Dill Character Analysis

During the morally challenging novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by the incredibly creative Harper Lee, Charles Baker Harris (Dill) represents his place as the most important character through his repetitive instances of curiosity and how that influences the children to desire to interact with Arthur (Boo) Radley. To commence, Dill's curiosity first makes its appearance when Dill first discovered the Radley house. This is established early in the book when Scout and Jem, children in the neighborhood and the main characters, tell Dill about the Radley house and its horror stories, which in turn peaks Dills interest. This eventually made him desire to investigate more and this led Dill to dare Jem to run up and touch the Radley house. At first Jem …show more content…
By this point in the book Scout was certain no good will come from meddling with Boo, This comes as no surprize with all the strange and creepy reactions Scout has experienced with that house, not to mention Atticus's warning to stop annoying Boo. This time Dill and Jem have gone overboard and are now attempting to look inside the Radley house through and open shutter. With Dill beginning, “Well? Said Dill. Okay, said Jem. Why don't you go on home, Scout? What are you gonna do? Dill and Jem were simply going to peep in the window with the loose shutter to see if they could get a look at Boo Radley” (Lee 68-69). Dill's curiosity has finally become like an addition with them craving more and more leading to them taking such drastic measures to answer their insatiable, gnawing questions. Furthering Boo and the Kids relationship. In conclusion, throughout the ethically deciding novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by the artistic genius Harper Lee, Charles Baker Harris's curiosity and its sparking influence on the kindling of the children's interest in Arthur (Boo) Radley, therefore furthering those characters plot, has entitled Dill to become the most important character in the