To Kill a Mockingbird 22 23 24 Summaries
To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter 22 Summary * Jem can’t hold back the injustice-fueled tears as he, Scout, and Dill go to meet Atticus outside the courthouse. * He says to Atticus that it’s not right, and Atticus agrees. * Aunt Alexandra is waiting up for them when they get home (still wearing her corset even under her bathrobe, Scout thinks), and tells Atticus she’s sorry he lost the case. * Even slightly softened, Alexandra doesn’t miss the chance to remind Atticus that she doesn’t think he should have let the kids listen in on the case. * Atticus says that they have to deal with the fallout from it anyway, and that racism is just as much a Maycomb standby as missionary teas are. * Atticus goes to bed wearily, but seems more hopeful in the morning. * At breakfast he tells his family that it’s not over yet – there’s still the appeal process. * Breakfast is a lavish affair, as it seems every African-American in the county has sent the Finches a gift of food. * Calpurnia says she found everything on the back steps when she arrived that morning, and asks if they were overstepping themselves; Atticus, a bit teary-eyed, tells her to thank everyone but tell them that there’s no need to be so generous, especially when times are so hard. * Atticus leaves for town, and his place at the breakfast table is taken by Dill. * The kids soon head out themselves, and see Miss Stephanie Crawford giving a blow-by-blow account of the trial to Miss Maudie Atkinson and Mr. Avery. * Miss Maudie calls Jem over; Miss Stephanie butts in to pepper them with rude questions, before Miss Maudie shuts her up and offers the kids some cake. * There are two little cakes and one big one, and Scout thinks that Miss Maudie has uncharacteristically forgotten Dill, but then finds out the big cake is for Jem. * Scout realizes this is Miss Maudie’s way of saying everything is still cool between them. * Miss Maudie tells them that some men just get stuck with the