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Selected for thematic weight — Jem has just realized that Boo Radley was the gift-giver and that Mr. Nathan Radley sealed the knothole to stop the kindness, and the chapter ends with this small image of a boy crying alone in a way his sister cannot yet understand.
When we went in the house I saw he had been crying; his face was dirty in the right places, but I thought it odd that I had not heard him. Why hadn't I heard him? I would have to ask Calpurnia in the ...
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Narration Prompt
In your own words, tell the story of this chapter. What were the most important moments? What made them important — and how do you know?
Discussion Questions
- Jem tells Scout that when he went back for his pants, he found them 'folded across the fence... like they were expectin' me' and stitched up with rough handmade stitches. What does this small piece of news tell Jem that nothing in the earlier chapters could have told him, and why is it the moment when his mind starts to change about Boo?
- When Mr. Nathan Radley fills the knothole with cement, Jem asks him why. Mr. Radley says the tree is dying. Atticus looks at the tree and says it is healthy. Why does Mr. Radley lie about something so easy to check, and what does this tell us about how Mr. Radley feels about his brother Boo?
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To carefully shape a piece of wood or soap by cutting away small pieces with a knife
Item 2
Things that cause annoyance or worry, the small troubles of daily life
Item 3
Caused something to become a particular way, made it into something different
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