To Kill a Mockingbird | Chapter 10 Summary and Analysis
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Mr. Heck Tate: the sheriff of Maycomb County.
Tim Johnson: Mr. Harry Johnson’s liver-colored bird dog.
Zeebo: Calpurnia’s son who drives a garbage truck for Maycomb County.
Summary
Jem and Scout feel dissatisfied with their father. Because he is nearly 50 and wears glasses, they see him as feeble. They doubt his manliness. They worry that he has no exciting occupation and does not teach them to shoot their air rifles. It is in a discussion with their father about their rifles that the theme for the whole book—the mockingbird—begins to emerge....
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