Write about one important occurrence/person came to light in this chapter, quote one thought-provoking passage, and one question that came to mind.

An important event that occurred in this part of the book was the trial of Tom Robertson. The Tom Robertson case proves itself to be the central conflict of the book and a large portion of the book takes place inside the courtroom. Tom Robinson is accused by the Ewell family of raping Mayella Ewell and Atticus (scouts father) is appointed as Tom’s lawyer. After all the evidence is looked at it appears that Tom has a good chance of winning the case. Mayella was beaten by someone with a strong left hand and Tom Roberson’s left hand is very weak. Bob Ewell however, is left handed. The jury somehow, decides that Tom is guilty. This demonstrates how racism is very present in not only the town of Maycomb, but the entire court system. After the case Atticus says “In court if its a white mans word against a black mans, the white man always wins”. This made me think not only about how bad the system was in the 1930’s but it made me wonder what flaws still exist today?

Are there any characters in the book that you can relate to? Who?

I can relate to Jem. He is a young boy who is growing up and for this reason I relate to him as am only a few years older then he is when the book ends. He acts similar to the way I acted at his age. I can also relate a little to Atticus in the way that he always thinks about situations before acting.