Blog 4 perspective of atticus

Journal 4
Perspective of Atticus
I was at my office when my assistant old me that my maid had called me, I immediately told her to pass me her. As soon as I said yes , I heard cal yelling “Mr. Finch, this is Cal, I swear to god there's a mad dog down the street a piece- he's coming this way” and I asked her are you sure? She said “ yes sir , he's – Mr. Finch, I declare he is- old Tim Johnson, yes sir...... yes sir.......... yes-” Then she hanged the telephone. I asked Heck Tate for a ride and told him about the mad dog. As soon as we got there we saw Cal running towards the house. We got out and headed for the front porch. When we got to the porch Jem opened the door. I said stay inside son, then I turned towards Cal and asked her where he was. She said he ought a be here by now. I asked Heck if we should go after him. He said we'd better wait. I said don't think he'll go into the Radley place, the fence will stop him, hell continue down the road. When I saw him I said there he is. I told Heck Tate that he was within range, I said you'd better get him before he goes down the side of the road – Lord knows who's around the corner, I told Cal to go inside. I was surprised when Heck Tate turned to me and said you take him. I told him to stop wasting time and shoot. He responded this is a one shot job. I responded by saying, Don't just stand there, Heck, he wont wait for you all day.- He argued back look where he's at Mr. Finch, if I miss it'll go straight into the Radley Place , I cant shoot that well and you know it. I angrily shouted I haven't shot a gun for almost thirty years- he interrupted and shoved the rifle into me and said id feel mighty comfortable if you did know if you did know. I then took the gun and walked into the middle of the street, I raised my glasses and pushed them onto my forehead, but they slipped down and dropped them onto the ground. I heard them crack and I rubbed my eye and chin and then blinked hard. All of a sudden I raised the gun and quickly pulled the trigger and.........