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What is it about the situation with his pants that perplexes JEM so much?
Jem doesn’t know who could have mended his pants. Jem also didn’t want to disappoint his father Atticus. He didn’t want Atticus to know thwy were trying to lure Boo Radley out.
How does JEM lose his pants in the book?
Jem loses his pants when they get stuck in a fence on the Radley property as they are feeling from Nathan Radley shooting at them. When jem returned later that night to get his pants they had been untangles from the fence, sewn (very poorly), and folded and hung on the fence as if they were waiting for him.
Why does JEM go back to get his pants in the middle of the night?
The reason that Jem returns to the Radley yard to retrieve his pants is because he does not want to disappoint his father. Jem is maturing into a morally upright individual like Atticus and is considerate of his father’s feelings. Before Jem leaves to retrieve his pants, Scout begs him not to go.
What happened to Jem’s pants in Chapter 6?
What happens to Jem’s pants? As the children climb through the fence, Jem gets caught up in it and must kick his pants off to get free. When Atticus asks Jem where his pants are, Dill makes up a story to cover for him. He says that he won Jem’s pants from him in a game of strip poker.
Why does Dill lie about Jem’s pants?
Dill tells Rachel and Atticus that Jem lost his pants when they were playing strip poker. When Dill comes to Maycomb, he is obsessed with Boo Radley. Dill understands what it is like to be lonely and misunderstood, and he believes Boo is not really a monster.
Does Dill kiss Scout?
Scout and Dill share kisses, and on the night when Dill appears at the Finch house after running away from home, the two innocently share a bed. Dill is not only Jem’s and Scout’s partner in mischief, but also Scout’s first beau.
Who does Scout marry in To Kill a Mockingbird?
In chapter 12, Scout laments the absence of her “permanent fiancé” while Dill is back home in Meridian during the school year. Despite their childhood affection for each other and Dill’s promise to marry Scout, the reader cannot be certain that Dill proposes to Scout as an adult and she agrees to marry him.
Who asks to marry and gets engaged to scout?
Scout convinces Jem to back off on the Radley game, and then Dill asks Scout to marry him. (Hey, it is the South.) Despite this moment of passion, the boys spend most of their time together and neglect Scout. So, Scout spends her time hanging out with Miss Maudie Atkinson, a usually stand-off-ish old lady.
Why was Scout upset at the beginning of chapter5?
Scout is terrified, especially when Dill explains that they wrote that they’d like to buy Boo an ice cream and sit with him on the porch. They discuss the lengthy beard that Boo must have and Scout catches Dill in a lie about his father, but Jem stops their squabbling and sends them to their places.
What does Atticus tell Jem and Scout about the Radley house at the end of chapter 5?
Jem and Dill’s have a plan to use a ____fishing____ pole to put a note to Boo through one of the upper windows of the Radley Place. The plan fails and Atticus arrives home. Atticus tells the kids to stop bothering Boo. Atticus also tells them to stop playing the Radley game.
What does Mr Radley fire in the air at the kids?
In chapter 5 the kids offer an enticement to Boo for coming out. Radley fire at the kids(or at least in the air)? A shotgun. After getting shot at…
Who is Mr Avery in To Kill a Mockingbird?
An older and cantankerous neighbor who lives across the street from the Finches. He’s a portly man who whittles, though only to make himself toothpicks. Scout, Jem, and Dill find Mr.
Who is Arthur Radley JR’s brother?
Nathan Radley
Why does Scout cuss fluently?
Scout is cursing because she finds curse words have a certain “attractiveness,” and she also believes that if she continues to curse then Atticus will not send her back to school because he will believe that she picked up the curse words at school.
Why does Atticus shoot the mad dog?
In Chapter 11, Atticus shoots a mad (rabid) dog in the street. In a larger symbolic sense, the dog, because it has rabies, is a dangerous threat to the community. In shooting the dog, then, Atticus is trying to protect the community from its most dangerous elements.
Why did Atticus stop shooting?
Atticus giving up shooting and not bragging about his talent as a marksman coincides with his morally upright nature. Atticus is a tolerant, sympathetic man who exercises humility. The fact that he stopped shooting because he felt it was unfair displays his empathy toward other living beings.
Why was Atticus called one-shot?
Atticus is referred to as One-Shot Finch by Miss Maudie because when he was younger he had the best shot in the county. He doesn’t like violence, so he stopped shooting when he had kids.
Who was the bravest person Atticus knew?
Mrs. Dubose
WHO calls Atticus one-shot Finch?
Calpurnia
Why does Mrs Dubose hate Atticus?
They hate Mrs. Dubose at first because she speaks rudely to them and criticizes Atticus and their family. What does apoplectic mean?
Why was scout so afraid of Mrs Dubose?
Atticus has warned Jem to be a gentleman with her, but Jem lets his anger get the better of him. As a punishment Jem has to go and read to her everyday after school. This makes Scout dislike her even more because she feels that Mrs. Dubose has taken away her time with Jem.
Who does Mrs Dubose live with?
Mrs. Dubose lives two blocks north from the Finch family and spent most of her day in bed or in a wheelchair, living with only a female, black servant. She had a morphine addiction for years due to a doctor’s prescription, but swore to break it before her death after realizing she only had a few months to live.
What two people called Atticus A N lover?
Francis is grandson to Aunt Alexandra and Uncle Jimmy and is Scout’s second cousin. Scout hits him because he kept calling Atticus an N-lover. Francis said that his grandma, Aunt Alexandra, had said that Atticus was a disgrace to the family. You just studied 10 terms!
How old is Atticus at the beginning of Chapter 10?
Scout and Jem are disappointed that Atticus, at 50, is older than their classmates’ parents and doesn’t do anything, like farm or drive a dump truck. He also wears glasses and never hunts, drinks, or smokes. Despite how innocuous he seems, everyone talks about him defending Tom Robinson.
Why does Atticus defend this man even though he knows there is no chance of him winning?
He is able not just to oppose injustice, but to see good in the very people who despise him. When Scout asks him why he is defending Tom, Atticus replies that if he didn’t, he wouldn’t be able to hold his head up among people. He also reveals that he knows they will lose, but he’s determined to try anyway.
What is it about the situation with his pants that perplexes JEM so much?
Jem doesn’t know who could have mended his pants. Jem also didn’t want to disappoint his father Atticus. He didn’t want Atticus to know thwy were trying to lure Boo Radley out.
Why does JEM go back to get his pants in the middle of the night?
The reason that Jem returns to the Radley yard to retrieve his pants is because he does not want to disappoint his father. Jem is maturing into a morally upright individual like Atticus and is considerate of his father’s feelings. Before Jem leaves to retrieve his pants, Scout begs him not to go.
How does JEM lose his pants in the book?
Jem loses his pants when they get stuck in a fence on the Radley property as they are feeling from Nathan Radley shooting at them. When jem returned later that night to get his pants they had been untangles from the fence, sewn (very poorly), and folded and hung on the fence as if they were waiting for him.
What happened to Jem’s pants in Chapter 6?
What happens to Jem’s pants? As the children climb through the fence, Jem gets caught up in it and must kick his pants off to get free. When Atticus asks Jem where his pants are, Dill makes up a story to cover for him. He says that he won Jem’s pants from him in a game of strip poker.
How does Atticus find out that JEM lost his pants?
Atticus, Jem’s father, asks where his pants are. Dill says he won them in a bet. Jem chimes in and confirms the story. Not wanting Atticus to know they lied, Jem sneaks out that night to get his pants back.
What excuses did JEM make about losing his pants?
Since Dill had come up with an excuse–that Jem had lost them to Dill playing “strip poker”–that seemed to appease Atticus, Jem didn’t want Atticus to find out the real reason he was wearing no pants. Atticus would demand to see the pants the next morning, so Jem knew he had to get them back.
What startling fact does JEM tell scout about the night JEM lost his pants?
What does Jem tell Scout about his pants? He tells Scout that one of the Radleys sewed up the hole in his pants, and he found them folded neatly.
What has happened to Jem?
Explain the details of what happened to Jem and Scout. They were being followed on their way home from the pageant and were attacked by Bob Ewell. In the attack, Bob Ewell broke Jem’s arm. When he heard Jem and Scout scream for help.
What did Jem confess to scout?
Jem had been unusually quiet about his late night excursion to the Radley house to retrieve his lost pants. But he finally opened up to Scout, confessing that when he returned to the Radley property, he found his pants waiting for him folded upon the fence–freshly stitched in a “crooked” manner.
Why does JEM cry at the end of Chapter 7?
Jem cries at the end of chapter 7 of To Kill a Mockingbird because he realizes that Nathan Radley has blocked up the knothole of the tree to stop his brother from communicating with the Finch children.
What two things constitute the Children’s biggest prize?
The item they consider their biggest prize is “a pocket watch that wouldn’t run, on a chain with an aluminum knife.” Previously, the children had assumed that the knot-hole was someone’s hiding place.
What did Jem admit to Atticus?
8 when Jem tells Atticus all about their activities related to Boo. Jem confesses all of this to Atticus to protect Boo because he does not want him to get in trouble for putting the blanket on Scout. Atticus wants to return the blanket to the Ridleys, but Jem immediately begins to tell him everything as a result.
What does Jem finally realize and confess to Atticus at the end of Chapter 8?
Jem realizes that Boo Radley put it on her, and he reveals the whole story of the knothole, the presents, and the mended pants to Atticus. Atticus tells them to keep it to themselves, and Scout, realizing that Boo was just behind her, nearly throws up.
What does Scout overhear at the end of Chapter 9?
But Atticus’ conscience guides him in making the decision, primarily because he could not “face my children otherwise.” Atticus allows Scout to deliberately overhear them talking so that she knows the facts of the case; so that she knows how much he cares for and respects his children; and so that she can wonder what …
Why does JEM lose his mind?
Scout described Jem’s confession as a loss of his mind. He was actually trying to protect Boo. Jem seemed to have lost his mind. He began pouring out our secrets right and left in total disregard for my safety if not for his own, omitting nothing, knot-hole, pants and all.
How did Jem prove he wasn’t scared of the Radleys?
They are bored from playing other games and wanted something new, so he children make Boo’s story into a game. Also, Jem wants to prove that he isn’t afraid of the Radleys at all. Radley, and he walk up and down the sidewalk, cough when Jem talks to him. Jem was Boo and would howl and shriek under the steps.
How can we see Jem growing up?
Jem is growing up. He is trying to make sense of the things that he sees happening and tries to be like Atticus. He wants to put behind his childish games and activities. Consequently, he is moody sometimes and occasionally seems to have authority over Scout.
Why is it significant that JEM had been crying?
Why is it significant that Jem had been crying? Jem’s tears reveal that, unlike Scout at this point, he is sensitive to understand that it is Boo Radley is trying to make contact with the children out of loneliness and his only form of communication has been severed by his brother. Jem feels bad for Boo Radley.
Why is Jem crying in the beginning of Chapter 22?
Jem cries in chapter 22 because he feels a great injustice has been done to Tom. Jem believes with all of his heart that Tom will be acquitted, so when the guilty verdict comes down, Jem is upset. He’s so upset, angered, and saddened by what he sees as an injustice that he breaks down and cries.
Why does Atticus interrupt Aunt Alexandra’s Tea Party?
Why does Atticus interrupt Aunt Alexandra’s tea? Because Tom has been shot dead trying to escape prison. How does Tom’s death affect Maycomb? They stay interested for about two days and then forget all about it.
Why is Jem so upset the Knothole is plugged up?
It is likely that Jem is sad because he no longer gets to communicate with Boo. He may also be a little frustrated that Boo is separated from all social interaction. Jem appears to feel compassion towards Boo’s lonely situation.
Why does Atticus awaken Jem and Scout instead of just letting them sleep?
Avery says that disobeying children cause the weather to change. This is ironic because Jem and Scout actually really like the weather. Why does Atticus awaken Jem and Scout instead of just letting them sleep through the fire incident? Atticus is worried the fire spread to their home.
When Jem finally comes in scout notices?
When Jem finally comes in for the night, Scout notices that he had been crying. Why do you think he was crying? friendship have been cruelly blocked by Nathan Radley. He feels sorry for Boo, and he is saddened by the injustice that Boo has suffered at the hands of his family.
How does JEM change by the end of Chapter 6?
Jem returns safely with the pants, and it will be his last foray onto the Radley property in search of Boo. But there is a secret that he withholds from Scout, waiting a week before telling her: His pants were waiting for him, folded and mended, on the Radley fence.
Why does JEM leave bed at the end of Chapter 6?
His is unable to get them free, so he leaves them behind. Jem knows that he needs to get his pants back. He is sure that he will get in trouble with his father if he does not get them back. He had told Atticus that he lost his pants to Dill in a game of strip poker.
Is Jem older than dill?
Tina Bishop, M.A. During lengthy descriptions of her ancestry, her father’s career, and the death of her mother, Scout reveals that Jem is four years older than she is. They meet Dill for the first time in chapter one, which covers the summer before Scout enters first grade in the fall.
Who is Mr Avery in To Kill a Mockingbird?
An older and cantankerous neighbor who lives across the street from the Finches. He’s a portly man who whittles, though only to make himself toothpicks. Scout, Jem, and Dill find Mr.
Who did Scout Jem and Dill hear occasionally laughing?
Boo Radley
Is Mr Avery Black in To Kill a Mockingbird?
Avery. This is appropriate because he is a very crude character. He behaves worse than any black character in the story. He behaves the way that blacks are “supposed” to behave and yet he is white.