3 main ideas of chapter 27

Ewell lives up to his reputation as a lazy useless drunk. Despite his fifteen minutes of fame, he settles back into his old ways.

When Mr. Link Deas finds out (Ewell is harassing Mrs. Robinson on her way to work), he approaches the Ewell house and yells to them, warning them not to bother Helen, or else he'll have them put in jail. The next day, Mr. Ewell follows Helen to work, "crooning foul words" the entire way, but Mr. Link Deas again threatens him with jail and he stops this behavior.

It is nearly Halloween, and Mrs. Grace Merriweather writes a pageant for Maycomb people to perform about the history of the county. She wants children to play the parts of Maycomb's agricultural products, and Scout is assigned to play the part of the pork. She will wear a large costume made of chicken wire and wrapped around with brown cloth, which comes to just above her knees.