Causes Of Mobs In To Kill A Mockingbird

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I have two qestions about the mob. The first one is why did the mob leave the the jail. I think because jem and scout showed up. They came out of no where and kind of throw the mob off. Scout stands up for his dad and says he is a good person. He also points out to them that what they are doing id totslly illgal and they could proply go to jail for it as well. Mr.cuggingham is in the mob and is ashamed. Becuase scout says he beat up his kid and mr.Cunningham didnt knoew about this. Scout say say hi to him for me. Mr.cunningham teels to mobs to leave now. Also a another major event that causes the mob to leave is that jem stood up for atticus. Jem stayed with him even when he told him to go home. Atticus keep telling him but jem stays on this

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