To Kill A Mockingbird #7: Chapters 20-24: Perspective of Aunt Alexandra

Perspective of Aunt Alexandra
Chapters: 20-24

Today was the day I invited all the well mannered ladies in my missionary circle to come over for tea. I helped Scout get her into her beautiful dress that she had and told her to help out serving us refreshments and food with Calpurnia. Calpurnia was in a stiff, tight looking apron. She looked like she was ready to serve or cook anything that we asked her to. I knew that Calpurnia was going to need help cooking, clean and serve us fine ladies. I started helping them get ready for this day that I was so excited for. I haven't seen my missionary circle in such a long time. It's going to be great seeing their faces again. Soon all the ladies I invited came. They sat all in a seat with smile on their faces. We started by greeting each other and then someone started up a conversation. We talked about lots of things like Mrunas and what the children did their. The children were around 13 years of age. They were crawling with yaws and ear worms, they chewed up and spat out the bark of a tree into a communal pot and then got drunk. Right after we had that conversation everyone just went right to refreshments. I was starting to get hungry though but the refreshment was nice to have. It made me get a little more relaxed to have that refreshment. I see Scout looking confused going into the dining room or just staying out of the dining room and leaving us to our business. I was in a great mood today so I let her join us for refreshments. Maybe this will teach her on being a good ladie and to learn her manners when having a tea party. We then got in a different conversation. Our conversation was a little more boring then I thought. We were talking about business. I thought it was getting boring and so did Scout but my friends were simply enjoying the conversation. I complimented on Scout's beautiful dress and outfit that she was wearing. I started looking at her and it seemed to me that she wanted to go back to her normal pursuits. She then left because she said it was boring.I felt apprehension because I didn't want the ladies thinking that she was rude. I didn't want them saying that I was teaching her manners poorly. As we started talking more about our conversation about business are voices grew louder and louder. We started talking over each other and we started just raising our voices without evening noticing it. Caplurnia came in the room and served us some food. She was a great servant. Everything was so gentle with her. As the plate of food hit the table everyone put their hands in smiling. Everyone was craving for food. Everyone ate and no one started talking anymore. I guess everyone was very hungry I thought to myself. A couple minutes later I see Scout come in the room with a silver pitcher in her hand. It was so cute seeing her with the silver pitcher wearing her adorable dress. I couldn't help but smile. She set it beside me. I asked her, "Stay with us Jean Louise." As her agreement she sat next to Miss. Maudie. I was inevitable to her. I was always watching her to make sure she wasn't misbehaving but she just looked at everyone. I did the same and I was amazed on how much makeup that these ladies wear. They lips were caked with lipsticks. It was obscure. I never noticed that they put a lot of makeup on. Miss. Maudie then said something to Jean Louise. She said that she was nicely dressed today. I thought the same to. Everyone was so polite to Scout and she was nice to them. She started making a little conversation with some of these ladies to. I was becoming very proud of her.

A couple hours later we were talking about the Tom Robinson case and all the sudden Atticus comes home out of the ordinary. Atticus interrupts the tea party and called me in. I was wondering what he wanted because he was being very rude. He interrupted my time talking to my friends. I then dragged Scout and Calpurnia with me. He said that today something bad happen. In my mind I was immediatly shocked. He said that Tom Robinson the guy that I have been helping tried to escape jail. Atticus said he got out pretty quickly and ran fast but didn't run fast enough. He got shot 17 times and he fell to the ground and had no control. I see everyones faces but everyone but Atticus's face was shocked. Atticus didn't really have a shocked face but I can tell that he was sad and depressed. Atticus stood up for this negro and tried so hard to protect him. I thought his death was improbable. Getting shot 17 times is a lot. Atticus and Calpurnia left to announce Tom Robinson's death to his family.