TKAM #4

Chapters 10-12
Perspective: Mrs. Dubose

Dear diary,
this week has been a very interesting one. First of all, that good for nothing Atticus Finch actually did something besides defend Negroes and trash in court. "Ol' One Shot Finch came out of his shell and shot a mad dog in one shot. That was pretty amazing. I don't really think of Atticus that badly, but his kids are good for nothin'! He didn't raise them right. It's a down right shame that his wife had to leave, she had enough sense to smack those kids upside the head! That Atticus may be a good lawyer, but he lets kids run around too much! Good thing that he can do something beside raise those kids incorrectly. That shot was pretty amazing though. I mean, he's no good trash!

His good for nothing son Jeremy destroyed my bushes! That stupid kid destroyed one of the most dear things to me! I don't care about them as much as that Mrs. Maudie Atkinson, but my nurse spent a lot of time working on them! He also kept contradicting me! I thought that it was good enough punishment to have him have to read to me for a whole month. And then I made him stay a whole 'nother week! I actually had a small warm feeling inside from him reading to me. I guess that some of the Finches can do something, like that old One Shot Finch. That old Finch felt like he could keep his talents inconspicuous, but I knew he had that talent all along.

That Jean Louise though, she's a whole other story! A lady wearing over-alls! I can't believe that! I doubt she has a drop of feminine blood in her body. She'll probably end up working in the O.K. Cafe! Only a few people in this town have any talent!

Wait, I suddenly feel like I'm in peril. Maybe I shouldn't be this cantankerous in my final hours. I feel like, that I should try to be sweet, like some of my contemparaies.