chapter 15

1.I would say that the theme within this chapter is being secretive. This theme is demonstrated throughout the whole chapter by Atticus being all secretive and the children not knowing why those men where at their house. Then when he leaves and doesn't say where he is going and when Jem, Scout, and Dill see how Atticus is with those guys at the jail, they are curious about whats going on. Yes, i have seen this illustrated throughout the whole book! For example: when Jem snuck around to get his pants, and when Dill ran away without telling anyone. Then when Jem and Scout found gifts in the tree. There were many times when this theme was used in the book.

2. I think this chapter shows that Atticus is a caring man, but also a very mysterious one at that. It also shows how Atticus keeps allot of things to himself; it is sort of like how he kept being a good shooter from the kids, now this too. It also made me think that he is a very serious man when it comes to his clients and his job. He is very stern and he was not joking about Jem and them leaving. I think that it shows that Mr. Cunningham is a very 'self kept' person. He seemed very ignorant to ignore Scout the way he did, but the way he did not change expressions, seems like he is not that great of a person. The way he did not even seem to listen to Scout made me think of how much he appreciates/likes his son. Mr. Cunningham does not seem like a nice guy.