Dill,
Dill, a boy gone in a flutter
A
boy without a mother or father
Traveled
with the show all over Mississippi
Fought
his way through dirt and train, just like a hippie
Starving
and mourning, he finds his way to Maycomb
Walking,
jogging, sprinting, he goes to the Finch’s home
Discovered
under Scout’s bed
Dill
will not flee
He
becomes part of the Finch’s
And
is free and part of their family
What do you think of Dill now that he has left his parents and come to Maycomb? Will he stay with the Finch's for a while or will he find another home? Do you think that Dill's story of his travels are true? Or did he make his story up, just for attention?
I like how this poem really captures Dill's journey to the Finch's house. Now that Dill has left his parents, Dill will start to become more independent and intelligent. For this to happen he will have to stay with the Finch's for a while until he has learned what he did was foolish and will return to his parents. Yes I do believe Dill's stories are true, but I think he over exaggerate the actions of his parents. His parents were allowing him to be independent, but the new characteristic learned about Dill is he is dependent on people to help him.
ReplyDeleteDo you think the Boo Radley mystery will be brought back by Harper Lee because Dill is back in Maycomb?
Yes, I do believe that Boo Radley will be brought back into the story, but not only because Dill is back in town. I think this because of the last like of chapter 14, when Scout and Dill "'Why do you reckon Boo Radley's never run off?' ... 'Maybe he doesn't have anywhere to run off to.'"(192). As we discussed in class today, we all agreed that Boo would play a role later in the story, but I think that it will be surfacing later in the story, because this seems like one of the lines that Harper Lee puts in the book to keep the idea of Boo in the reader's mind.
ReplyDeleteAs we discussed in earlier chapters, do you think that being caught that night by the jail in chapter 15 affected the relationship between Scout and Jem? How about Scout and Atticus? Atticus and Jem?
In response to your question Alex, I think that being caught by the jail that night strengthened Jem's and Atticus' relationship because as Scout says "Atticus reached out and massaged Jem's hair, his one gesture of affection," (176). Also, before this moment, Scout comments that "Mutual defiance made them (Jem and Atticus) alike," (173). After the moment in the second quote, Harper Lee makes you think that after this is over, Jem will be in trouble for disobeying Atticus, but instead Atticus shows affection towards Jem. I believe that Atticus also saw the similarities between Jem and himself along with the fact that Jem is becoming his own man. After this moment, Atticus is glad that Jem stayed because this proves to Atticus that Jem is not a little kid anymore who will do anything asked of him with little to no disagreement. Instead, he is becoming his own person. One question I have is, do you think that Atticus will start to let Jem make more of his own decisions about certain things as compared to before this night?
ReplyDeleteAs we have discussed in class, we can almost be certain that Boo Radley will make an entrance. There is no way that Harper Lee, would try and characterize him for eight chapters and then not mention him again.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Alex E. that these events of the jail strengthened their relationship. Between Scout and Jem, something also happened. Jem doesn't make too much of an effort to stop Scout from coming with Dill. This makes it clear that we are back to the "old days" of sneaking around and such. The only difference is the situation escalated from Boo Radley to Tom Robinson.
Answering Alex E.'s question now, I think that Atticus recognizes that the similarity between Jem and himself, but he still wants to make sure Jem doesn't do anything dumb while Atticus can still help him. Atticus doesn't want Jem running around, doing what he feels like doing, but wants to give him some self-control. Jem earned Atticus' respect that night, and now all he needs to do is earn Scout's. Jem tries to self impose his superiority on Scout, and all Scout does is fight back.
Do you guys think that he will get some respect from Scout? Do you think he deserves Atticus' respect?
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ReplyDeleten respond to Jgyao, No I feel he wont get Atticus's respect now because Atticus still does look at his son it a manner that he is a kid, and because of this I feel that Jem will never fully get the respect that he could with Atticus. If he was Atticus's age I feel that Atticus will give him a different type of respect, a type of respect he would gain from not bossing someone around or telling someone to do something, or even standing up for someone. I feel the way Jem would have to get respect would be by doing something his father never could do, and clearly Atticus does this almost every day by standing up for Tom Robinson.
ReplyDeletewhy do you think Harper Lee put scout in the scene at the jail house? Do you feel Dill will change the book in a big way? why?