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Dills empathy matures as he faces all the injustices in the book. Dills curiosity overrides his thoughts in the beginning of the book. Jem, Scout, and Dill all want to see Arthur Radley on their next door neighbor. Arthur stabbed his father in the leg and was place in the courthouse basement. The sheriff told Mr. Radley that Arthur would die in the basement from all the mold and asbestos. Arthur now 33 years old was now back home with his father and was never seen again by the townspeople. Soon after Jem, Dill, and Scout hear of Arthur's story and they nickname him “Boo” because he acts like a ghost. Jem creates the “Boo Radley” game where Scout, Dill, and Jem would reenact when “Boo” stabbed his father. Atticus the father of Scout and Jem

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