A boy named Dill moves in next door with his aunt for the summer. He becomes friends with Jem and Scout Finch and they play together. They live near their neighbor Boo Radley and there are a lot of rumors going around about him because he never comes out of the house he lives in with his brother. Some say he stabbed his father and his brother, Nathan Radley, moved into the house. The whole town talks rumors about Boo and Dill, Scout, and Jem try to get Boo to come outside with several antics.
Dill left for the summer and Scout is starts school for the first time. She doesn’t really like school because she already knows most of the stuff they are teaching her and her teacher tells her basically to stop learning at home. Then her teacher tries to give money to Walter Cunningham, one of the students in the class for food …show more content…
Scout and Miss Maudie talk about Bee and Miss Maudie says how he very nice as a child but his father was very tough on him. She says the rumors about Boo are false but he may have gone insane from being inside the house too long. Later in the summer, Atticus catches Jem and Dill trying to give Boo Radley a note by putting it in the window asking if Boo Radley would like to go out to have ice cream. They were trying to lure him out. Atticus was very upset and told the children to stop obsessing over Boo Radley. Scout, Jem, and Dill keep their promise for a little while but the day before Dill had to leave they planned to go to Boo Radley’s home and sneak a peek inside. The go and look in the windows and a man appears. They all run away and Jem’s pants get stuck in the fence but he has to leave them there to escape. They go home and there is a group of adults talking about how Nathan Radley (Boo’s brother) tried to shoot a trespasser on his property. Atticus asks where Jem’s pants went and Dill told him they were playing strip
Dill left for the summer and Scout is starts school for the first time. She doesn’t really like school because she already knows most of the stuff they are teaching her and her teacher tells her basically to stop learning at home. Then her teacher tries to give money to Walter Cunningham, one of the students in the class for food …show more content…
Scout and Miss Maudie talk about Bee and Miss Maudie says how he very nice as a child but his father was very tough on him. She says the rumors about Boo are false but he may have gone insane from being inside the house too long. Later in the summer, Atticus catches Jem and Dill trying to give Boo Radley a note by putting it in the window asking if Boo Radley would like to go out to have ice cream. They were trying to lure him out. Atticus was very upset and told the children to stop obsessing over Boo Radley. Scout, Jem, and Dill keep their promise for a little while but the day before Dill had to leave they planned to go to Boo Radley’s home and sneak a peek inside. The go and look in the windows and a man appears. They all run away and Jem’s pants get stuck in the fence but he has to leave them there to escape. They go home and there is a group of adults talking about how Nathan Radley (Boo’s brother) tried to shoot a trespasser on his property. Atticus asks where Jem’s pants went and Dill told him they were playing strip