To Kill a Mockingbird, is a heartwarming tale told through the eyes of six year old Jean Louise Finch ( Scout ).
One morning Scout and her older brother Jem find seven year old Dill in their neighbors Mrs. Rachel Harvard’s collard patch. Mrs. Rachel turns out to be Dill’s aunt and he gets to stay with her for the summer. That was the beginning of a long lasting bond between the three.
It was Dill who gave them the idea of making Boo Radley come out of his house which he supposedly hadn’t stepped out of in years during daylight. The Radley place fascinated Dill. Rumors about the Radley place kept him even more hooked.
The first summer Dill was with them he dared Jem to touch the Radley house. After three days of analyzing the dare Jem agreed. Jem indeed did do the dare like he said he would but he did it while he was running.
There are two giant oaks that stand at one end of the Radley yard. One day coming home from school Scout finds a piece of gum in a knot hole in one of the trees. Jem had a hard time believing where it came from until he uncovered two polished Indian head pennies in a little tinfoil box in the tree.
One afternoon they found a ball of twine and then two carved figures one a boy one a girl carved out of soap in it. They figured the soap figures were them. Then they found an old spelling medal in it. A couple days later a pack of gum was uncovered in it. Four weeks later their biggest prize appeared in there. It was a pocket watch that wouldn’t run, on a chain with an aluminum knife. One day as they were passing by the tree they noticed that it was filled with cement. Mr. Radley said you did that to a tree when it was dying. Although after consulting Atticus their father about this they concluded that the tree was really quite healthy.
The next summer that Dill was with them he gave them the idea of making up a kind of play on the life of Boo Radley. Scout was Mrs.Radley, Jem was Boo Radley, and Dill was mean old Mr.Radley. The...