Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Memories of childhood

When i was a young boy, 5 and 6 years old, i was in love with a girl. At kindergarten, we would be going around holding hands, and i told her i would marry her. But when we were 5, she had a sister that was 6, and always told on us. Therefore i did not like the sister. Whenever the sister was not around i would sneak and give the girl a kiss. The girl and i would always try methods to get back on the sister if she told on us. It was very interesting and fun but i dont keep in touch with the girl anymore. I feel that i was very young and naive to think i could be with her forever. This is similar to Dill and Scout's experience where Scout and Dill like each other and sneak around when Jem is not around.

1. In relation to Boo Radley and his house, how to Scout, Jew and Dill try to test their courage? What feelings do they have about Boo?

They dared Jem to touch the Radley house and followed him. They were scared of him, thinking he was a kind of monster, but at the same time curious about him. They think that he was very scary and would kill them if they bothered him.

2. What do Scout and Jem find in the knothole of the Radley tree? What other signs suggest that Boo may not be the monster the children imagine him to be?

Chewing gum. Indian head coins from the 1900s. A ball of grey twine. Two images carved in soap, a boy and a girl in a dress, that was Scout and Jem. A spelling medal. A pocketwatch that would not run, on a chain with an aluminium knife.
When the trio of Scout, Jew and Dill decided to enter the Radley place, they were nearly caught but managed to escape. But Jem ripped his pants and they were left in the Radley place. Afterwards when he went to get them, they had been sewn together and hung neatly on the fence, awaiting Jem to retrieve them. It had been Boo who had sewn them and left them there.

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