Boo+Radley+-+chapters+3-4

__chapter 3__ there are 0 references to boo radley in chapter 3. chapter 3 starts with Scout recalling her first lunchtime at school. This consisted of her fighting Walter Cunningham and "rubbing his nose in the dirt". Jem then stops Scout "you're bigger'n he is". Jem then invites Walter home for lunch. when they are at home Walter proceeds to pour syrup all over his food with a "generous hand". this implies that he does not get much food at home and is there for hungry. it also implies that walter does not usually have syrup at home and and thinks he should have as much as he can in the short run because he doesnt know where his next meal's coming from. Scout shouts at Walter who then in return gets shouted at by calpurnia. scout then threatens Cal "one of these days when she wasn't looking i'd go off and drown myself in Barkers eddy and then she'd be sorry." as its only a child saying this threat it would not be taken seriously. where Scout says "she'll be sorry" you think of it as Cal feeling guilty but if you look deper into it, it could imply that Calpurnia would get the blame simply because she is black. this links into the discrimination of the time.

chapter 4.

in chapter 4 Scout is walkin home when she sees 2 peices of chewing gum in a tree outside the radley place. she then takes the chewing gum home "the gum looked fresh. i sniffed it and it smelled alright, i licked it and waited for a while. when i did not die i crammed it into my mouth." the fact Scout realises it was from the radley place and then does some tests on the gum implies she thinks it may be poison. Where it says "when i did not die" implies she thought the people who put it there might be trying to kill her, and that it should have actually killed her. the fact that she is doing all of this just because of where she found it just shows how scared she is of the Radley Place and Boo radley.

When Jem Finds out he tells her to spit it out. this implies that Jem also believes it could be dangerous which also shows how scared he is of the radley place.

they also find many other things in the tree including coins, a medal and a pocket watch.

Jem, Scout and dill also act out the scene of Boo radley stabbing his father untill Atticus makes them stop.

= Josh H =

__**Chapter 3 and 4**__

We do not hear anything of Boo Radley in chapter three. However we are introduced to a new character 'Burris Ewell', who's father plays an important part later in the story. We fast learn the Ewell children do not go to school and 'The truant lady reckons she's carried out the law when she gets his name on the roll' suggesting the Ewell family do not always go with what the laws states, and as Atticus himself states 'In certain circumstances the common folk judiciously allowed them certain privilages' suggesting people did not interfere with the Ewells activities as they would other people, which may also suggest peoples fear of the Ewells as they do not want to antagonise them. Although there is no mention off Boo Radley or the Radleys in chapter three, we learn a little more about the Cunningham's through Walter Cunningham, who at the start of the chapter is getting his face rubbed into the dirt by Scout because she says he 'made me start off on the wrong foot'. When Jem invites Walter home for dinner, Walter drowns his meal in syrup suggesting he is not used to ordinary mealtimes therefore giving the impression that he and his family do not own alot of money and cannot afford to give their children proper meals.

In chapter 4 we see hear alot more of Boo Radley. In this chapter we see Boo Radley is not the 'molevolent phantom' as Scout describes him earlier in the book, but a thoughtful, careful man who has taken the time to watch the children go about their daily activities. This gives us the impression that Boo Radley is infact a lonely individual who has alot of spare time on his hands as he begins to leave the children small presents in the knothle of a tree outside the Radley property. Each item Boo leaves in the knothole has some kind of symbolism, he leaves soap dolls, indian pennies, chewing gum, a broken stopwatch and some twine. At first Jem is wary of taking the things out of the knothole as Jem says; 'Don't you know you're not supposed to even touch the trees over there? You'll get killed if you do!' This shows that even things associated with the Radley's will harm you, meaning the Radleys must be 'evil' also showing the fear of the Radley's. Also it shows us how protective Jem is of Scut as by telling her to spit it out he is looking out for her . Also, Jem creates a game called 'Boo Radley' which basically retells the neighbourhood's account of events in which Boo Radley stabbed his father with a pair of scissors. Atticus does not approve of it, and we bein to see how Jem looks up to Atticus, and the adults veiws on Boo Radley.

Beth Bezer

In chapter three we are shown even more of what the children feel and fear about Boo, we are told that they think that Boo is set out to try and cause them harm, this is shown when walter says, "reckon i have......almost died first year i come to school and et them pecans-folks say he pizened 'em and put 'em over on the school side of the fence." This shows that if anything bad happens in the town people automatically blame Boo because of the stories they have heard about him and they have seen that he has been blamed before.

Also we are shown that Jem is tring to act as if he is no longer scared of Boo, which may suggest that Jem has already worked out that there is nothing wrong with him and he is being wrongly accused- 'Jem seemed to have little fear of Boo Radley now that Walter and I walked beside him, indeed, Jem grew boastful.'

F.S.