TKM+Chapter+1

Chapter 1:
 * Myths of Boo Radley – provide specific myths/stories associated with Boo and the Radley Place (be sure you include specific descriptions about the house, as well as the individuals)
 * Inside the house lived an evil phantom that would look into windows once the moon was out. The phantom would freeze peoples flowers and the ghost did any sneaky crimes.
 * Mrs. Radley never leaves and Mr. Radley goes out each morning for half an hour only and sometimes came back with what people thought were groceries.
 * The legend is that Boo became friends with the wrong crowd. After getting in trouble for disorderly contact, disturbing the peace, assault, and profane language, Mr. Radley kept Boo out of an industrial school by promising to never let it happen again.
 * Another myth is that Boo stabbed his father in the leg with scissors. They said Mr. Radley wouldn’t send Boo to an asylum so they locked him in the courthouse basement
 * After he was released, he came home and Jem said he is probably kept chained to the bed.
 * The stories said Boo dined on squirrels and cats so his hands were bloodstained
 * No one would ever dare go up and ring the door bell or go in because they thought Boo would kill them
 * Character description and analysis of Dill
 * 6 years old
 * Real name is Charles Baker Harris
 * From Meridian, Mississipi
 * Spending Summer with his aunt, Miss Rachel
 * Can read
 * Does not have a Father
 * Good friend of Jem and Scout
 * He is creative
 * Instigator; provoked Jem and Scout to have different ideas of the Radley House
 * Intelligent
 * Wanted to have fun
 * Nice
 * Friendly
 * Events surrounding Dill’s dare
 * Dill dared Jem to touch the house
 * Dill wanted to make Boo Radley come out before the end of summer
 * The house had a light post on the corner, and Dill would go no closer than that
 * It had disgusting shutters, which were green, and the colors were all worn from the rain. This added to make the house creepier. The house sticks out because Boo hasn’t came out since the “stabbing incident.”
 * Mrs. Radley never comes out, and Mr. Radley comes out for a half hour in the morning
 * The shutters were always closed which meant illness and cold weather
 * This added to the boys wondering about what is going on inside the house
 * Boo’s head looked like a skull
 * It took Jem three days to make up his mind to touch the house or not.
 * He has never said no to a dare before
 * Jem touched the house, nothing happened, and the house was still the same old house.
 * When walking away, they thought they saw a tiny movement, but then, the house was still again.

> - shows that someone is indeed in the house > - the dare made the people inside aware of the children. > - Harper Lee uses literary techniques such as alliteration and personification in the following quote: > - “The old house was the same, droopy and sick, but as we stared down the street…” (Lee 15) > - Harper Lee also used onomatopoeia in a way to describe the fast movement of the shutters closing. > - “Flick. A tiny, almost invisible movement, and the house was still.” (Lee 15)
 * Read the last paragraph – What is shocking? What literary terms does Harper Lee incorporate? Why?
 * - gives a shocking twist (the shutters quickly closed)
 * Furthermore and lastly, foreshadowing is used in the above quote. The fast movement of the shutters is an indication that someone is indeed in the house.