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To Kill A Mockingbird Chapter 14-14 Analysis

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Chapter 14: The incident with Atticus and the Kids was enough to make Aunt Alexandra shut up about the Finch Family Pride, just in time for Scout to get some hints that the townspeople are obsessed with the Finch Family Shame. After hearing a comment around town, Scout asks Atticus what rape is.Atticus tells her it is a "carnal knowledge of a female by force and without consent”. Scout doesn't understand the definition and asks Atticus why Calpurnia wouldn't explain it to her, leading to story about how Calpurnia took Scout and Jem to her church. Aunt Alexandra doesn’t like this idea, and tells Scout “no” when Scout asks Atticus if she can visit Calpurnia. Scout talks back to her aunt and then after hides in the bathroom,to later return to overhear her aunt and father arguing …show more content…

Jem tries to act mature by telling Scout not to get on her aunt's nerves, but little sis doesn't want her brother telling her what to do, naturally this ends in a fist-fight until they make up when they overhear Aunt Alexandra speaking badly yet again about how they live. On the way to bed, Scout steps on something. Snake? Nope. It's Dill. And he's very hungry. Dill tells a story about how he escaped from his evil new father and a crazy journey to Maycomb. Scout brings him half a pan of cornbread and a glass of milk. Jem breaks the no-tattling rule of childhood to tell Atticus about Dill which shows his maturity. After Scout has been asleep for a while, she wakes up to find Dill in her in bed. They just talk about families and how he felt like his mom and her new boyfriend weren't paying him any attention and didn't want him around. Scout explains how her problem is that her family pays her too much attention, but realizes that she would hate it if even more if she didn't feel like they needed her. Dill says that he and Scout should get themselves a baby and tells her a story about where babies come

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