After his adventures at the Radley house Jem is in a bad mood for a week, and then the children go back to school. Scout starts second grade which is apparently just as bad as first grade and Jem tells Scout that he was freaked out after retrieving his pants from the Radley home because they were mended badly and were sitting on top of the fence instead of being where he had left them. A few days later on their way home Jem and Scout see a ball of twine in a knothole of a tree on the Radley proper, however they leave it there thinking that the knothole may be someone 's secret hiding place. When it is still there a few days later they decide it is okay to take the twine and consequently several other things left inside the tree. Over the next
Scout doesn’t realize that the reason Jem was crying was because Mr. Nathan Radley filled the knothole out of pure evil. Jem was upset at this whole thing but only hid his feelings. In chapter eight is when Miss Maudie’s house caught on fire. During the fire, Scout was so involved at what was happening that she didn’t realize someone draped a blanket over her. Jem then realizes Boo put the blanket on Scout and tells Atticus about everything.
The hole in the tree that Jem and Scout had found various things in was covered up by Mr. Nathan Radley, the children saw him cement the tree in the movie, but did not in the book. The book portrays Jem going back later in the night to claim his pants that he had lost earlier in the day when he tried to get away from the Radley lot. The movie however shows that Jem goes back right after he lost them. Mr. Radley comes out to scare the children away with
Chapter Eight 22. Boo Radley drapes a blanket over scout on the Scout on the night of the fire. Also Jem is the one who witnessed it and she was also the one who told Scout about it.
Scout and Jem have not yet experienced all of the fundamentals of life yet. Throughout the book, they are getting older
It all starts when the kids are sneaking in his yard trying to get a look at the so called, “crazy man”. Jem is forced to leave his pants after they get stuck on the fence, when he is making his escape. Boo, finds the pants and fixes the rips caused by the fence. Later, during the house fire, Scout mysteriously has a blanket draped over her shoulders. They soon find out that the blanket came from Boo.
On the Radley property there is a large oak tree, and on their tree there is a massive hollow knot. One day, Jem noticed a piece of tin foil sticking out of the tree. It was a piece of gum and Jem and Scout took it and ate it. Then for the next couple of days there were other gifts waiting for them. One day, the hole they were thrilled to encounter every day had been filled up.
In chapter 7, as Jem and Scout were walking home, they pass their tree and spotted a ball of gray twine resting in the knot-hole. Initially, they ignored it however, the next couple days it was still there. From there, everything that was left in the knot-hole was their possession. Unexpectedly, one October afternoon, the kids find two carved soap dolls that represented them. Scout was distraught at the two figurines but Jem enjoyed them.
Then they got attacked by someone. Luckily for them, another mysterious person saved them and brought them home to Atticus who called the doctor and the sheriff. Scout explained, “ Then all the sudden something grabbed me an’ mashed my costume… think I ducked on the ground… heard a tusslin’ under the tree sort of… they were bammin’ against the trunk sounded like. Jem found me and started pullin’ me towards the road. Mr. Ewell
The story started off with Scout being 6 and Jem being 9. They are very new to world. Brought up by a father who knows so much. As the story progresses we see that knowledge and wisdom passed down from father to son and father to daughter. But one main person in this story we really want to show the growth of is Jem.
Throughout the novel, Jem and Scout learn valuable life lessons
Immediately, after Scout tells Jem how she attained the gum she was chewing, Jem forces her go spit out the gum and
In the passage Jem and Scout walk home during the dark hours,giving Bob Ewell an opportunity to stage an attack. As Bob Ewell attacks them Boo Radley rushes in to rescue Jem and Scout. After this Scout now understands what Atticus meant it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. The killing of a mockingbird is much like killing the innocent. It is beyond a crime and worse than the most heinous atrocities.
Fall starts, so Scout and Jem enroll in school. Scout’s teacher is new and doesn’t understand Maycomb. Jem eventually snaps at his neighbor and destroys all of her flowers. The two children read to her every day for a while. The next summer, there comes a trial for Tom Robinson and he is declared guilty.
(Lee, 58). Atticus becomes aware that Jem does not have his pants, and Dill says that Jem lost them in a game of strip poker to Dill. In fear of his father asking about the pants, Jem returns to the Radley house, only to find his pants mended and folded, sitting on the fence. One day, Scout noticed a peculiar tree with a knot hole in it. She finds gum in it, and shows it to Jem.
