Mr.Cunningham

I was wonder why in chapter 15, when the men were going to go do beat or even kill Tom while he was in jail, Mr. Cunningham decided not to do so. What was he thinking and why did he chang his mind about the matter. I know it has something to do with the fact that Jem, Scout, and Dill were there. I think that when the men went to the jail it was because the got all wound up about the case. Maybe when Mr. Cinningham was listening to Scout he relized that this was not right. The fact that Scout asked about his son helped matters, I think. This part of the book I thought was really interesting......"when I slowly awoke to the fact that I was addressing the entire agregation. The men were all looking at me, some with their mouths half-open. Atticus had stopped poking at Jem: they were standing together besides Dill. Their attention mounted to facination. Atticus's mouth, even, was half-open, an attitude he had once described as uncouth. Our eyes met and he shut it" (pg 154)