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disr
disr
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High School - 11th Grade

In "To Kill a Mockingbird" who does Scout recognize in the mob at the jail?

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Posted by disr on Thursday February 5, 2009 at 6:43 PM and tagged with chapter 15, characters, mr cunningham, scout, to kill a mockingbird.

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  1. mrs-campbell Teacher
    High School - 11th Grade

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    As the mob gathers at the jail, Scout is surprised to discover that she knows some of these men.  She recognizes Mr. Cunningham, the father of little Walter Cunningham, who she had over to her house for lunch one day.  So, being innocent, and recognizing a face in a crowd, she starts talking to him.  "Hey, Mr. Cunningham.  How's your entailment gettin' along?"  She is making small talk with an angry mob that had come to take Tom Robinson from the jail and do who-knows-what to him.  This throws the entire feeling of the mob off; Mr. Cunningham is embarrassed.  He is transformed from a faceless mobster who will set aside any morals or principles to act with the crowd on his fears, to a real human being that a small girl knows and is concerned about.  This humanizing of the mob immediately has an impact, and the end result is that the mob disperses, with no harm done.  Scout, through her child-like innocence and polite concern, saves the moment.

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    http://www.enotes.com/mockingbird
    http://www.enotes.com/mockingbird/chapter-15-summary-anal...

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    Posted by mrs-campbell on Thursday February 5, 2009 at 7:13 PM


  2. wwjd Student
    High School - 11th Grade

    Scout recognizes Mr. Cunningham, Walter Cunningham's father.

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    Posted by wwjd on Saturday February 28, 2009 at 4:13 PM