Jem tries out for but ends up carrying instead. Because she is older, Scout isn’t of the Radley place Anymore. Even though Atticus had defended Tom RObinson, the town re-elects him to the . For current events at school, Cecil Jacobs talks about. Scout says that democracy means . Miss Gates answers her by remarking that persecution comes from . Cecil can’t understand why Jews are being persecuted because they are . Scout is upset because she overheard Miss Gates talking about blacks and saying Jem reacts to this information by .