Chapter+24

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 SUMMARY:

Aunt Alexandra invites her circle of missionary to her house for tea in August. Scout, wears a dress and helps Calpurnia in serving the tea to the ladies. Alexandra invites Scout to join and stay with the ladies. So Scout obtains a chance to listen to their discussions, which first was about the poor Mrunas, an African tribe being converted to Christianity. They also chat about how their black servants in their house have changed their behavior negatively ever since Tom Robinson's trial. Miss Maudie becomes a little furious and quiets them with her icy remarks and her cold voice. Suddenly Atticus appears and instructs Alexandra to come to the kitchen. In the kitchen, Atticus announces to Alexandra, Miss Maudie and Scout that Tom was dead. He have been trying to escape prison and for that, was shot seventeen times. He asks Calpurnia to go to Tom's family with him to tell his death. Alexandra asks Miss Maudie how the town can allow Atticus to wreck himself in pursuit of justice. Miss Maudie, in reply says that the town trusts him to do what's right. The ladies return back to the missionary circle, and manages to act as if nothing happened.

VOCABULARY:

ROUGE- to pinken or add a reddish tint to, usually refers to the lips and cheeks

BLOOD CURDLING- horrifying, provoking fear and terror

SULKY- gloomy and dull

DEVOUT- expressing devotion, religious

SIBILANT- hissing sounds, or speaking with an emphasis on sounds with s

BOVINE- ox, buffalo or cow-like

SQUALOR- in a condition of misery and filth

OPPRESS- to burden or weigh down, to encumber

IMPERTINENCE- something irrelevant or inappropriate

BREVITY- to be able to express a lot in small amount of word, to be succinct

PHOTO BANK: Charlotte, a type of dessert also known as "ice-box cake"

Pastel dresses

Pink sunday dress

Creek

Yaws

Tangee Natural, a lipstick that once applied would supposedly change its tint to best suit you

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