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Rachel Mabie Chapter 26 At the beginning of the chapter, school has started for both Scout and Jem, and they continued to walk past the Radley house. Jem tried out for the football team, he was too small, and so he began carrying the water for them. Jem and Scout are still curious in this chapter if they would ever see Boo Radley come out of his house. On page 242, the narrator says, "I still looked for him each time I went by. Maybe someday we would see him." The narrator and Jem definetly have hope that they will actually see Boo Radley. Jem also gets very emotional and worried about the results of the trial. He doesn't know what will happen to Atticus, there were so many threats, he could be killed. Part of it is hormones, the other part was just looking out for his family. One day, when Scout went to school, she had to bring in a Current Events article form the newspaper. Cecil Jacobs brought in an article about Adolf Hitler, and how he was a bad person. The teacher doesn't really even know alot about what happens in Europe, becuase there is very little communication between both places. Not many children even knew what went on outside of Maycomb. On page 244, the narrator says, "...not many of the children knew what a Current Event was." This was one of the few times in the whole novel that they bring up actual history out side of Maycomb. Then, Atticus and Scout thave a talk about Hitler, and about Jem. Scout realizes that Jem is not himself, and Atticus says, "Jem was trying hard to forget something, but what he was really doing was storing it away for awhile." (page 247) The mood of this chapter is confused, becuase no one really knows about Hitler and Current Events, and Scout is confused of Jem's behavior. This could be Scout's class studing Currnet Events