Lesson Summary In Chapter 6 of Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, Dill convinces Jem and Scout to sneak onto the Radley property to sneak a peek at Boo Radley through a window with a broken shutter.
What happens to Jem Scout and Dill in chapter 6?
Scout sees the shadow of a man wearing a hat come toward them and then disappear. Jem and Dill freeze and then they all race back to the fence. They hear a shotgun go off as they reach the wire fence. Jem gets his pants stuck and ditches them in his escape.
What did Jem do in chapter 6?
Summary: Chapter 6
Jem and Dill obey Atticus until Dill’s last day in Maycomb, when he and Jem plan to sneak over to the Radley Place and peek in through a loose shutter. Scout accompanies them, and they creep around the house, peering in through various windows.
What brave thing does Jem do at the end of chapter 6?
‘” Jem’s bravery reaches new heights in these chapters. He puts himself in peril three times: trying to peek in the Radleys’ window, helping Scout and Dill get to safety, and returning to the Radley yard to retrieve his pants. In the last instance, pride drives his bravery more than fear of punishment.
What happens in chapter 6 of TKAM?
Jem and Scout spend the day with Dill at his aunt’s fish pond. Scout wants to keep an eye out for Mr. Avery, a neighbor who had previously astonished them by peeing in an impressive arc off his front porch, but Dill just wants to go for a walk. Scout, knowing that no one in Maycomb just goes for a walk, smells a rat.
What is Boo Radley’s real name?
Arthur
Where does Boo Radley come from? 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 secret does Jem reveal to Scout?
Answer and Explanation: In To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem reveals to Scout that the Radley’s did him no harm and could have easily.
What adventure do the children go on at night in chapter 6?
Lesson Summary
In Chapter 6 of Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, Dill convinces Jem and Scout to sneak onto the Radley property to sneak a peek at Boo Radley through a window with a broken shutter.
What chapter did Jem Scout and Dill go to Boo Radley’s?
Summary: Chapter 6
Jem and Dill obey Atticus until Dill’s last day in Maycomb, when he and Jem plan to sneak over to the Radley Place and peek in through a loose shutter. Scout accompanies them, and they creep around the house, peering in through various windows.
When did Jem lose his pants?
What did Jem lose in the process? Answer: The children were frightened on the Radley’s back porch by a shadow. When the children ran from the Radley’s backyard, they had to scoot under the fence. Jem’s pants got stuck going under, so he had to wiggle out of them and leave them tangled in the fence.
What code does Jem break?
Scout relates that, upon seeing Dill under the bed, Jem “rose and broke the remaining code of our childhood” by telling Atticus. To Scout, this act makes Jem a “traitor,” though it is really an act of responsibility that marks Jem’s maturation toward adulthood.
What does Dill say that causes Scout to accuse him of lying?
Yeah, an’ I’ve got the letter to prove it—he sent me two dollars, too!“
What do Jem Dill and Scout see that causes them to run?
Describe what Jem, Scout, and Dill do in the Radley yard at the beginning of the chapter. Suddenly they see the shadow of a man: “The back porch was bathed in moonlight, and the shadow, crisp as toast, moved across the porch toward Jem.” Terrified, the children run out of the yard as fast as they can.
What happens in chapter 6 of A Separate Peace?
In this chapter, Gene returns to Devon for the Winter Session and notices immediately that the freedom of the summer days has come to an end. The ordinary business of the school term as well as changes due to the war now dictate life on campus, creating an atmosphere that is both serious and rigid.
What do Jem and Dill decide to do on Dill’s last night in Maycomb?
On Dill’s last night in Maycomb, he and Jem decide to peek into the Radley’s window and try to see Boo. Scout decided she was going with them.
What happens when Scout Jem and Dill sneak into the Radley’s backyard?
What happens when Scout, Jem, and Dill sneak into the Radleys backyard? Boo invites them in.
Who killed Mayella Ewell?
Despite all of the signs showing that the father, Bob Ewell, beaten Mayella, Tom Robinson is still found guilty.
Is Nathan Radley Boo’s dad?
Nathan Radley
Radley, Boo and Nathan’s father. Nathan cruelly cuts off an important element of Boo’s relationship with Jem and Scout when he plugs up the knothole in which Boo leaves presents for the children.
Is Boo Radley autistic?
Surprisingly, Boo’s autism is his strength by the end of the novel, not only because he is highly-intelligent and hyperaware but because he impulsively saves Scout and Jem.
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.
What does Jem finally reveal to Atticus?
In the confusion, someone drapes a blanket over Scout. When Atticus later asks her about it, she has no idea who put it over her. Jem realizes that Boo Radley put it on her, and he reveals the whole story of the knothole, the presents, and the mended pants to Atticus.