Part Two Chapter 27
To Kill a Mockingbird
Things did settle down, after a fashion, as Atticus said they would.
By the middle of October, only two small things out of the ordinary
happened to two Maycomb citizens. No, there were three things, and
they did not directly concern us- the Finches- but in a way they did.
The first thing was that Mr. Bob Ewell acquired and lost a job in
a matter of days and probably made himself unique in the annals of the
nineteen-thirties: he was the only man I ever heard of who was fired
from the WPA for laziness. I suppose his brief burst of fame brought
on a briefer burst of industry, but his job lasted only as long as his
notoriety: Mr. Ewell found himself as forgotten as Tom Robinson.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Things did settle down, after a fashion, as Atticus said they would.
By the middle of October, only two small things out of the ordinary
happened to two Maycomb citizens. No, there were three things, and
they did not directly concern us- the Finches- but in a way they did.
The first thing was that Mr. Bob Ewell acquired and lost a job in
a matter of days and probably made himself unique in the annals of the
nineteen-thirties: he was the only man I ever heard of who was fired
from the WPA for laziness. I suppose his brief burst of fame brought
on a briefer burst of industry, but his job lasted only as long as his
notoriety: Mr. Ewell found himself as forgotten as Tom Robinson.
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