DEVELOPING THE RADLEYS To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters 4 - 6 CHAPTER SUMMARIES DEVELOPING THE RADLEYS CHILDREN’S CURIOSITY OTHER IMPORTANT STUFF

Chapter Summaries To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters 4 - 6 Chapter 4 Scout finds chewing gum in tree (p. 33) Indian-head pennies found by Scout and Jem (p. 34) School finished for year Scout ends up in Radley’s yard Game of Boo Radley (p. 38-41) Chapter 5 Recognition of relationship between Scout and Dill (p. 41) Miss Maudie & Scout discuss Boo (p. 42-45) “Foot-washing” Baptists (p. 44) Children’s plan to give a note to Boo (p. 46) Children caught by Atticus (p. 49) Chapter 6 Trying to look at Boo Radley (p. 51) The shadow of Boo (p. 53) Nathan Radley’s shotgun (p. 53-54)

Why are the children so fascinated with Boo Radley? To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters 4 - 6 Children’s Curiosity “The only thing to fear is fear itself” -President Roosevelt, 1933. Why are the children so fascinated with Boo Radley? “Do you think they’re true, all those things they say about B-Mr. Arthur?” (p. 45) Is this just the curious nature of children or is this an unhealthy obsession? “We’re askin’ him real politely to come out sometimes, and tell us what he does in there – we said we won’t hurt him and we’d buy him an ice cream.” (p. 47) “He lay down, and for a while I heard his cot trembling. Soon he was still. I did not hear him stir again.” (p. 57)

Developing The Radleys To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters 4 - 6 Developing The Radleys “he dined on raw squirrels and cats he could catch, that’s why his hands were bloodstained-if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the blood off” (p. 13) Religious Household Baptists Foot-Washers (Anything Pleasuring is Sinful) “but sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hand of [others]” (p. 45) Why does Boo Radley remain in his house? Judge not lest ye be judged (Matthew 7:1)

Developing The Radleys To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters 4 - 6 Developing The Radleys NATHAN RADLEY “Says he’s got the other barrel waitin’ for the next sound he hears in that patch, an’ next time he won’t aim high, be it dog, nigger, or – Jem Finch!” (p. 54) BOO RADLEY “Every night-sound I heard from my cot on the back porch was magnified three-fold; every scratch of feet on the gravel was Boo Radley seeking revenge, every passing Negro laughing was Boo Radley loose and after us; insects splashing against the screen were Boo Radley’s insane fingers picking the wire to pieces” (p. 55)

Important Chapter Stuff To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters 4 - 6 Important Chapter Stuff Literature… The stories that Dill, Jem & Scout act out ALLUSIONS: A reference in literature to another work of literature, a person, a place or an event, either explicitly or implicitly Religion… Mentioning the Bible Gothic Literature… A literary style combining romance and horror

Important Chapter Stuff To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters 4 - 6 Important Chapter Stuff Contracted words: (thinkin’; y’all; ‘em), etc. USE OF LANGUAGE: Lee writes in a style that mimics the sound of 1930s Alabama Use of the word Nigger (Similar to our use of the word ‘gay’ or ‘retard’) Gothic Literature… A literary style combining romance and horror