Towards the end of chapter fifteen, Scout, Jem, and Dill are at the jailhouse when an angry mob arrives. Scout doesn’t know she is in a dangerous position because she is just a little girl. So, she when she sees Mr. Cunningham in the mob she decides to talk to him. When Scout talks to him, he did not say anything back and the whole mob was quiet. Everybody was looking at her and there was an awkward silence. The text states “I began to feel a sweat gathering at the edges of my hair; I could stand anything but a bunch of people looking at me. They were quiet still. ‘What’s the matter?’ I asked.” (page 206) This quote shows the innocence of Scout because she does not know what is going on or the place she is
Towards the end of chapter fifteen, Scout, Jem, and Dill are at the jailhouse when an angry mob arrives. Scout doesn’t know she is in a dangerous position because she is just a little girl. So, she when she sees Mr. Cunningham in the mob she decides to talk to him. When Scout talks to him, he did not say anything back and the whole mob was quiet. Everybody was looking at her and there was an awkward silence. The text states “I began to feel a sweat gathering at the edges of my hair; I could stand anything but a bunch of people looking at me. They were quiet still. ‘What’s the matter?’ I asked.” (page 206) This quote shows the innocence of Scout because she does not know what is going on or the place she is