come near Helen. Bob Ewell took him seriously because he never said anything to Helen again. There were also two changes in Maycomb that were worth noting. The first being that the NRA was dead. They asked Atticus why and he responded, because of 9 old men. The second being Halloween. Before in Maycomb every child did whatever they wanted, it was never planned. There were two girls in this chapter, Miss Tutti and Miss Frutti Barber (Sarah and Francis) and they ended up going into a house, stealing all of the furniture, and hid it in the cellar. Scout had a school play in this chapter and was really looking forward to it. When it came the day of the play no one wanted to go and support her mostly because they were busy or tired. The one person that did go was Jem, this being Jem and Scout's longest journey together.

__Notoriety-__ The quality or state of being notorious.

__Florid-__ Obsolete abounding in or covered with flowers.