TKAM Chapter 32

The next morning I woke up and went to visit Jem, but he was still heavly sedated. While I looked at him eagerly to see a hint of consiousness Atticus spoke up from the chair where he had been all night long, "Most likely he won't be up for a while Scout. To keep busy you can think of someway to thank Mr. Arthur Radley." So I went off. I thought of all the things Boo did for us without us knowing we appreciated him. He always had looked out for us. I could never began to think of how good of a neighbor he was to us and now i've been placed with the burden to thank him. This could be a long day.

I put Jem to the back of my mind and started to think about what a guy like Boo would like. Hmm could he like candy? He might, but I could never be sure, for some strange reason, some adults don't like it. Then I realized I should probably save some for Jem, for when he's healing, so i exed that idea out. Aunt Alexandria walked into the room and sat near me on the floor, "How are you handling Scout?" she asked.
"Fine," I quickly stated focusing to much on thinking."I need to find a way to thank Boo for being there for us, for saving us."
"Hmm, that is tough thing to do you have there." She stated, like I didn't already know that. Really, what could I get him, or maybe do for him.

My head started to hurt but not in a bad way, just out of frustration. I was trying to focus but Aunt Alexandria was annoying me, just sitting there looking worried. I think she finally got the hint and noticed how serious I was about my job so she left me with nothing but a good luck wish. After a couple more minutes of thinking, frustration, and focus, I finally came up with the perfect idea. I would write him a letter. A letter to thank him for the many times he's been there for both Jem and me. Let him know that we appreciate all that he's done for us and that he would be our friends. As I was writing I made sure to include to thank him for things like the delightful little presents in the tree, or during the fire for helping me keep warm, and then when he saved us. I certainly added alot of praise on him for that. Also, I let him know that as his neighbor I would help him with anything he needed. Right after I wrote the letter I ran to his house and dropped it off at the front door with excitement then ran back home.

A week past and I had heard nothing from Boo. Jem had gotten better but still not fully recovered. Things had gone back to normal and sadly that ment that Boo was still the misturious guy in his house. I was a little bit hurt that Boo never responded, untill one evening I went out to the porch and found a little letter. It was from Boo.
It stated, "Thank you, very much little Scout. Jem, you, and I can always be friends.-Arthur Radley"
I looked at it, and over again realizing the simplicity and the meaning. I was felt greatly accomplished and showed it by telling everyone, including writing a letter to Dill. Thinking back to my summer of wondering about Boo and now I know about him. What could I possibly do next summer to compare?

Life Lessons

Scout learned an important life lesson which is that everyone is not alike. She learned that everyone, adults or kids are all different. They have different ways of doing things and different ways of living. Not everyone is like her little family but she can't judge people based on what the do, look like or believe in even if it is wrong to you. She can judge people on how they act unless they are actually bad people.

Scout learns this lesson from many people in the book. She learns to accept Dill even tho he has a messed up home life but she doesn't judge him for it since its not his fault. She also never thought anyless of Walter Cunninghams son just because they we'ren't the worst off. Now she learned not judge Arthur Radley just because he likes to stay in his house. She knows now that its his choice and she also knows that he is truly a good person because he saved Dill

This is an importanat life lesson because if she compared everyone to her "normal" life then nobody would shape up. People have to accept others for who they are and not make assumptions and how another acts or lives. For example when I was in elementary school everyone knew I played sports, so everyone assumed I was a tough cookie. While really i was just like all the other girly girls and people realized that once they got to know me. Once she found out that boo had been the one who she witnessed "He was carrying jem. Jem's arm was dangling crazily in front of him. " she didn't think he was all bad since he saved Jem.

Extra Credit

Im here!

Finally at highschool,

Seeing seniors,

Juniors,

Sophmores,

And my friends and I

Freshmen!

I can't believe i made it!

Crowded hallways,

Interesting Lunches,

Socializing,

Confusing math,

Being a role model,

Dances,
Highschool sports,

Homework,

Responsibility,

Freedom,

and hanging with Friends.

Can it be better??

GO BEARS!!

Atticus as a father

Atticus is a very calm and relaxed father. His parenting style is to let the kids make their own mistakes and have them learn from it. He trys to teach them that once you do something wrong then you have to make it better and making a scene about it doens't help fix the issue. Also when ever Scout or Jem got into trouble he always found a way to make them think about what they had just done or make them fix what ever problem they created without freaking out on them. For example when Jem knocked all the heads off of Mrs.Dubose's floweres and Jem was mad that he was going to have to read to her he said,"...Atticus, do I have to."and all he said in a calm voice was,"Certainly."

Atticus is not like my parents in anyway, actually like the complete opposite of my dad. My dad is a total micro-manager and if I screw up i'll get into trouble. He loves to tell people when, how, and where to do everything. Now my mom on the other hand is a little bit of a micro-manager but shes more calm about things. She understands more than my dad that if i mess up then i feel bad enough and she'll help me fix things. She also believes that i'll learn from my mistakes on my own like Atticus does. Im not sure if i would like Atticus as a father because i'm so used to my dad and I might actually get frusterated with him if he was my dad because he doesn't freak out about anything, even really big things.

Changing Perceptions of Boo Radley

The name Boo Radley has always been a monster name that people made up stories and rumors about, but I believe that no one has really known the truth about him. Some things in this story make me think that Boo is really not a bad person he's just greatly misunderstood and even his family treats him like a creeper. For example there is a great possibility that the treats in the tree is Boo trying to reach out to other people and be nice. Also there was the time where Jem got his pants stuck and all torn up in the fence and when he went back it was sewn up and folded. What other person would have done that other than Boo. One of the last pieces of evidence that shows Boo is not a big bad person is that when the fire was going on and Jem and Scout were frezzing Boo put a blanket on Scout so she wouldn't get sick or cold. I believe that everything he does has good intention beside it and he doesn't try to scare people but i think he trys to help people.

I think when Jem, Scout and Dill talked to Miss Maudie they learned that maybe Boo was a person instead of something living in an old house. Even when the kids were gossiping about Boo's assumed death she said, "His name's Arthur and he's alive." I think that made the kids think about that they were actually talking about a person. They also learned about how Arthur was a sweet polite child. I think it might have kind of confused Scout but she trusted Miss Maudie and if she said he was then she belived her. When Atticus caught Jem, scout and Dill playing the "Boo Radley Game" which imitated Boo's life Atticus got so angry. He thought it was extremely rude of the kids to play a game that broadcasted someones life in public. He knew that the children didn't know Arthur's whole story and had no right acting like they did, especially when he knew that Boo had probably watched it all. I don't think the kids understood the cruelty of playing the game.

comment to a classmate:
I agree with Jordan about the things left in the tree. I do think that the culprit of the magical tree prizes is Boo Radley and I also think Mr.Radley know that. Boo just want some interaction with people so he would leave treats for the children to be nice, but when Mr.Radley found out he filled up the hole in the tree with cement to prevent Boo from coming outside.