| Aunt Alexandra plans to introduce Scout formally to | | | | was innocent of rape and should never have been |
| her missionary circle. She invites the circle for tea in | | | | jailed in the first place. Now, after trying to escape |
| August. Scout Finch helps Calpurnia serve the tea. | | | | his wrongful imprisonment, he is killed. Atticus asks |
| She is wearing a dress. Aunt Alexandra instructs | | | | Calpurnia to accompany him to Tom's house and |
| Scout to stay with the ladies. The group talks about | | | | break the bad news to his family. The others rejoin |
| an African tribe recently converted to Christianity and | | | | the ladies for more tea. |
| then gossips about their black servants behaving | | | | Calpurnia (Cal): |
| mean after Tom's trial. | | | | Calpurnia or Cal for short, is the nanny and Scout and |
| Atticus's presence interrupts the circle's gossip. They | | | | Jem's mother figure. She is the cook of the Finch |
| do not expect him to come home earlier than his | | | | family and takes care of the needs of the whole |
| usual time today. Scout knows something is | | | | household. She is a little bit strict and a disciplinarian |
| happening. He goes to the kitchen and calls Alexandra. | | | | but caring and loving underneath. She makes quite a |
| In the kitchen, he informs Scout, Aunt Alexandra, | | | | good effort keeping Scout live a good straight man's |
| Miss Maudie, and Calpurnia that Tom Robinson is | | | | life. |
| already dead. Tom attempted to break from prison | | | | This was a summary of To Kill a Mockingbird, |
| and was shot seventeen times by the prison guards. | | | | Chapter 24; there are 31 chapters in Harper Lee's |
| This is a doubly sad and unjust turn of events. Tom | | | | novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. |
