TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD #4

Journal #4
Chapters 10, 11, & 12
Perspective: Atticus

I am older then most parents. I'm nearly 50 while others are in their 30's-40's. When i get home from work I don't go out hunting or fishing like the other parents, I sit on my couch and read. This often embarrasses Jem and Scout but they don't know that i use to be the best hunter in the country. They kind of got an idea I was able to hunt when I killed that mad dog that was wondering adjacent my house. I shot it from a far distance with just one shot which amused Jem and Scout.
Miss. Dubose doesn’t like me very much. I guess its because I’m defending a nigger in a court case. Every time Jem and Scout walk past her house she always yells mean things. This really bothers Jem, and Scout. Mostly Jem though. I told him just to isolate himself from her because she is very old and sick, but one day Miss. Dubose yelled out, “Atticus is not any better than the niggers and trash he works for!” So when Jem and Scout were walking back from shopping Jem snatched the new baton he had bought for Scout went over to Miss. Dubose’s house and cut the tops of all her flowers, then broke Scouts brand new baton in half! Scout was so perplex. about it all.
Jem’s Birthday had just passed. He is now at the age of 12. He has been acting very different and not wanting to play with Scout anymore. He tells scout to start acting more like a girl, Scout came up to me and asked me if he had gotten a tape worm because his appetite is appalling, he’s very inconsistent, and moody. I just told Scout that she has to be patient with him, and give him some alone time. Scout of course was upset so she was looking forward to seeing Dill that summer, but one day she received a letter in the mail from Dill saying that his mother gotten re-married and he was going to go hunting with him, and build a boat with him so he was not going to Maycomb that summer. Also since I am now a member of the state legislature I am forced to travel to the state capital every day for two weeks. Cal noticed Scout was feeling very lonely and told Scout to come go into the kitchen whenever she was lonely and hangout with her.
The Sunday I was gone Cal decided to take Jem and Scout to a nigger church called First Purchase. The night before she bathed them, and made sure they were nice and clean. She also picked out nice outfits for them to wear. One lady named Lula was being very rude to Cal from bring white people to a black church, but everyone else was very friendly and nice.