Chapters 15 & 16

In chapter 15 of "To Kill a Mockingbird", this a very important chapter of the novel. This chapter starts of with the trial that Atticuss is going to go through. One day there was there was a knock on the door and it a sheriff standing outside of Atticuss yard. He just wanted to let him know that they are moving Mr. Robinson, the accused to downtown and doesn't know if there will be trouble. Jem is watching as they all talk outside. Atticuss had decided to not get involved to stay out of trouble.  Everyone is giving Atticuss a hard time because he is defending that man. Atticuss is a good person and knows that whatever person he defends he know that he is innocent. Since a lot people don't like him defending a black man he may get himself into trouble and could get hurt. That Sunday night Scout goes and finds Jem, Jem tells her that he is going downtown. To avoid a fight Jem lets Scout come along and of course Dill would want to go as well. Jem claims that he has a feeling to go downtown. They are in downtown and want to go see Walter at the post office but to get there they have to pass by the jail. They notice an unusual light at the jail and they see Atticuss siting down reading, Jem stops Scout and Dill from going to him. They decide to turn around and leave since he is okay but when they are leaving they see four cars pull up at the jail. The men get out of the cars and go up to Atticuss the kids get a closer look without getting seen. Scout then breaks through to get to her dad and then notices is was a bad idea and she can see the fear in Atticuss eyes. Atticuss begs Jem for them to go home but they refuse. Then Walter comes by and breaks the mob. What we can understand from this is that they were there to kill Tom the accused and in a way he then feels guilty. This is just the beginning of this whole case.
In chapter 16 of "To Kill a Mockingbird", we left of that night outside the jail and Scout finally realizes what was going on that day. Everyone is pretty much overwhelmed with the whole situation but Atticuss isn't mad at the kids for sneaking out. He is actually thankful because they saved the night, it just took an eight year old to say just like wild animals humans can be stopped simply because they are human." Later in this chapter they are on their way to court. Since it's the first day of the trial there are a lot of people going as well. The author describes a few people that they see on their way there. The author also gives a brief description of the court house and how everything back then was divided from the whites and the coloreds. In this chapter the actual trial doesn't begin, but we do get to know Atticuss a little more. The whites don't actually believe that Atticuss will defend a black man but since he is they obviously don't like it. This is why he has been getting into trouble and why people are against him. It seems Atticuss doesn't really want to go with what everyone else thinks but what he believes is the right thing.