In Chapter 4 of To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout talks about how boring school is. She doesn't think she has learned anything. One afternoon, as Scout is going home from school, she finds a piece of gum sticking out of a hole in a tree near the Radley's house. Throughout the summer, Jem and Scout find more treasures left in the knot hole. In this chapter, they find two polished pennies left in a ring box. Dill arrives for his summer's stay in Maycomb and Jem tells him a made up story about Hot Steams. Scout suggest that they play with a tire, so she climbs in and Jem gives her a shove. She goes right up to the Radley's house. Throughout the summer Jem, Scout and Dill act out the Radley's story. They add their own details to it and performed it out on the front yard.
I think Scout was right about her not learning anything at school. She already knew how to read and write and there isn't much more to learn in the younger grades besides math. I think she also may have found it hard to sit still all day because she is so used to running around with Jem, that could have added to her boredom. The treasures in the knot hole seem so secretive, but I think that Boo Radley is leaving them for the children as a way to connect with them. The children are so thrilled about finding the gum and pennies that they haven't given it much thought as to who left them there. I think that Jem was trying to scare Dill and Scout with his Hot Steams story. Maybe to prove that he is brave. And then when he shoves Scout in the tire, I think he was a little frustrated with her because she was ruining his tale, so he shoves her extra hard. But then is scared for her when she is stopped at the Radleys. When the children make up the play about the Radleys, I think it is their way of satisfying themselves with not having the answers about them. They just make up their own and take them as fact. They are so intrigued by Boo Radley that they can't help feeling curious about him.
I think later in the book they will find out that it was Boo that left the treasures for them.
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ReplyDeleteI think that Lindy did a very good job on her blog and covered all the main things in the chapter.
ReplyDeleteIt seems like you jumped topic to topic- but i think you described what happened very well. In the first paragraph i did find it was mostly about what happened and not how you felt about it! So other than that. Good Job! :)
ReplyDeleteI agree that Lindy did a very thorough job on this summary. I like the fact that you added a fair bit of your own opinion. It seems like many people in the class just summed up the chapter rather than adding something of their own. I like how you supported your opinion so well, it makes it easier to relate to.
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