Journal #5 chapters 13-15

From the perspective of Dill

I ran away. I had to get away, I did not like it there at all. I took a train and I hitched a ride on a wagon and I walked a lot of the way. When scout stepped on me I felt nervous I was scared she was going to find me and be mad with me. And guess what, she was. I extracted myself up from under the bed after Jem found me by putting the broom under the bed and was scraping me with it. I came out and because I went so far without a shower I was so dirty turning my skin brown. It felt so gross and I had on dirty clothes that I wore for many days and did not change. I got up and scout was so shocked to see me . I thought she was goin to scream her head off that she saw. You and me both know that Scout thinks she is so infallible. I think we can make an acquiescence because we can agree that scout is the way that she is. I am so begrudged of Jem and Scout because they get so much and I don’t. I wish I got more love from my mom and her new husband. All they do is buy me this and that. I don’t think that that is love its just buying me love. I want to spend more time with them. They sit in their room and do nothing. I want to do stuff with them but they wont let me. When we Scout and Jem came and picked me up and we went to the jail house I was surprised I just stood there and did not say anything.

Journal #4 Chapters 10-12

From the perspective of Mrs. Dubose

“Your daddy is a nigger-lover” “Your going to end up working at the O.K. café.” When Jeremy and Scout walked by this is what I said to them. I said many different mean and nasty things and there is a reason for it. I am old and I was going through withdrawals. As u see I am an addict. I am addicted to morphine. You are not in any peril but I can be very snippy and rude. You young kids are always contradicting me. Why not just do as I say and leave me alone. Although I emerge out of my house all the time I am still unhappy and don’t like a lot of people. When Jeremy cut down all of my camellias off of the bush, I was so upset but I knew that he was too. Mostly it was my fault but sometimes they can be very cantankerous with what I say such as when I tell Scout to “be more like a girl”. She just simply says back “I don’t want to be a like a girl or a young lady.” My compensation for Jeremy reading to me every day after school and on Saturdays for two hours each, but what he didn’t know was that I would make it go even longer each and every day. When I died I had Jessie put together a small candy box that had a large, waxy camellia in it. I told her to give it to as to say I forgive you and that is how I left this world.

Journal #3 chapters 8-9

From the perspective of Jem.


When Atticus came in and he woke me up I was nervous and scared all at the same time. After both me and scout walked to the Radley gate I think that scout entrusted me because she started to relax. I was scared myself being that the Radley house was adjacent to me and my younger sister. We felt so isolated from all the others because we are and can not help in anyway for something serious like that. When we walked back to the house I wondered where that blanket had come from. It bothered me not knowing but I did have I guess. When I looked into to scouts eyes they looked so perplexed. She did not know herself where it came from. We were both so worried about what was happening with the fire. We decided to debate but not speak to each and just go to bed.

Journal #2 chapter 4-7

From the perspective of Atticus

When I first heard the Jem, Scout, and Dill quibbling around about the Radley family I was upset even though I left them alone to play. So I started to become very evasion towards the kids. I did not feel that a lot of attention was needed to be paid to them. So I left them a lone. When they brought me the watch I started tormenting them about if they traded their grandfathers for the one that they had. When they told me that they found it and that they still had their grandfathers I was completely freed of any tyranny. Although I did notice that Jem was teetering when he was talking to me but I did not second guess there was something wrong or that I needed to ask why.

Journal #1 Chapters 1-3

From the perspective of Calpurina


Sometimes I just don’t understand that girl. She irks me when she yells at me for the darnest things. I taught her how to read and write. I just simple thought that she needed to know those things to help get through school easier. For the most part I just wanted her to be occupied while I did things around the house. When I gave her things to write she would leave me alone, but only ask me if she needed help. When scout came in and she explained to me that her teacher got mad at me for teaching her how to read I can see in her face she was upset with me. She had no respect for me at all. I don’t think that she understands it is not my fault that her teacher does not agree with learning early. But I do understand that she has to learn to print. I don’t think that Ms. Caroline is indigenous to this side of town. She had no idea what to do with the Ewell kids. And I don’t believe that she was going to be condescended to the kids. She felt that she was more powerful.
When she acted rude around the Cunningham boy I did not like it at all. I called her into the kitchen to explain to her that he was her guest and had to be kind. She still back talked to me so then I slapped her, and I think she felt intimidated by me. . Although I am just the nanny I feel that I have said some huge pronouncements in the past. Mostly to the kids because they do not listen. Especially scout. I do feel that she is a very intelligent person but she is troubled.