Chapter+4

Chapter 4:


 * Radley tree – the myths and gifts**
 * Scout finds gum in the hole of a tree and also two very old pennies
 * At first Jem does not believe scout that she has found gum
 * Jem thinks that the pennies must belong to someone at school and wants Scout to ask around
 * The suspicion is that the gifts are from Boo Radley.
 * This instance makes Scout more curious about the Radley place. Later on in the story this contributes to why Scout, Dill, and Jem want to contact Boo.
 * The question is, were these gifts left by Boo Radley and were they intended as gifts for Jem and Scout in the first place?
 * We still not no much about Boo Radley because we have only heard myths
 * Character description and analysis of Mrs. Dubose**
 * Mrs. Dubose lives two streets away from Scout’s house.
 * She is known as the meanest person in the town.
 * Cecil Jacobs walks a mile, out of his way, to school everyday to avoid Mrs. Dubose’s house.
 * Analyze the “Boo Radley game” – Atticus’ reaction?**
 * Jem, Scout, and Dill had made a play about the Radley family and their lives.
 * Jem played Boo Radley, Scout played Mrs. Radley, and Dill played the role of Mr. Radley.
 * They started with Mrs. Radley who was a beatifull, wealthy woman who had lost all he luxuries of life after she married Mr. Radley. They displayed how each of the Radley members actions and character
 * They displayed all the myths of the Radley family in their game. They showed how Mr.Radley had mistreated his son and how Boo Radley was part of a bad group of kids and how he had supposedly ‘stabbed’ his father with scissors.
 * Jem took scissors for the scene of the stabbing and cut up a newspaper. They had planned to do the scene of the stabbing
 * When Atticus saw the scissors in Jem’s hand and the newspaper in the other
 * Atticus was suspicious about what Jem was doing with the scissors and the newspaper
 * He that they were getting into the Radley families personal things and tormenting them
 * They had made the play in front of he Radley house and seemed to be tormenting the family in front of the house
 * When Atticus had come it made the kids want to stop making a skit about the Radley Family (especially Scout)

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 * Foreshadowing – page 38 and 41
 * Scout states, as the narrator, that she was pretty sure Boo Radley was inside the house, but that she just couldn’t prove it, and she didn’t want to open her mouth because she didn’t want to be accused of believing in Hot Steams. This is foreshadowing because it supports the fact that Boo Radley is in the house.
 * The parceling of their roles also exenterated how things were supposed to occur. Of course, more foreshadowing is the fact that they spent so much time perfecting a plan that happens not to be that perfect.
 * The story states that Jem was a born hero, which is foreshadowing because he plays a big role in the story, and will continue to.
 * The group also further discusses the look of the mother, and the story of the Radley’s
 * Atticus is not going to allow Dill to play with Jem and Scout soon
 * Scout is going to start being treated more like a girl when Jem says she’s behaving like a girl because she is assuming things
 * Scout will soon stop playing the game and stop playing with Jem and Dill because she doesn’t want to upset Atticus and she is scared because she claims that she heard laughter the day she rolled into the Radley’s yard