Scout's Diary
School started again a few weeks ago. A big inconvenience was that I hardly got to see Jem anymore, because I only saw him at mealtime. Every single day before school and after school we would walk by the Radley place, hoping to catch a glimpse of Boo. Anyways, back to school life. It's not all that different, but our teacher, Miss Gates, is such a hypocrite. She says Hitler has been treating Jews badly, but she was persecuting people herself. Back at the courthouse, I overheard her belittling the black people in town. It was really terrible.
However, right when I mentioned the trial to Jem, he burst out in fury. I was really upset by this, because it scared me half to death. I went to Atticus for comfort, and I got a little better over time. Around the middle of October, I heard that Bob Ewell got a job, but was off of it shortly. He's been hating on Atticus a lot, and I can only imagine the fury building up inside of him. He's been trying to get back any way he can. I even heard he tried to wreck Judge Taylor's house by breaking in. Luckily, Judge Taylor was in the house, and Bob was put to a stop.
The next thing I've been hearing, is that he's allegedly been following Tom's wife, Helen, to work. He's been insulting Helen on her way to work. She really didn't like it, so he told Link Deas to put a stop to it. We've been worried about Bob and what he might do, because he's been mad at nearly the whole town. Aunt Alexandra pointed out he's been mad at everyone that had to do with the case, which would explain a whole lot. I think that he just needs to assess the situation and stop being so mad. Revenge is never the answer, and I wish someone would teach Bob that lesson.
A few days later, it's time for the school pageant. I'm dressing up as a ham, which is quite silly if you ask me. However, I consented to wear it. It was unusually warm, and it was even warmer in this ham suit. We passed the big tree, but all of the sudden we got a big scare. Cecil leaped at us, and we were so surprised! “God almighty!”, is what Jem said. We got over it in a matter of minutes, and headed towards the place of the pageant. I had forgotten money, and there were a ton of booths to play at. I was a bit sad at the moment, but Jem soon offered me thirty cents to have fun with. I was really happy Jem was so nice, because I was about to not have fun here. Cecil and I then proceeded to the booths.
Cecil also had thirty cents of his own, which made us even. We first went to the House of Horrors, which wasn't quite scary at all. It was more like a sad attempt to scare us. We entered the room to be greeted by a “ghoul”, and he showed us around and prompted us to touch several things. We were supposed to believe they were organs of a dead human, but I didn't believe it one bit. Two grapes aren't eyes, and a raw liver is not a human heart. So much for scariness on Halloween. We bought a sack of candy and went on with the pageant. I fell asleep and missed my call, but Jem said it was okay. He's getting more like Atticus, and knows just how to cheer me up.
We heard noises again on the way home and thought it was Cecil again, but it turns out it wasn't. We were in for quite a scare, because it turns out it was Bob Ewell. Bob had been looking for a way to get back at Atticus, and he thought he could get away with it. However, at the time, we didn't know it was Bob, so I just ran for my life back to the house. I didn't know where Jem was, but I saw him being carried by a man back to our house.
Dr. Reynolds arrived, and he examined Jem's condition. I found out soon after that Jem has a broken arm and a bump on his head, but the doctor said he would be okay. I hoped so, because Jem was my only brother, and one of my best friends. We then learned that the attacker, Bob, had been killed by someone.
Heck Tate told me I barely got out alive, and that my ham costume saved me. I was now thankful that I had that sweaty costume on. I told the folks how the story went, and then I asked who had saved our lives. For the first time, I looked at the man who had carried Jem back home. He was completely pale, had torn clothes, and colorless eyes. The next thing I knew, I found myself looking at Boo Radley.
~Scout
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