Throughout the book, Scout develops an understanding or her reclusive neighbor, Arthur Radley. Scout, the youngest child of Atticus and her deceased mother, spends her summers playing with her brother, Jem, and their neighbor. Their favorite and frequently played game is a play of their solitary neighbor’s life in which they act out his delinquent past. Scout describes their game, “[the children] had manufactured a small play upon which [they] rang changes every day.” (39) Every day, Scout and her close friends would play a game where the life and accomplishments of a community member were mocked and ridiculed. However, at Scout’s young age, she never knew that it was impolite and inconsiderate to tease another person and their life.
