TKAMChapter+16

=__**Character Profiles**__=


 * Scout:** Scout is the daughter of Atticus Finch. She is quite a bit of a tomboy and enjoys nothing more than spending time with her brother Jem and their neighbour Dill. She is six years old but is very mature for her age but always makes a big scene when something doesn’t go her way.


 * Jem:** He is the brother of scout and the son of Atticus. He is ten years old and takes great pride in who he is. He always has an answer for everything no matter how ridiculous the question is that scout asks him.


 * Atticus Finch:** Being a lawyer he is a man of justice and great knowledge. He doesn’t show great signs of affection for his children Jem and scout but is none the less a great father. He speaks in a very gentle manner and he looks at situations in a way that most people wouldn’t.


 * Charles Baker Harris:** Better known as Dill, he only comes to Maycomb in the summer when visiting his aunt who lives next door to the Finches. He comes from Meridian, Mississippi. He is six years old but is surprisingly small for his age.


 * Calpurnia:** She is the maid of the Finch household. She is well educated for a black woman and acts like the children’s mother. Her backhand acts as the law round the finches.


 * Aunt Alexandra:** She is the sister of Atticus and still lives on Fiches Landing. She believes that the dominant race, are whites and always questions Atticus’s behaviour towards calpurnia and the way he brings up his children. She is very old fashion.


 * Miss Maudie Atkinson:** She sits in her rocking chair all day and does nothing else apart from giving everyone who passes her house a sharp screech of her mind. Growing the most beautiful flowers in town is her only occupation.


 * Mr. Dolphus:** He seems to always spend his time with all the black people in the town. He even has seven children with a black woman even though that he comes from an old rich family. He is quite the black sheep of the town.


 * Miss Stephanie Crawford:** She is the town’s main source of gossip. The cruller the better. Jem finds out everything about Boo Radley from her and she seems to know everything about everyone.


 * Reverend Skye:** He is the minister of the church in Maycomb and is an authority figure in the African American community. He seems quite strange to Jem and scout but is none the less than a kind caring man.


 * Tom Robison:** He is an accused man of a crime that he did not commit but is most likely only on trail because of his skin colour. He is a hard workingman who was just caught up in the wrong place at the wrong time.


 * Judge Taylor:** He is the most informal judge to be heard of. Whenever in court he is half asleep with his feet up and chewing on a cigar. Surprisingly he is a brilliant judge because all of his decsions turn out well.

=**Setting**= The entire story is placed in the small town of Maycomb, which is located in the south of Alabama. Most of this chapter is placed in the courthouse of Maycomb. It is an old building, which is always covered in dust and faint smell of stale urine. The building itself seems way to heavy for itself by the way it is supported but mange’s to stay standing.

**__ Summary: __**

Chapter 16 begins with Atticus arguing with aunt Alexandria during breakfast about the way how Atticus talks in front of Calpurnia. The trial begins next day, and people from all over the county comes to town to attend the trial. Everyone comes to courtroom from Miss Stephanie Crawford to Mr. Dolphus Raymond. Mr. Dolphus Raymond is rich man who owns land along the riverbank, involved with black woman and has mulatto children. Only Miss. Maudie refuses to go saying that, " 't's morbid, watching a poor devil on trial for his life. Look at all those folks, it's like a Roman Carnival."(159) Later vast crowd of people gathers at the town square to eat lunch. After the lunch, Jem, Scout, and Dill waits until most of the crowd to enter the courtroom, and slip in at the back, so Atticus won't notice them. However because of Scout, they waited too long and have no seats left for them. Reverend Sykes lets them sit in the balcony where black people are required to sit in order to watch the trial. From these seats, they can see the whole courtroom and also judge Taylor, a white-haired old man with a reputation for running his court in an informal way. ** __Vocabulary:__ ** **Despise:** you dislike them and have a very low opinion of them. (156) **Profane**: profane behavior shows disrespect for a religion or religious things.(156) **Fey:** people behave in a shy, childish, or unpredictable way, and you are often suggesting that this is unnatural or insincere. (156) **Christen**:when a baby is christened,he or she is given a name during the Christian ceremony of baptism. (156) **Akimbo**: stand with your hands on your hips and your elbows pointing outwards. (159) **Indulge**:Allow yourself to have or do something that you know you will enjoy. You let them have or do what they want, even if this is not god for them.(165) **Stamping ground**: it is a place where they like to go often. (165) **Breech:** the breech of a gun is the part of the barrel at he back into which you load the bullets.(162) **Subpoena:** it is a legal document telling someone that they must attend a court of law and give evidence as a witness. (162) **Gala:** it is a special public celebration, entertainment, performance, or festival. (162) ** Photo Bank: ** Clock tower Old Coca Cola