To Kill a Mockingbird | Chapter 21 Summary and Analysis

Summary
Calpurnia comes to the courtroom to tell Atticus that the children are missing. The children go home to eat, but Atticus says that they can return to hear the verdict. Late in the night the jury convicts Tom. As Atticus leaves by the center aisle, Scout notices that “All around us and in the balcony on the opposite wall the Negroes were getting to their feet.”

Discussion and Analysis
As the jury breaks to make its decision, the reader and the characters have time to reflect on all that has happened. Many of the themes...


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