Journal+5

1: Who is to blame for Tom's conviction? Craft a thorough defense as to why this person or people are the ones to blame.

I think that the person to blame for Tom Robinson's conviction was the policeman, Mr. Heck Tate. I think Mr. Heck Tate is to blame because in the first place when Mr. Ewell called him to the scene of Mayella supposedly being raped he took the wrong precautions. Heck Tate didn't get a doctor involved and because of that everything that Mayella said was taken as the truth because of her being the "victim" of a crime. If a doctor was brought into the picture then Mayella would have been examined to see if she really was truly raped.

2: Why won't Aunt Alexandra allow Scout to have Walter Cunningham home for dinner another time? (Chapter 23)

Aunt Alexandra won't let Scout invite Walter Cunningham home for dinner because he isn't "their kind of people." Her saying that is basically slapping the Cunningham family in the face because she states "You could shine Walter Cunningham's shoes and put him in a suit, but he'll never be as good as Gem." She has her nose too high in the air and needs to chill out.

3: What does Jem say in chapter 23 about understanding Boo Radley?

He says he's starting to understand why he stays in his house. It's because he wants to stay in his house. Honestly hearing how their town is I don't blame him either, I wouldn't want to be around that either.