Chapter 20

As they take a break from the trial, Scout and Dill get to know Dolphus Raymond better. Afterwards, they listen to Atticus's closing statements in the trial.

Vocabulary All page numbers refer to the Warner Books Edition: December, 1982.

" 'Hee hee,' said Mr. Raymond, evidently taking delight in corrupting a child (p. 202).' "

"...and I tried to frame a discreet question...(p. 203)."

"I had never encountered a being who deliberately perpetrated fraud against himself (p. 203)."

" '...absence of any corroborative evidence, this man was indicted on a capital charge and is now on trial for his life...(p. 204).' "

"Atticus was speaking easily, with the kind of detachment he used when he dictated a letter (p. 205)."

"...and the jury seemed to be attentive... (p. 205)."

"His voice had lost its aridity... (p. 205)."

" '...it requires no minute sifting of complicated facts...(p. 205).' "

" 'The state has not produced one iota of medial evidence...(p. 205).' "

" '...And so a quiet, respectable, humble Negro who had the unmitigated temerity...(p. 207).' "

" '...in the cynical confidence that their testimony would not be doubted...(p. 207).' "

" '...an assumption one associates with minds of their caliber (p. 207).' "

" '...there is one human institution that makes a pauper the equal of a Rockefeller... (p. 208).' "

Allusions All page numbers refer to the Warner Books Edition: December, 1982.

" 'Thomas Jefferson once said that all men are created equal, a phrase that the Yankee and the distaff side of the Executive branch in Washington are fond of hurling at us (p. 207).' "

" '...there is one human institution that makes a pauper the equal of a Rockefeller, and a stupid man the equal of an Einstein...(p. 208).' "