It is easy to catch a ride down the highway on a cotton wagon or from a passing motorist, and the short walk to the creek is easy,. You can take that runner with you. Why is Scout not allowed to go with Dill and Jem? Scout cannot go with the boys since they are swimming naked.
Scout says she wants to grow up to be a lady. Dill represents the naivety and innocence of childhood and is a very intriguing character. Dill appears to be younger than his actual age. In the beginning of the novel, Dill had a short stature and appeared to be four years of age, when in actuality, wassix years of age.
Dill creates stories about his father to impress Scout and Jem. In reality, Dill has no relationship with his father. Dill is quick to tell her that his father does not have a beard. At the start of chapter 25, Jem stops Scout from killing a roly-poly bug.
When Scout asks why Jem tells her that it is just a defenseless creature that means nobody any harm. He tells her that she should put it out on the back steps instead. This occurs shortly after they have learned that Tom Robinson has been killed.
Aunt Alexandra is entertaining her missionary circle. Who are the Mrunas, and why is the missionary circle interested in them? Why is Dill an important character? What does Mrs. Dubose teach Scout and Jem? Why does Dolphus Raymond hide Coca-Cola in a brown paper bag? Why does Mayella Ewell lie on the witness stand? What qualities make Atticus a good father? Why does Aunt Alexandra move into the Finch household? Quotes Jem. Dill comes up with most of the games Scout, Jem and himself play.
Jem is Scouts Brother. Dill has no REAL family. Jem touches the house, because Dill dares him to. And Jem doesn't want to be a coward, so he does it to prove to Dill that he is not afraid. Since Jem always takes dares, he did it. They are going to peek into the Radley place. Dill loses his pants on the fence of Boo Radley's house after Jem and Dill go to the Radley's house to deliver a note to Boo. Jem was stuck on the fence and Dill got him off, but then Dill lost his pants in the process.
Dill, Scout, and Jem say that they were playing strip poker. Log in. To Kill a Mockingbird. Study now. See Answer. Best Answer. Study guides. Scout's mother died suddenly when Scout and Jem were very young.
Scout was only two at the time, and she could not even remember her mother clearly. Scout and Jem's mother "died from a sudden heart attack" Chapter 1. A heart condition was hereditary in their mother's family. Scout rubbed Walter Cunningham's nose in the dirt because she blames him for getting in trouble on her first day at school. When Scout's teacher, Miss Caroline, offers to give Walter lunch money because he doesn't have any, Scout explains that he won't be able to pay her back, and that he won't take the money.
According to Scout Jem does not like to turn down a dare, but he is afraid to approach the Radley home. So, he touches the Radley house in order to not be accused of lacking courage and because doing so is not as frightening as the first proposal. She talks about his son Walter and the family's entailment. How does dill show his respect or Atticus after the scene outside of the jail?
He offers to carry the chair home for him. He tousles Jem's hair, which Scout says is Atticus's "one gesture of affection. Dill has run away from home because his mother and new father did not pay enough attention to him. He took a train from Meridian to Maycomb Junction, fourteen miles away , and covered the remaining distance on foot and on the back of a cotton wagon.
Jem goes down the hall and tells Atticus. Why does Scout cry after returning home from the jail? Scout cried because the full impact of the evening's events really hit Scout when they get home. She realizes how much danger Atticus was in both when he faced the mad dog and when he faced the mad mob. She realizes how evil people can be.
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