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Chapter summary: People come from all over the country to see the trial. The courtroom quickly becomes packed with people, so the children accept Reverend Sykes offer sit with him on the balcony (which is where coloured people were required to sit if they wanted to watch the trial). Scout carefully observes the court and the people in it.

Scout noticed that lately when her father spoke to her Aunt Alexandra, he spoke a different way. She describes this change as quite ‘digging in’, though never ‘outright irritation’. She also said there was a hint of ‘starchiness’ in his voice at times.
 * 1) What “Subtle change” does Scout notice in her father?

“Anything fit to say at the table’s fit to say in front of Calpurnia. She knows what she means to this family.” (page 173)

Dolphus Raymond is a wealthy man who owns quite a lot of valuable land. He is involved with (in a relationship with) a Negro woman who he has had quite a few ‘mixed children’ with. Jem thinks that he likes the coloured people better then he likes white people as he is always hanging around with them. He is very drunk (apparently all the time) however it is said that he treats his children very well.
 * 1) What sort of person is Dolphus Raymond?

“He likes ‘em better’n he likes us, I reckon.”… “he’s got a coloured woman and all sorts of mixed chillun.”(page 177)

Reverend Sykes allows the kids to sit with him up on the balcony where all of the coloured people are required to sit during trials. He thought that this was the right thing to do as they had a right to know what was going on with the trial and with their father.
 * 1) How does Reverend Sykes help the children to see and hear the trial?

Judge Taylor does not seem very interested in his job at all. It is said that he is sometimes so disinterested that he puts his feet up and even cleans his fingernails with a pocketknife during trials. He ran his courtrooms very informally, sometimes to the point where he seemed to be falling asleep. Aside from all of this, he also ‘keeps a firm grip on any of his proceedings’.
 * 1) Comment on Judge Taylor’s attitude to his job. Does he take the trial seriously or not?

“Judge Taylor looked like most judges I had ever seen: amiable, white haired, slightly ruddy-faced, he was a man who ran his court with an alarming informality.” (page 181)

== · Akimbo: **a·kim·bo **// == with hand on hip and elbow bent outward: //to stand with arms akimbo.//
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· Confederate- **con·fed·er·ate **
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 * Amiable: ** a·mi·a·ble ** / <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">ˈ āmē <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">ə b <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">ə l/
 * Adjective: || || Having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner || ||