Problems, Problems and More Problems

   With new issues and secrets, new suspense and new surprises, "To Kill a Mockingbird" quickly develops through each page I read. Jem was now twelve and Scout couldn't live with it since Jem believed he was a complete adult and behaved like so, without playing or doing fun things anymore. One Sunday morning when Atticus wasn't home to take the children to church, Calpurnia did so, but instead of taking them to their regular church, she took them to nigger church. By the time mass was over and Calpurnia was walking the kids back home, Jem managed to see their Aunt Alexandra, AKA: Aunty, sitting in their very front porch as if she lived in that house as well. Confusion and

This is how many problems Atticus has now

desperation was running through Scout, for Aunty was not in her best wishes since she criticized every aspect of her. It turned out Aunty will be living there with the complete permission of Atticus to give the kids a feminine presence and set new rules of behavior for them. Anyway, things were not that bad for Scout, one night Dill appeared under her bed. He claimed to have escaped from his father because he mistreated him. Adventures were starting to rise when suddenly the entire trial thing was bringing fun down and problems up. Atticus was acting very different, he had received a visit on the front porch by a man called Mr. Heck Tate, and even if the conversation was unknown, what could be inferred was that it was complete trouble. A few days later he leaves the house in the night and takes the car, an action so rare of him to do. Jem, Dill and Scout followed Atticus through the dark night trying to find out where he had gone. What they found was Atticus sitting in a chair in front of the cell of Tom Robinson and some men in front of him talking. They heard the conversation and immediately sensed trouble.  For this, Scout ran towards Atticus interrupting the entire meeting, Jem and Dill followed. In a moment Scout was able to recognize one of the men as a father of a classmate of hers, and talking to him very innocently she was able to make him rethink about what he was doing and ordered the rest of the men to leave the room. Things were getting real suspenseful, for the next day the trial finally begun.

While I was reading this book, I encountered a quote that made me question humans of the time, and even humanity, it was like this:

“They don't belong anywhere. Colored folks wont have them because they're half white; white folks won't have them because they're colored, so they're just in-betweens, don't belong anywhere. “ (215)

Totally agree, at least with the humanity of that time

   This quote refers to the mixed people, the ones born from white and black folks. This phrase grabbed my attention since it clearly expresses the racism that is held in Maycomb. In my personal opinion the color discrimination is completely wrong and inhumane. I just simply don't understand the difference between black and white people that people saw back in that time. For me it's illogical

to distinguish people from something so insignificant like skin color. What happens if you were black? Were you nothing? Were you even human in the white eyes? Where was humanity in that time?

I also found a quote that has flawless characterization usage:

“As Atticus’s fists went down to his hips, so did Jem’s, and as they faced each other I could see little resemblance between them: Jem’s soft brown hair and eyes, his oval face and snug-fitting ears were our mother’s, contrasting oddly with Atticus’s graying black hair and square-cut features, but they were somehow alike.” (203)

  Harper Lee used such a perfect descriptive language in this sentence that it made both characters, Jem and Atticus have intense characterization. This allows the reader to feel they know the character a whole lot more and that way establish a much deeper connection with it. The ability of Harper Lee to describe characters with such immense amount of detail is surprising and it adds deepness to the story making it more reader-friendly and more interesting. 

"To Kill a Mockingbird" is a book that with a simple topic is able to create a story filled with

For Atticus to win the case is almost as
unlikely as this

intrigue, love, family and with a sense of home. I am more than eager to keep reading to find out what happens with the trial, Tom Robinson and Atticus. Even as unlikely as it is, I really hope Atticus is able to win the case and be proud of being a Nigger-Lover.