To Kill a Mockingbird | Chapter 17 Summary and Analysis
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Mr. Gilmer: the solicitor.
Robert E. Lee Ewell: the father of the victim of Tom’s alleged rape.
Summary
Chapter 17 is a record of the court proceedings as told from Scout’s point of view. The reader hears Mr. Tate tell about the day he was called to see Mayella. Mr. Ewell, the father of the victim allegedly raped by Tom, is also cross-examined. He testifies that he saw Tom raping Mayella.
Reverend Sykes wants to send Scout home when Ewell describes certain explicit parts of the alleged rape, but Jem assures him that she does not understand.
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