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__ Ideas about the final chapters – 8.2.11 __

“white hands, sickly white hands had never seen the sun” link to Grey Ghost. Shows he doesn’t leave the house. Field of illness. Ill-treated leads to illness. Subterranean creature.

"sand stained khaki pants." Maybe helped with the fact that Mr Tate realises that it was Boo who killed Bob Ewell because why would a man who stays shut indoors all day every day have dirty trousers? It shows that he took part in the struggle to save the children, rather than just picking up the pieces. The phrase "torn shirt" also could have done this.

"his lips parted into a timid smile" shows that Boo was not what Scout thought he was in the end. Shows that in spite of what he is perceived to be, he is actually a very nice man who chooses to be shut up inside his house because he is scared of the world, and is scared of what people might think of him.

Colour description links to grey ghost -sees everything but no-one sees him – once alive but now dead. Observes but doesn’t participate.

Scout’s sleepy ref to the book is actually about Boo. Also mention that the tales of destruction for both are untrue.

Mr Tate knew Boo wouldn’t cope with the adulation that would follow being a hero. Mockingbird ref –Scout finally understands what Atticus meant – he hugs her to show his approbation – shows she’s finally mature.

Sheriff Tate did what was moral, but not necessarily what was legal – we can extrapolate from this that Lee believed that the legislation at the time was wrong – for blacks as well as whites. When the law was followed (Tom Robinson) the result was unjust but lawful – “let the dead bury the dead”

When she stands on the porch, “we never put back into the tree what we put out of it” the tree represents Boo – he gave them “two soap dolls… and our lives”(307) She feels he didn’t get anything back – but Boo may feel differently. –However, by using the pronoun “his children” it shows he has been given access to a childhood/ family life/ paternal family. Almost grew up with them. Name changes from Boo to Arthur – ie not infantilised anymore. A distraction from his own life.

Description of hair – “feathery” semantic field of birds – links to mockingbird – when Jem was trading the “Grey Ghost for two Tom Swifts” – freedom A guardian angel as opposed to a malevolent phantom. "dead and thin" another link to death.

Boo said “take me home” -“the voice of a child afraid of the dark” -Boo is a child here. – cruelty of his father. Scout makes it look like he was leading her – new maturity to bow to social mores and conventions. this could also mean that Boo is scared of his recent killing haunting him, and would feel reassured if the girl he has been watching and loves dearly would escort him home. Makes him feel safe.

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