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Jan 1, 1450
Dill Dares Jem To Go Knock On The Radleys’ Door
Dill Dares Jem To Go Knock On The Radleys’ Door: This is obviously an important even in the book because no one has ever seen or heard from Boo Radley since he was a teenager. So daring someone to go touch their door was scary enough as it is. But when they see movement inside the house, its creepy and well, BIG. Becuase it could have been him. But hes supposed to be dead. -
Period: Jan 1, 1450 to Jan 1, 1460
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Jan 1, 1451
Miss Caroline Fisher
Miss Caroline Fisher: "Miss Caroline told me to tell my father not to teach me anymore, it would interfere with my reading" (pg 19) this is an important racist event because just because the narrator is smart and reading come naturally to it, the teacher gets butt-hurt about it and tell it to tell its father not to teach it anymore. Which is wrong,.. not every kid has to be dumb their 1st day! -
Jan 1, 1452
Jean Louise (The Narrator) and Jem Have Walter Over For Lunch
Walter cunning ham goes to lunch: This is an important event because Scout finally started to realize that there are tons of different people everywhere. With different ideas, and ways, and attitudes. And having a poor person over for lunch makes the whole family realize how truly lucky they are for having all that they have. -
Jan 1, 1453
Gifts In The Tree
Scout finds 2 sticks of gum inside a tree outside the Radley's house: this is an important event because it COULD be the first kind/sort of communication between the inside of the house and the outside of the house. No one had ever heard or seen Boo, and if these pieces of gum and later on, 2 pennies are gifts from Boo, then this might be the beginning of an adventure. -
Jan 1, 1454
Scout Chats With Miss Maudie
Racist Religious People: "Foot Washers believer anything that's pleausre is a sin... some of em' cam out of the woods and told me me and my flowers were going to hell" (49) This is kind of racist beacuse youve got a bunch of religous people going around telling peoplee that they are wrong because they are having fun and not studying the bible all the time... like they are. -
Jan 1, 1455
The Shot
Jem, Scout and Dill decide to go for a "walk"... but that wlk turns out to be a visit back to the Radley Place. There, they peek inside the wondows and Jem spots a mans shadow soming towards them from inside the house. The get scared and run away and hear a shot. There is now obviuosly someone inside the house that doesnt want anyone coming near. And he will do anything to mkae sure no one does. -
Jan 1, 1456
Cement Blocks the Tree
As more and more gifts appear... they get better and better. Someone is abcousliy trying to communicate with them. and when they finally get the nerve to write to the person, someone fillls the hole with cement. This is important cuz that someone is still trying and not giving-up on blocking any kind of contact. But the kids are so determined to find out more... -
Jan 13, 1457
Scout fights Cecil Jacobs at School
Cecil Offends Scouts Dad: Scout wants to fight Cecil Jacobs on the schoolyard after Cecil says that her father defends "niggers". This was an important event because this has alot to do with the theme of race in this novel. Whecicil harrasess scout about her father it was racist. And her not beating them up shows a sign of strength.
