![]() ![]() Judge Taylor is introduced - an old man who reminds Scout of ‘a sleepy old shark’. A crowd of people eats lunch in the town square, Jem, Scout, and Dill sneak in late to watch, and Reverend Sykes lets them sit in the balcony with the black folk (as they are segregated from the white folk). The trial begins, everyone in town attends - except for Miss Maudie, who feels it is too brutal to watch a man fight for his life.Underwood, the owner of the newspaper, comes out and says he was hiding with a gun ready to protect Atticus. Cunningham, Walter’s dad, in the crowd and asks him to say ‘Hey’ to Walter. They see a group of men get out of a car and threaten Atticus, Scout runs into the middle of the crowd, followed by Jem and Dill, and tension rises. Atticus goes into town and Scout and Jem sneak after him. Alexandra and Atticus have been arguing about the trial - Alexandra thinks it is shameful for Atticus to be involved.A group of men including the sheriff come to tell Atticus that Tom Robinson has been moved to Maycomb jail, they are worried that there might be a lynch mob (a group of people who band together to take the law into their own hands and kill someone they perceive as a criminal).Dill has run away from home - his parents had been ignoring him, so he took a train to Maycomb Junction and part walked, part rode on a cotton wagon to get to the town of Maycomb itself.They are sent to bed early, and Scout thinks she sees a ‘snake’ in her room - it turns out to be Dill hiding under the bed. ![]() Jem tells Scout not to annoy Aunt Alexandra, but she takes offense and attacks him.She tells Atticus that they no longer need a cook and tries to get him to fire her he refuses. Aunt Alexandra is frustrated when she learns that Calpurnia took the children to her church, and refuses to let Scout go to Calpurnia’s house.She tries to educate the children in ‘Finch breeding’ - their family history, forcing Atticus to take her side and making Scout cry. She is welcomed into Maycomb, and ladies in the town bake her cakes. Aunt Alexandra thinks that the children need a ‘feminine influence’, so she stays with them for a while.They leave and find Aunt Alexandra waiting at home for them.Though the members of the church are all struggling black people living in poverty, they are depicted very positively. They learn that Bob Ewell accused Tom Robinson and that Tom’s wife Helen can no longer find work because of it. Reverend Sykes is kind to them even though a few of the others there show disapproval.She takes them to her ‘colored’ church, it is a First Purchase building that was bought with the first money earned by freed slaves. Atticus’ work also forces him to travel more, and Calpurnia looks after Scout and Jem in his absence. Scout is further disappointed because Dill won’t be coming to Maycomb any more as his father has remarried. Jem is getting older, he’s 12 and doesn’t want to be followed around by Scout anymore. ![]() ![]() Thanks for reading! If you find the summary useful, take a look at our full ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ course and other English Language / Literature lessons here. It’s useful for anyone studying the text at any level (high school / GCSE / IGCSE, A-Level / College and above).īefore you can properly understand and write essays about any novel, you should always read a summary to remind yourself of the key events and the order that they come in. Below, you’ll find a full summary of the main events in Part Two of Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’, when the children are older and experience Tom Robinson’s trial and its outcomes for the people of Maycomb. ![]()
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