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To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird. Chapters 17, 18, 19. Chapter 17. The trial begins Prosecution = Mr. Gilmer (lawyer), Bob Ewell and Mayella Ewell (witness and victim) Defense = Atticus (lawyer), Tom Robinson (defendant a.k.a. the accused). Chapter 17. Sheriff Heck Tate Called to the scene

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To Kill a Mockingbird

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  1. To Kill a Mockingbird Chapters 17, 18, 19

  2. Chapter 17 • The trial begins • Prosecution = Mr. Gilmer (lawyer), Bob Ewell and MayellaEwell (witness and victim) • Defense = Atticus (lawyer), Tom Robinson (defendant a.k.a. the accused)

  3. Chapter 17 • Sheriff Heck Tate • Called to the scene • Testifies that Mayella’s right eye was blackened and finger marks all around her gullet • No doctor was ever called.

  4. Chapter 17 • Robert E. Lee Ewell (Bob) • “…if scrubbed with lye soap in very hot water, his skin was white.” • Testifies he saw Tom Robinson in the kitchen with Mayella • He never ran for a doctor. • He is left handed and not ambidextrous.

  5. Chapter 18 • Mayella Violet Ewell • 19 • Mayella’s testimony is “stealthy” • Testifies that Tom Robinson took advantage of her

  6. Chapter 18 • Tom Robinson • no use of his left arm • Caught in Mr. Dolphus Raymond’s cotton gin as a kid

  7. Chapter 19 • Tom Robinson takes the stand • Scout concludes that Mayella must be very lonely and that Tom Robinson must be the only person who was decent to her. • Mayella kissed him.

  8. Chapter 19 • Tom’s mistake • “I felt right sorry for her…”

  9. Chapter 19 • Dill cries and leaves the courtroom • Why? • Scout and Dill talk to Mr. Dolphus Raymond

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