To Kill A Mockingbird Chapter Four Scout Schillings

Symbolism “Two live oaks stood at the edge of the Radley lot; their roots reaching out into the side-road and making it bumpy. Something about one of the trees attracted my attention.” The things can represent kindness, and the tree can represent vessel who holds it (a person, life, ect.).

Imagery “The first reason happened the day I rolled into the Radley front yard. Through all the head-shaking, quelling of nausea and Jem- yelling, I had heard another sound, so low I could not have heard it from the side walk. Someone inside the house was laughing.” This gives off an air of chaos, and the small, sharp stab of fear Scout felt as she heard the voice laughing.

Setting “I stood on tiptoe, hastily looked around once more, reaching into the hole, and withdrew two pieces of chewing gum minutes their outer wrappers. My first impulse was to get in into my mouth as quickly as possible, but I remembered where I was.” A southern county doing their best to make ends meet in the 1930s. This expresses how rare Scout got the chance to chew gum, and found it to be a rather nice treat.

Theme “Our activities halted when any of the neighbors appeared, and once I saw Miss. Maudie Atkinson staring across the street at us, her hedge clippers poised in midair. One day we were so busily playing Chapter XXV, Book II of One Man’s Family, we did not see Atticus standing on the sidewalk looking at us, slapping a rolled magazine against his knee.” The theme - or ‘lesson to be learned’ - here is that when you do things you’re not supposed to, the odds are that you’ll get caught. This develops the characters because getting in trouble is apart of life… especially childhood.

Foreshadowing “Cecil Jacobs, who lived at the far end of our street next door to the post office, walked a total of one mile per school day to avoid the Radley place and old Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose. Mrs. Dubose lived two doors up the street from us; neighborhood opinion was unanimous that Mrs. Dubose was the meanest old woman who ever lived. Jem wouldn’t go by her place without Atticus beside him.” I feel like this later gives us a sense of familiarity. It shows that the children were aware of her presence before she even began to take part in the plot.

Characterization “Jem parceled out our roles: I was Mrs. Radley, and all I had to do was come out and sweep the porch. Dill was old Mr. Radley: he walked up and down the sidewalk and coughed when Jem spoke to him. Jem, naturally, was Boo: he went under the front steps and shrieked and howled from time to time.” The author included this to express how they hadn’t quite grown, and were still in their childish ‘make believe’ and ‘dress up’ phase.