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To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee: Chapter Analysis

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In “To kill A Mockingbird”, a man named Boo Radley hides in his house for years upon years because of an incident involving him stabbing his father with scissors in the leg. This leads him to being locked away in his home. All the kids and adults in the neighborhood knows about this and spread the word to the people who don’t know. This leads to a massive rumor saying that Boo Radley is dangerous and nobody should go near their house. Towards the beginning of the book though a tree with a big hole is found in front of the radley’s house on the sidewalk. This tree is special because Jem and Scout walk by that tree, all the time, and one day they find gum in the tree. After finding gum in the tree and taking it, day after day more items appear in the hole in the tree. All the items in the tree have a significant, significance to the story. …show more content…

The silvery, slik, tightly wrapped gum was irresistible for Scout so she took the piece of gum and ate it. This piece of gum was the start of an ice breaker between Boo, and Scout, and later on Jem. Scout and Jem at the time didn’t know who or what the gum came from. The next time Jem and Scout find something in the tree it is a piece of gum, and two indian head coins which are really valuable. These two coins are really valuable and somebody must have really treasured them, Boo and Jem keep these coins safe. Then later on Jem and Scout find something in the tree it is a soap sculpture of the two of them. This is what gets them thinking that whoever is putting the items in the tree is watching them and knows how they look like. This is why Jem and Scout think that it is Boo radley who is putting the items in the tree. Another item that Jem and Scout find is a tarnished medal in the tree. This is to be a spelling bee medal Boo had won. This is important because this was probably won during his youth and shows that he actually did good in school and was a little more

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Boo communicated with Scout and Jem in a way that no one would think of. He would always have something for them inside the tree trunk, once he would put gum, another was a watch, after his father knowing that he communicates with the children he decide to block the tree trunk with cement. Boo also covered scout with a blanket without her knowing. When there was a fire and her and jem had to go out scout and jem where both cold and didn’t feel when boo came and covered them with a blanket without them feeling him. But what was something important was when he defended them when Bob Ewell attacked them.

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One detail that reveals the fact that Boo watches closely over Jem and Scout is that he leaves specific gifts for them inside the tree knot. After finding a boy and girl doll carved out of soap, Scout thinks, “The girl doll wore bangs. So did I”(Lee 80). THis further portrays the thought that Boo must pay very close attention to them, enough to carve every last minute detail into a piece of soap. Furthermore, when Scout is standing outside during a fire and is cold, a mysterious blanket is placed around her and Atticus says, “Looks like all of Maycomb was out tonight, in one way or another”(Lee 95).

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The tree was seriously important to the kids. After Jem and Scout figure out that their knothole was plugged, Nathan Radley explained “... Tree’s dyin. You plug’em with cement”. The quote states that Nathan Radley plugged up the tree because it was dying, but it could be that he did not want the kids to figure out something.

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I have two questions. Who is placing the items in the tree and who are the items meant for? I think that Nathan Radley or Boo Radley are placing the items in the knothole. First, I think it could be Nathan because the person putting the items in the tree had to be an adult. No children go by the tree except for Scout and Jem because the tree is by the Radley house and all of the other kids are scared of the Radleys.

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String: One item found in the tree was a tied up ball of string. This was one of the eight different items found inside the knothole near the Radley house. This string looks like just some ordinary item found in everyday life, but in To Kill a Mockingbird it serves as a greater symbol. Jem and Scout are siblings that have had some ups and downs in their lives which gives them a very dynamic relationship throughout the novel. Firstly, the string represents the relationship between these two characters.

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