Tuesday, April 12, 2011

To Kill a Mockingbird- Last Paragraph

At the end of the fourth chapter, Scout heard a laughter from the Radley house that made her second guess all of the myths she had been told. She said she quit playing with Dill and Jem for two reasons. The first was because Atticus had come, and Scout knew if Atticus was aware that they were acting as the Radley's, they would get in trouble. Second, Scout heard a low, deep laughter coming from inside the Radley House. This shocked Scout. I imagine that Scout was very surprised to have heard a sign of "happiness" coming from this house. She must have thought that the Radley's were nasty, glum people based on all of the stories she had heard about them. I think that this sound made her reexamine the way she viewed the Radley's; maybe think of them more as "real" people, not the family that all of the myths had created.
"As Mr. Radley passed by, Boo drove the scissors into his parent's leg, pulled them out, wiped them on his pants, and resumed his activities." This quote shows one of the many ridiculous myths that Scout believes. It makes out the Radley family to be heartless and gruesome. So when Scout heard the laughter coming from that house, I believe Scout must have second guessed the myths.

Natasha

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