Scout, Jem and Dill are enjoying one last summer night before Dill has to leave. Although they were ordered by Atticus to stay away from Boo Radley and his house, Jem and Dill come up with a plan to go over to Boo Radley’s house to see if they can catch a glimpse of him.
What do the children decide to do the night before dill leaves?
On Dill’s last night in Maycomb, he and Jem decide to “peep in the window with the loose shutter to see if they could get a look at Boo Radley.” Scout discourages them from going to the Radley house, but reluctantly decides to join them.
What do Scout and Jem do during the summer with dill?
Dill arrives two days later to spend the summer. After an argument with Scout, Jem suggests they play a new game called “Boo Radley,” which Scout recognizes as Jem’s attempt to prove his bravery. Against Scout’s better judgement, they enact Boo’s life with great gusto until Atticus learns of the game.
What idea does Dill come up with at the end of the summer?
9. Before the end of the summer the children run out of ideas for play. Dill gives them the idea to make Boo Radley come out of his house.
How did the children spend their summer in TKAM?
The children spent their summer by acting out plays from books they have read in the past. Give 2-3 examples of rumors about the Radley house and its inhabitants? – Boo Radley ate the neighborhood’s chickens and pets even though it was Crazy Addie.
What did dill ask Scout to do early in the summer and then forget about?
He had asked me earlier in the summer to marry him, then he promptly forgot about it. He staked me out, marked as his property, said I was the only girl he would ever love, then he neglected me.
How do the children plan to spend Dills?
Q. How do the children plan to spend Dill’s last night in Maycomb? The children plan to peek through the window of the Radley house and get a look at Boo.
When Jem and Dill exclude Scout from their games who does Scout talk to?
Maudie serves as exposure to “ladylike” behaviors and thoughts, seen in Scout’s comments about her character, especially as Jem and Dill exclude her from their play. She also juxtaposes Stephanie Crawford, the neighborhood gossip. 9.
What were Jem and Dill planning to do when Scout catches them talking in the back yard?
While Scout is talking with Miss Maudie, Jem and Dill plan to give Boo a note inviting him for ice cream. They try to stick the note in an open window of the Radley house with a fishing pole.
Why was Jem crying at the end of Chapter 7?
Jem cries at the end of Chapter 7 because he suspects that Boo Radley was leaving them presents in the tree and now that Nathan Radley has cemented the hole, he can no longer do it. Jem feels sad for Boo.
When the routine of Jem Scout and Dills summer becomes tiresome What idea does Dill have?
When the routine of Jem, Scout, and Dill’s summer becomes tiresome, what idea does Dill have? Dill gets the idea to lure Arthur Radley (Boo) out of his house.
Is Dill a Mockingbird?
Similar to Jem and Scout, Dill loses his childhood innocence after witnessing racial injustice firsthand. Overall, Dill is a symbolic mockingbird because he is a naive, vulnerable child, who has a difficult home life and loses his childhood innocence after witnessing Tom’s wrongful conviction.
What is the children’s new plan in Chapter 6?
Although they were ordered by Atticus to stay away from Boo Radley and his house, Jem and Dill come up with a plan to go over to Boo Radley’s house to see if they can catch a glimpse of him. Scout doesn’t like the idea one bit, but Jem teases her by calling her a girl, and Scout will have none of that.
What is Boo Radley’s real name?
Arthur
In the classic American novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Boo Radley (whose first name is actually Arthur) doesn’t leave his house or talk to anyone, which leads the children in the novel’s setting (Maycomb, Alabama) to wildly speculate about what he looks and acts like.
What game do the children make up in this chapter?
In Chapter Four, the children invent a new game about Boo Radley. Jem plays Boo, Dill plays Mr. Radley, and Scout plays Mrs. Radley.
Who broke his arm at the elbow the summer before he turned thirteen?
What happened to Jem when he was nearly thirteen? Jem broke his arm at the elbow.
What two reasons does Scout not want to play anymore?
The second reason she wanted to quit was because Atticus had caught them playing and suspected that they were making fun of the Radleys. She did not want to be caught. The first reason she wanted to quit was because when she had rolled into the Radley yard, she heard someone laughing from inside the house.
Who does Scout turn to after the boys stop playing with her?
Jem suggested they keep playing the game but change the names of the Radleys so no one would know. Jem and Dill started spending more time together without Scout, so Scout decided to spend her time with their neighbor Miss Maudie.
Who does Scout spend the remaining twilights that summer with?
“But I kept ALOOF from their more foolhardy schemes for a while, and on pain of being called a girl, I spent most of the remaining twilights that summer sitting with Miss Maudie Atkinson on her front porch.”
Who tries to shoot the children in TKAM?
While standing on his porch, she realizes that he is not that lonely. When Bob Ewell tries to murder the Finch children, no one sees what happens in the scuffle but Ewell is dead and it is Radley who carries an unconscious Jem into the Finch’s house. He is played by Robert Duvall in the film.
Why do the children run from the Radley house?
Next, the children try sneaking over to the house at night and looking through its windows. Boo’s brother, Nathan Radley, who lives in the house, thinks he hears a prowler and fires his gun. The children run away, but Jem loses his pants in a fence.