in chapter 27 of tequila Mockingbird its October and Scout tells us that three things happened that month first Bob Ewell landed and almost immediately lost a job for the Works Progress Administration a government program set up during the Great Depression and Scout wonders how anyone could be fired from a WPA job for laziness at the welfare office Yule blamed Atticus for the loss of his job second an intruder tried to break into the home of Judge Taylor the judge never saw more than a shadow but everyone was convinced it was Bob Ewell and third Bob Ewell harassed Helen Robinson Tom Robinson's former employer linked DS gave Helen a job to get to Dee's house Helen is forced to walk past the ules where Bob harassed her the harassment only stopped when DS went to eul's house and threatened him as the chapter closes Scout describes Macon's new events for Halloween this change in direction from past years is necessary after a group of local youngsters hide the furniture of two local ladies as a holiday prank in order to avoid further mischief the ladies of Makem decide to host a Halloween pageant at the high school this includes a performance titled Maycomb County ad astra per aspera a Latin phrase meaning to the stars through difficulties the children are to portray some of the county's agricultural products and Scout plays the role of a ham even though the incidents Scout relates do not concern her family directly she implies that they will in time given the centrality of Bob Ewell to each of these events a certain tension is beginning to build it seems inevitable now that further misdeeds by Bob Ewell are on the horizon you