Boo’s connection with the kids is the knothole. Arthur Radley would send them gifts using the knothole for instance when Scout found the gum,”I… reached into the hole and withdrew two pieces of chewing gum minus their outer wrappers.(Lee 44)” Boo gave them gum to get them to like him. He gave it to a child would make friends.Though the hole is cemented in Chapter 7 “”Mr. Radley …did you put cement in that hole in that tree…”Yes “he said,” I filled it up.””(Lee 83) When Nathan Radley filled the hole Boo lost connection with the kids. I an article from eNotes it claims,"…he(Nathan Radley) cements up the knothole in the tree--the secret hiding place where Jem and Scout communicate with Boo…” He never had the ability to grow up. When he communicates
