An Attempt to Communicate (Ch5-9)

In these chapters, we find our “three musketeers” attempting to communicate with Arthur “Boo Radley”. Before these attempts are made, we learn that Dill and Jem were growing closer as Scout remained left out. We also hear about Dill’s proposal to Scout, “He asked me earlier in the summer to marry him, then he promptly forgot about it” (Lee, 41). This shows how Dill and Scout are somewhat starting to drift apart.

Dill and Jem want to give a note to Boo Radley. Scout, after spending a lot of time with Miss Maudie, knows that a lot of the rumours about Arthur are false. She also learned that Arthur was a kind child of a “foot-washing baptist”. We also hear that the foot-washers believe that anything that pertains to pleasure is a sin. Lee shows us this fact, “…told me and my flowers were going to hell” (44).

Scout awakens to hear Dill and Jem’s plan, “We are going to give a note to Boo Radley” (Lee, 46). They proceed with the plan but we learn of the difficulties they faced. Undeterred, the trio attempts to sneak into the house. We learn that they one again fail and a gunshot was heard around the area.

More items are found in the knothole. These are gifts to the children (Jem, Scout, and Dill). They even found soap figurines made to look like them as Arthur would of saw when they tried to sneak in. This shows that Arthur, is indeed a kind person who is still in seclusion. He is attempting to communicate.

Another profound experience was when Miss Maudies house was on fire and a blanket was put on Scout. Boo did this… This means that he must have ventured out of his house in a caring way. As we know, Atticus now knows the story of the knothole.

In my opinion, this section shows a new side of Boo. We even see Scout calling him Arthur to Miss Maudie since that is his real name. It looks as though Arthur is growing along with the children and may eventually come out of seclusion.

Insane Asylum Image (Ch1-4)

This image is of an old insane asylum. This relates to the book as, in my opinion, because Boo should be in an insane asylum. As a young child, we know that Arthur “Boo” Radley was punished by his father and made to say in his house. Even after he stabbed his father with scissors, he was still not sent to any form of mental institution. Boo Radley seems like the type of person who is a danger to himself and others around him and he should be in a mental institution. Who knows what he will do if he ever does come out or is forced to come out.

Pink Floyd’s Another Brick in The Wall (Ch1-4)

Pink Floyd’s Another Brick in The Wall is a song about in inefficient school system. In Another Brick in the wall the School System is described as the enemy, and it makes statements about the ineffectiveness of teachers. Miss Caroline is a perfect example of Another Brick in The Wall teacher. She is ineffective at teaching creatively. She has been taught a way to teach and she does not wish to stray from her current guidelines. When she learns that scout can read, she is angry because it differs from her plan, and forcers her to alter her teaching methods. I believe that Scout and Miss Caroline will continue to have problems, because Scout will continue to force Miss Caroline to change.

The Boo Radley House (Ch1-4)

What I tried to focus on was about the Boo Radley’s House. I believe that it is still a mystery as to what is inside the house or if anyone still lives in it.  Boo Radley is the one that has never come out of their house. In my opinion, I don’t think that anybody still lives inside it. This story is set more in the servitude era and I think that has to play an important role as to what we should look forward to in the book.

As in never leaving his house, I think that he would probably never ever go outside. It seems impossible now, even if they try to convince him to. However, I think that they will discover the history as to what happened inside the house because that is what I think will happen during the remainder of the book. I think that they will try to go into his house and it could have been an old plantation. I believe that this story is about segregation.  So, the house should play an important role in the whole story.