TKM+Chapter+4

Chapter 4: > Character description and analysis of Mrs. Dubose (what we know so far - not much, but get down what you can) > Analyze the “Boo Radley game” – Atticus’ reaction? In the "Boo Radley game," Scout, Jem, and Dill act out scenes from the urban legends surrounding Boo Radley. They create weird stories and characters based on the Radley family. Although they're only playing with the myths they've heard, and don't consider the idea that Boo is a real person and not just a fairy-tale monster, the game is pretty offensive to the real Radleys. Atticus is very angry when he finds out about it, because he knows the ignorant rumors that have sprung up about the Radleys are untrue and a real smear on the name of some harmless people. He tells the children to stop playing the game, although they don't pay much attention. > > Page 41:
 * Radley tree – include the myths and gifts
 * ** If you touch the trees you’ll get killed
 * “fresh gum”, tinfoil, Indian head coins inside a tiny box that looked like a wedding ring box.
 * The Indian heads were strong magic, they could make you have good luck
 * The tree was someone’s hiding place
 * ** Meanest old woman who ever lived
 * Lived two doors up the street from the Finch’s house.
 * Foreshadowing – page 38 and 4**1** Page 38:
 * ”There was more to it than he knew, but I decided not to tell him.”
 * It is foreshadowing that there will be other things she holds back and doesn’t tell anyone.
 * “through all the head-shaking, quelling of nausea and Jem-yelling, I ad heard another sound, so low I could not have heard it from the sidewalk. Someone inside the house was laughing.”
 * It is foreshadowing that someone inside the house is watching and will probably appear later on in the story.