Posting #7
TKAM
Chapters 20-24
Quote
"Oh yes, the guards called to him to stop. They fired a few shots in the air, then to kill. They got him just as he went over the fence. They said if he'd had 2 good arms he'd have made it, he was moving that fast. Seventeen bullet holes in him. They didn't have to shoot him that much. Cal, I want you to come out with me and help me tell Helen."
(This was when Atticus was telling Aunt Alexandra what had happened to Tom Robinson and how he was shot while trying to escape from jail, Scout was hiding and listening)
Response
I chose this quote because this is another example of how Atticus probably knew that Scout was there listening but he didn't want to have to tell Scout to her face because he or Scout might freak out and start crying, and he didn't want to have to be in that situation. I thought that Tom was acting out of desperately, because he knew he was going to die any ways and he might as well die doing something that might get him free than to die for a crime he never did.
Significance
This shows that Tom Robinson knew that he was going to die so he was the kind of person to just take a chance and possibly live. This also shows that Atticus knows he won't be able to handle Hellen crying so he wants Aunt Alexandra to come and help calm her, so Alexandra was coming into actually doing something use full instead of just wasting food and decreasing every bodies self pride.
Questions
1. So I explained what I thought when I heard Tom Robinson die, what did you think?
2. Now that Tom Robinson has died, how do you supposed the book will go on without him?
