To Kill A Mockingbird

Chapters 4 - 6•CHAPTER

SUMMARIES

•CHILDREN’S

CURIOSITY

•DEVELOPING THE

RADLEYS

•OTHER IMPORTANT

STUFF

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Chapter Summaries

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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)

“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)

Is this just the curious nature of children or is

this an unhealthy obsession?

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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)

Judge not lest ye be judged (Matthew 7:1)

Why does Boo Radley remain in his house?

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Developing The Radleys

“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)

NATHAN 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)

BOO RADLEY

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Important Chapter Stuff

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

Literature… The stories that Dill,

Jem & Scout act out

Gothic Literature… A literary style

combining romance and horror

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Important Chapter Stuff

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’)

Contracted words: (thinkin’; y’all; ‘em),

etc.

Gothic Literature… A literary style

combining romance and horror