Growing up

Perspective: Scout

Journal # 4

Dear Journal,

Were growing up Atticus is not getting any younger he doesn't do any cool jobs he

just works in an office not in a drugs store did not drive a dump truck for the

county and was not a sheriff. No he just a boring old office worker, and the other

day when Jem asked him to play some foot ball he says "I am too old for that". He

even wears glasses he was nearly blind on his left eye. He did do things that our

schoolmates did. Its just seems that Atticus is old and boring. But one day he

changed the way I thought. Me and jem were walking one day and seen a dog, it wasn't

just any normal dog walking on the street this dog looked sick and deadly. Jem told

me to get into the house we told Cal and she called and told everybody on the block

to stay in their house and there was a mad dog on the loose! She called the sheriff

and Atticus and came down to look at the dog. He said the dog was deadly and told

Atticus to shoot the dog. Atticus never liked guns or shooting any thing. Jem had a

play gun and he said " you can shoot blue jays and cans but it is a sin to kill a

mocking bird". I didn't under stand what that meant so I asked Ms Maudie she said

mocking bird are special and they copy whatever noise they hear and sing

beautifully. Atticus took the gun aimed and shot the dog. I was so surprise when Ms.

Maudie told me that Atticus was the deadly shot in Maycomb county in his time. Now i

didn't feel so ashamed of him. Later the week, we started going to town more. the

only way there was to go through Mrs. Dubose's pathway. Every time we walk by her

house, she would say something mean about Atticus and us. Jem couldn't take it

anymore he got so mad that he went to the store bought a baton with his birthday

money, gave it to me, broke it, and trashed her yard. Atticus found out and for his

punishment he had to read to Mrs. Dubose's was a month. he read to her for about a

week and unfortunately died. before she died she left a box for Jem it was a flower

Jem looked very angry and threw the box in the fire but later he was hold and

appreciate the flower I guess that was her way of saying I am sorry.