Scout's Journey In To Kill A Mockingbird

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On the last night in Maycomb for Dill, he and Jem adventure to go to the Radley Place. Scout protests at first, but she has to go under the boys' taunt. She keeps complaining, like ``you' ve got us in a box.'' Maybe later Scout will spoil their crazy actions, and the boys will regret for her.

The children's stealth actions make me think of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. It is a previous classical novel about children's adventure. Their actions seem naughty but clever, like spitting on the squeaking gate, and grabbing each other's wrist as a ladder. They may imagine themselves as agents of a special force.

They try to see into the house, and they see an ambiguous shadow. It could be Boo Radley himself, his family member, or just an illusion

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