Thursday, January 27, 2011

To Kill A Mockingbird, pg. 1-19

This chapter starts out by saying that Jem, her brother, broke his arm. Then, Scout goes on to tell the history of her family. She says that her father was the first one to become something else than a farmer. Her father, Atticus is a lawyer. Then, she tells you about Calpurnia, her cook. Calpurnia is mean and bossy towards Scout. Scout's mother died when she was two. She doesn't miss her, but Jem does.

When Scout was almost six, she and Jem were playing outside and spotted someone in Miss Rachel's yard. They went over and made friends with this kid. His name was Dill. They all became close friends.

One day, Dill started asking about the Radley's. They were one of Scout's neighbors. Then, Scout gives their history. Miss Stephanie Crawford told Jem a lot about Boo Radley. Dill bet Jem to go knock on the Radley door. Jem was scared and said that they should slowly get Boo to come out rather than going on the Radley property. Dill calls him chicken which pushes Jem to do it. They all ran to the front porch and then back to Scout's house. When they got home and looked back at the Radley house, they saw someone look towards them.

This chapter is kind of boring at first when Scout is explaining every one's history, but after that it gets good. The thing that makes me mad is when Miss Stephanie tells her stories about Boo. It's makes me so freaking mad because she's just talking crap. She doesn't the truth. She's being creative and making up a dumb, rude, mean-spirited lie! I've read this book before, and knowing the end, this part just ticked me off. But it's a good character because it got my blood boiling.

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