1. DEVELOPING THE RADLEYS
To Kill A Mockingbird
Chapters 4 - 6
CHAPTER SUMMARIES
DEVELOPING THE RADLEYS
CHILDREN’S CURIOSITY
OTHER IMPORTANT STUFF

2. Chapter Summaries To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters 4 - 6 Chapter 4
Scout finds chewing gum in tree (p. 33)
Indian-head pennies found by Scout and Jem (p. 34)
School finished for year
Scout ends up in Radley’s yard
Game of Boo Radley (p )
Chapter 5
Recognition of relationship between Scout and Dill (p. 41)
Miss Maudie & Scout discuss Boo (p )
“Foot-washing” Baptists (p. 44)
Children’s plan to give a note to Boo (p. 46)
Children caught by Atticus (p. 49)
Chapter 6
Trying to look at Boo Radley (p. 51)
The shadow of Boo (p. 53)
Nathan Radley’s shotgun (p )

3. Why are the children so fascinated with Boo Radley?
To Kill A Mockingbird
Chapters 4 - 6
Children’s Curiosity
“The only thing to fear is fear itself”
-President Roosevelt, 1933.
Why are the children so fascinated with Boo Radley?
“Do you think they’re true, all those things they say about B-Mr. Arthur?” (p. 45)
Is this just the curious nature of children or is this an unhealthy obsession?
“We’re askin’ him real politely to come out sometimes, and tell us what he does in there – we said we won’t hurt him and we’d buy him an ice cream.” (p. 47)
“He lay down, and for a while I heard his cot trembling. Soon he was still. I did not hear him stir again.” (p. 57)

4. Developing The Radleys
To Kill A Mockingbird
Chapters 4 - 6
Developing The Radleys
“he dined on raw squirrels and cats he could catch, that’s why his hands were bloodstained-if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the blood off” (p. 13)
Religious Household
Baptists Foot-Washers (Anything Pleasuring is Sinful)
“but sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hand of [others]” (p. 45)
Why does Boo Radley remain in his house?
Judge not lest ye be judged (Matthew 7:1)

5. Developing The Radleys
To Kill A Mockingbird
Chapters 4 - 6
Developing The Radleys
NATHAN RADLEY
“Says he’s got the other barrel waitin’ for the next sound he hears in that patch, an’ next time he won’t aim high, be it dog, nigger, or – Jem Finch!” (p. 54)
BOO RADLEY
“Every night-sound I heard from my cot on the back porch was magnified three-fold; every scratch of feet on the gravel was Boo Radley seeking revenge, every passing Negro laughing was Boo Radley loose and after us; insects splashing against the screen were Boo Radley’s insane fingers picking the wire to pieces” (p. 55)

6. Important Chapter Stuff
To Kill A Mockingbird
Chapters 4 - 6
Important Chapter Stuff
Literature… The stories that Dill, Jem & Scout act out
ALLUSIONS:
A reference in literature to another work of literature, a person, a place or an event, either explicitly or implicitly
Religion… Mentioning the Bible
Gothic Literature… A literary style combining romance and horror

7. Important Chapter Stuff
To Kill A Mockingbird
Chapters 4 - 6
Important Chapter Stuff
Contracted words: (thinkin’; y’all; ‘em), etc.
USE OF LANGUAGE:
Lee writes in a style that mimics the sound of 1930s Alabama
Use of the word Nigger
(Similar to our use of the word ‘gay’ or ‘retard’)
Gothic Literature… A literary style combining romance and horror