Month: November 2014

Scout and Jem are relived from school as the summer arrives, and are reaquianted with their friend Dill who returns to Alabama. The three grow ever more curious about the Radley’s, and when Scout accidentally finds her way into the front yard of the dwelling she hears omnious laughing from within the house. Jem, in an attempt to seem brave invites his accomplices to role play the rumours their have heard about the Radley’s, however Atticus catches wind of this and warns them against this. Dill and Jem remain outwardly unphased, while Scout is very peturbed by the recent events;

” I was fairly sure Boo Radley was inside that house, but I couldn’t 

prove it, and felt it best to keep my mouth shut or I would be accused 

of believing in Hot Steams, phenomena I was immune to in the daytime.”

In chapter 2 Scout finds herself in unfamiliar territory on her first day at school. Her teacher, Miss Caroline Fisher is immediately disaprovent of Scout, as her literacy is said to conflict with Miss Fisher’s new teaching style of the Dewey Decimal system. At  lunch time, Miss Caroline tries to lend money to a student named Walter Cunningham, but the boy declines as he is unable to pay him back. This is explained by Scout to the teacher, causing her a deal of embarrassment. We also learn that Miss Caroline is not well respected by her fellow colleagues as other teachers interact with her in a irreverent manner.

In chapter 1 of To Kill a Mockingbird the story begins from the perspective of a young girl named Jean Louise Finch, known as Scout, who lives in a rural town in Alabama, 1930’s. She lives with her older brother, Jem, her father, Atticus and their cook, Calpernia. We later are introduced to their neighbor, a small boy the same age as Jem named Charles, but is known by the name Dill. Their bounds in which they are allowed to play are subtended by a house in which the Radley’s dwell, a family who are regarded are pariahs of the town and little is known about their professions or lifestyles. We are told Mr Radley has one son, little is know about the boy apart from that he was associated with a local gang of teenagers like him who were caught vandalizing public property and has not been seen since. Dill is intensely curious about the Radley’s and dares Jem to try to get Mr Radley to come outside of his house, Jem is reluctant and they settle for him touching the Radley’s front door. No response is seen apart from a shutter in the window open and close.