Powering Through Prose: Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird - Chapters 12-16 Summary

The video summarizes chapters 12 to 16 of 'To Kill a Mockingbird'. Scout is disappointed as Dill won't visit for summer, and Jem is moody. Calpurnia takes them to her church, facing resistance from Lula. Aunt Alexandra arrives, causing tension. Dill returns unexpectedly, and the town is tense as Tom Robinson's trial approaches. A mob confronts Atticus at the jail, but Scout's innocence diffuses the situation. The trial begins with the whole county watching.

How does Atticus's defense of Tom Robinson affect his children?

What are the children's feelings about the trial of Tom Robinson?

What does the trial symbolize in the context of Maycomb's society?