To Kill A Mockingbird Mob Quotes

Ava DeSalvo

Ms. Andrews

English 1

April 19 2023

People in a mob will go along with the group and do things they would not ordinarily do, even harm others. Mobs often commit crimes that the individuals alone would not commit. Even good people can do crazy things along with a mob. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee shares a story about a girl and her brother growing up in Maycomb. Scout comes of age and matures during the mob scene when she sneaks out to go see Atticus. Atticus was the one protecting Tom Robinson in front of the jail when a group of men got out of their cars to try and get Tom Robinson. Harper Lee uses setting, characters and conflict to show how even though Scout is a young girl in primary school, she

For this reason , Jem decides to follow Atticus downtown even though it's late at night, Scout decides to go with him. It was dark and dreary and the jail stood on a lonely hill in the dark night. The children saw a solitary light burning in the distance, Jem spoke, "That's funny,” said Jem, “jail doesn’t have an outside light.” (Lee 171) Scout sees that the light is the extension cord with the bare light bulb on it, hanging from a second floor window. Something about Atticus sitting in front of the jail seemed ominous. Scout is about to run to Atticus when Jem stops her saying, “Don't go to him, “ he said, he might not like it. He’s all right, let’s go home. I just wanted to see where he was.” (Lee 171) The lonely setting was frightening and made Atticus look like the lone protector of Tom

The men got out and they gathered around Atticus and hid him from sight. A man in the mob asks, “He in there, Mr. Finch?” (Lee 171) Atticus answered that Tom was in jail. A man from the mob spoke, “ You know what we want,” (Lee 172) another man said. “Get aside from the door, Mr. Finch.” (Lee 172) Mr. Finch was standing up for what’s right, even if no one else would. He was not going to let the mob lynch Tom Robinson. It was not in Mr. Finch’s character to allow such a terrible crime to happen, even if he was outnumbered by the mob. Someone in the mob said the sheriff was away on a snipe hunt and that ought to change Mr. Finch’s mind since he was all alone against the mob. Mr. Finch replied, “ Do you really think so.” (Lee 172) At this point, Scout ran to her dad, Jem and Dill followed her. Scout thought her dad would be happy to see her, but was surprised to see fear in his eyes. The fear was because Atticus was afraid of what the mob would do to the children. Scout could feel the mob’s anger and wanted to connect with someone in the crowd. She sees Mr. Cuningham and tries to speak friendly to him, but when he doesn’t seem to recognize her she says, “Don’t you remember me, Mr. Cunningham? I’m Jean Louise Finch. You brought us some hickory nuts one time, remember?” (Lee 174) She keeps talking to Mr. Cunningham and asks him to remember her to