Journal #5 Chapters 13-15 Perspective: Aunt Alexandria

I came over to my dear brother Atticus' house the other day so I could look over the kids, and give them a feminine influence while he was out of town. I wanted to extract the well beings out of the kids. When I first came to Maycomb, everybody was just so pensive, bringing me sweets and making me coffee. But there is one problem at my brothers house. They have a maid who is a nigger, and she antagonizes me! I tried to convince Atticus to get rid of her, but he wouldn't have it. I am always infallible, so I don't think I'll have a problem with getting rid of her later on. I need to be their mother figure, not her! It just makes me so angry that they like that black lady better than me.

A short time ago, a little boy name Dill was found under Scout's bed. Apparently he ran away from home because he felt his parents had no time for him. So he has been talking to Scout and hanging out with her a lot. Almost a week after Dill showed up, a group of men came to our door to tell Atticus that Tom Robinson was going to be moved to a different jail. this frightened Atticus, because he thought that a mob would come and kill him. We soon got into an argument because I thought that him defending a nigger is a disgrace to the Finches. He got upset and the next day her drove downtown. That night, Jem was wondering where Atticus was, so him, Scout, and Dill all went out to find him. They find him outside the jail, and Scout wanted to run after him. Jem said not to bother him, and to leave him alone because he would be upset. A group of men drove up and walked up to Atticus. They tell him to move out of the way but he refuses. Scout emerges from where she was hiding and runs into the group of men.