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To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee: Character Analysis

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Albert Einstein once said “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.” This quote means that we need to learn from yesterday, and that when curiosity comes our way we can learn from what we did in the past. Jem’s inquisitive mind makes him accomplish task that should not be done. Scouts active mind finds trouble but a curious side always sticks with her. Dill runs away from his home to get to Maycomb to spend the summer with his friends. Throughout the many adventures in the story, Jem, Scout, and Dill all display great curiosity. Always finding a way when curious, Jem found himself in trouble many times. When snooping around for different facts he desired to learn, he went to the Radley house, and helped Atticus when at the jail. Probing around the Radley house, Jem convinced the others to follow him to get a note to the hermit neighbor, that never came outside. Extending his arm with the note on the pole, Jem saw his father and knew he just got in big trouble, Atticus said, “Stop tormenting that man.” (65) One night, Jem’s father Atticus, a lawyer went in …show more content…

Trying to find any way to get the note to the neighbor, he got in trouble, and when escaping to Maycomb to spend the summer with his friends he just wanted to have fun. The first time that Jem and Scout told Dill about a neighbor that never came out of his house, he thought it seemed different. Over the next few days, the Jem and Dill wrote a note to the hermit and thought of putting it on the end of a string to deliver the message, but all great in theory till the fun ended. Wanting to spend his summer in Maycomb, Dill went to work for a circus and when they came close to Maycomb, he bought a train ticket. When off the train he walked to his friends house and later showed up under Scout’s bed and he always had the most bizarre way to get where he wanted to go. Always pushing the limit, Dill gets away with accomplishing what he

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They attempt to get him out of his house by leaving notes around his house. Atticus Finch, Scout and Jem’s father who is a widower after his wife died. Atticus is a lawyer and defending a black man named Tom Robinson who is accused of raping a 19-year-old girl named Mayella. Atticus tried to convince the jury that Bob Ewell (Mayella’s father) beat her because Mayella’s

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“I never figured out how Atticus knew I was listening, and it was not until many years later that I realized he wanted me to hear every word he said,” Scout discovered In the book, To Kill a Mocking Bird. However, Jem, Scout, and Dill lived in Maycomb which provided zero entertainment. Most agree the children spent the summer in boredom, but some believe they should have respected their father Atticus’ wishes regardless. Others argue “The Boo Radley Game” resulted in innocent fun.

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In one instance he does not turn down a dare, For example. On page 18 it says I won't say you ran out on a dare an’ I’ll swap you The Gray Ghost if you just go up and touch the house. It is clear that jem Cares about what people think about him and his word and what weight it carries. In another event he cares about what his father thinks about him. On page 18 the author writes"I- it's like this, Scout”, he muttered.

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Although this occupied his seven year old imagination, he still held strong to his mind 's pledge to be needed and appreciated. Although this is a highly strong and unlikely inference this could be debated, by the textual evidence of Dill going back to mississippi because through his experiences in Maycomb and through Jem he begins to think and act more like this ten year old boy. As the saying goes’ “Respect your elders.” Although this refers to obeying them Dill kicks it up a notch and follows in Jem’s footsteps through “peer pressure” and social class. Dill feels unwanted as his biological father isn’t in the picture but in the middle of the novel he regains his idea of a family unit when he gets a new dad.

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He recreates stories, visits dream worlds, and even runs away from home. Curiosity appears in several obvious places. When his curious nature leads him to, along with Jem and Scout, run through the Radley garden at midnight, the adults are not pleased. In this way, curiosity can get the characters in and out of trouble. However, Dill conjures up an excuse that saves them.

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He had been going to Maycomb during the summer for years. “They must not know you’re here,” said Jem. “We’d know if they were lookin’ for you.” Dill abandoned his home to be with the Finches. It seems as if he thinks Maycomb is his actual home.

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