1. To Kill a Mockingbird Chapters 7 - 9 Chapter Summaries
Who is Boo Radley?
Evidence of Hatred: The Plot Develops

2. To Kill a Mockingbird Chapters 7 - 9 CHAPTER SUMMARIES Chapter 7
Jem’s story about his pants being sewn (p. 58)
More presents at the Radley Place: Twine, soap carvings and a pocket watch
Nathan Radley and the Cemented Hole (p. 62)
Chapter 8
Winter rolls in (p. 63)
The Snowman
Miss Maudie’s house fire (p. 68)
Scout’s blanket (p. 71)
Jem tells Atticus truth about Boo (p. 72)
Chapter 9
Scout bullied at school (p. 74)
Lawyers and Negroes (p. 75)
Christmas and cousin Francis (p. 81)
Uncle Jack taught a lesson by Scout (p. 86)
Foreshadowing encounters with hatred (p. 88)

3. Victim of his Childhood?
To Kill a Mockingbird
WHO IS BOO RADLEY?
Chapters 7 - 9
A Monster?
Children’s Description to Dill
Community’s Fear
Victim of his Childhood?
Religious Upbringing
Strict Father
Lonesome Man?
Subtle relationship with Scout and Jem
Gifts to Children
Blanket for Scout
After nine chapters, (each one heavily centered around Boo Radley), readers have yet to see or hear Boo Radley despite all that he has done so far. So…
WHO IS BOO RADLEY!?

4. ‘Damn and Hell’ vs. ‘Nigger’
To Kill a Mockingbird
EVIDENCE OF HATRED
Chapters 7 - 9
Chapter Nine gives readers their first experience with the theme of racial prejudice within TKAM.
Cecil Jacobs
School bully – “Defends Niggers” (p. 74)
Atticus’ View
Defend negroes to maintain Character (p. 75)
Cousin Francis
“Your father is a nigger-lover!” (p. 83)
“He’s ruinin’ the family” (p. 83)
Irony of Language:
‘Damn and Hell’ vs. ‘Nigger’
(p. 79; 84)
Foreshadowing Hate:
Atticus and Jack’s conversation about what’s coming; a black man’s word against the Ewells
(p. 88)
Important Quote:
“Why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a negro comes up, is something I don’t pretend to understand… I just hope that Jem and Scout come to me for their answers instead of listening to the town” (p. 88).