![]() Well, Atticus feels that his marksmanship is a God-given talent that gives him an unfair advantage over other living creatures, and that he shouldn't use it unless he has to.So why have Scout and Jem never heard their dad talk about it?.Miss Maudie tells Jem and Scout that Atticus "was the deadest shot in Maycomb County in his time" and his nickname was "Ol' One-Shot" (10.137).This is apparently like all of a sudden seeing your dad make a perfect three-point jump shot or make it through the Expert level of a Guitar Hero song you've been failing. Atticus reluctantly takes the weapon, walks to the middle of the street, aims, fires, and kills the dog.See, if he misses, the bullet will hit the Radley Place. The dog finally gets within range of Heck Tate's rifle, but he wants Atticus to make the shot.Everyone hunkers down inside to watch the dog.The Radleys don't have a phone, so Calpurnia runs over to their place, bangs on their front door, and shouts, "Mad dog's comin'!" (10.72).Then she talks to Miss Eula May, the town telephone operator, to tell her to let everyone else on the street know that they should stay out of the way of the rabid animal.Calpurnia dashes for the phone to tell Atticus that there's a mad dog (i.e., rabid) on the loose. ![]()
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