To Kill A Mockingbird Chapter 19 Analysis

In chapter 19 Tom is caught by Aunt Polly because he lied about a dream he said he had. He comes home and the first thing his Aunt says to him is “I've got a notion to skin you alive.” Tom is first confused, but soon find out she went to the Harpers and tried to tell Mrs. Harper what Tom dreamt about. Mrs. Harper said no no no, her son Joe Harper had told her about how Tom snuck back and listened to them talk. Aunt Polly was very sad, and mad. Tom tried telling her that he wished that she would've woken up when he had kissed her the night he came back. Aunt Polly was not going to let herself believe it. Tom then mentioned the bark that he had in his coat pocket. Polly was definitely not going to believe this one. She told Tom to kiss her again