SETTING -19,20
chapter summary- These two chapters consist of the trial of Tom Robinson. Atticus, Tom's lawyer, calls only one witness, which is Tom himself. Tom states his case, which is as follows. He always passed the Ewell house on his way home from work, and Mayella often called him in to do chores for her, such as to break up 'chiffarobes' or dressers. On that specific evening, he was called inside to fix a door, but all the doors were fine when he checked them. Tom noticed that there were none of the other children, and when he asked Mayella about it she said that she had sent them to go buy ice cream and she had saved up all her money to buy it for them. Tom said it was nice of her. She then asked him to climb on a chair and get something from atop a cupboard, and she then hugged him around the waist, and asked him to kiss her, saying that she had never kissed a man before and it might as well be a black man. When her father, Mr. Bob Ewell appeared at the door and called......
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