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Post by Mrs. Kelly on Oct 28, 2014 15:22:36 GMT
Explain how Boo Radley helps the Finch children on two separate occasions. What does he do? How does he help them? Then analyze WHY you think he helps them and what it means in terms of themes of the story.
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Shelby Franken 3rd Hour
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Post by Shelby Franken 3rd Hour on Oct 28, 2014 19:11:26 GMT
Boo Radley helps the children a couple times throughout the chapters. The first time, he mends Jem's pants, when they are trying to escape for the Radley house. He loses them on the fence trying to get away from someone shooting a shotgun. When Jem goes back for them, they are sewed, and neatly folded for him to come and get them (pg. 78). The second time he helps them, Scout is given a blanket for the coldness outside. Miss Maudie's house is on fire, and Scout is cold. Without her knowing it, Boo puts a blanket on her when she is distracted. They don't realize that he has done this until the get home (pg. 96). I think Boo helped them because he is truly a nice person, and he is lonely. He wouldn't do that if he didn't like people. In terms of the story, I think people have the wrong idea about Boo. He could turn out to be a very respectful guy. Something I found confusing, is why Nathan Radley filled in the hole on the tree. He said it was dying, but it really wasn't. A theme that is used is appearance vs. reality. Everyone says Boo is a horrible, mean guy, but he seems to be a nice person. A literary element that is used is personification, when the fire had eaten the house (pg. 93). It was talking about the fire destroying the house.
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Doug Guzman Period 3
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Post by Doug Guzman Period 3 on Oct 28, 2014 22:12:03 GMT
Boo, or Arthur Radley helps the children a few times. He fixes Jems pants when he was trying to run from the Radley's house, and he put a blanket on Scout during the fire at Miss Maudies (page 93). Jem looses his pants when him, Scout, and Dill are trying to sneak by the Radley house, They get shot at by Nathan Radley, and Jem looses has pants. Jem later goes back for them, and he finds them neatly folded and sewn up like new. The other time, during the fire at Miss Maudie's house, was when Scout was watching the fire burn the house down, Boo puts a blanket on her. She does not notice until after Boo leaves, so she does not get to see him. I think Boo is helping them because they are trying to contact him, even if it is a bit obscurely and rudely. He is also not seen as the person he really is, and Scout and Jem are trying to find out who he really is. I think Boo is helping them for those reasons. Something I found confusing was when Boo put the blanket on Scout, how did she not feel the blanket being out on her shoulders? A theme is innocence vs reality. Scout and Jem still think of Boo as a kind of monster, but in reality, he is helping them out. A literary element is personification when they are building the snowman, they act as if it were a real person.
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Katie Highfill Period 3
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Post by Katie Highfill Period 3 on Oct 28, 2014 22:49:15 GMT
One way Boo Radley helps the Finch children is by sewing Jem's pants after they were caught on a fence. They got caught on the fence when Jem, Scout, and DIll were trying to escape from the Radley's house. "They'd been sewed up. Not like a lady sewed 'em, like somethin' I'd try to do." (page 78) Another way that Boo helped the kids is when he placed a blanket on Scout during the fire. "I looked down and found myself clutching a brown woolen blanket I was wearing around my shoulders, squaw-fashion." (page 95) These are both examples of how Boo Radley helped the Finch children. I think that the reason why he helped them is because he isn't what everyone expects him to be. Most people see him as a scary, mysterious, weird person, when he might really be nicer than they expect him to be. Another reason why I think he did this is because is trying to be nice to Jem and Scout because they are trying to find out more information about him, and they aren't as scared as everyone else is even though they are still a little scared. One thing I found confusing was why Nathan Radley filled the tree, because he said it was dying, but when Scout and Jem asked, Atticus said that the tree was perfectly healthy. A theme in these chapters is appearance vs. reality because of Boo Radley. This is because Boo Radley appears to be mean and never comes out of his house, but he came out of his house to sew Jem's pants and put a blanket on Scout, which are all nice things. A literary element used in these chapters is a simile, "Jem waved my words away as if fanning gnats." (page 78) A simile is when something is being compared to something else using the words like or as.
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Catherine Hilbert Hour 3
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Post by Catherine Hilbert Hour 3 on Oct 28, 2014 23:09:40 GMT
Boo Radley helps Jem when Jem’s pants get torn and stuck on the Radleys fence. Boo stitches the pants back together and folds it across the fence. “When I went back for my breeches-they were all in a tangle when I was gettin’ out of em’, I couldn’t get ‘em loose. When I went back-When I went back, they were folded across the fence…like they were expectin’ me” (To Kill A Mockingbird 78). I think he does this so Jem won’t get in trouble because he knows Jem was just curious and not meaning any harm. Boo also helps Scout during the fire when Scout is outside the Radleys house with only Jem. He notices Scout is cold in the snow so he gives her a blanket to keep her warm (95). I think he does this because he doesn’t want her to get cold and sick. I think he did this also because he wanted too show them that he’s not as bad as they think and he actually cares about people. This would mean the theme of appearance versus reality. Boo seems as though he’d be scary and he seems as though he wouldn’t care about them (appearance). However in reality Boo helps them out and shows sympathy and kindness towards them which is opposite of what they would expect. One thing I found confusing was when they were talking about building the snowman. I also found appearance versus reality when Miss Maudie’s house burned. She appeared to be upset about her garden and her house, especially since that was all she had. However she was actually happy and optimistic about the fire. A literary element I found was foreshadowing, I think looking at the events that have happened so far Boo will appear unexpectedly again later on.
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Alex Mankle 2nd hour
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Post by Alex Mankle 2nd hour on Oct 28, 2014 23:20:55 GMT
Boo Radley helps the Finch children on two separate occasions. The first time Boo helped them was when Jem got his pants caught in the fench. Jem went back to get his pants, and the pants were folded and sewn back up. (Page 78) The second time Boo helped was when he put a blanket on Scout's shoulders when she and Jem were watching the men fight the fire. Jem and Scout did not even realize that Scout had a blanket on her until Atticus pointed it out to them. (page 95). I think Boo Radley helped them because he appears to be a nice person and wants to help others. I think that Boo Radley is the person who is leaving things in the tree for Jem and Scout to find. Boo Radley appears to be lonely and wants to have someone to talk to. If he did not like people, he would not be leaving things for Jem and Scout to find. Boo made the craved soap that looked like Jem and Scout. In this story, Jem, Scout, and the rest of the town believe the rumors about Boo Radley, but the rumors may be correct about him. He might turn out to be nice person who wants to be friends with others. I was confused about why Mr. Radley put concrete in the hole in the tree. I think he knew that Boo was leaving things in the tree for Jem and Scout, and he could not seem to stop Boo from doing this. Mr. Radley told Jem and Scout that the tree was dying, but Jem and Scout did not believe Mr. Radley. A theme that is used is racism where Mr. Radley shot at a Negro, and the shot scared the Negro so much he turned pale. (Page 72).
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Post by Ismael Rodriguez 2 on Oct 28, 2014 23:41:08 GMT
Boo helps the other children by, fixing Jem's pants when Jem was trying to run away from the Radley's house because Jem was getting shot by Nathan Radley and he lost his pants and when he camp back he found them fixed and folded up. He also helps Scout out by putting a blanket on her while their was a fire occurring at Miss Maudie's house because Scout was watching Miss Maudie's house catch on fire. I think Boo is trying to help the other children out because he wants to prove a point that he is not a scary, mean, terrifying person that everyone thinks. And he's trying to show himself a little bit for those others to get a glanced at him but not a full on good look at him yet. One thing I did find confusing was when Scout did not know/feel the blanket being thrown on top of her when Boo threw it on her while she was watching the house burn down. One theme is innocence versus reality because the children still think Boo is scary and mean and terrifying looking but, in reality he is helping the children out so that they are happy. A literary element is dramatic irony when Jem is on the Radley's property she he isn't suppose to and he gets shot at by Nathan Radley.
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Kaitlyn Osmulski Period 5
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Post by Kaitlyn Osmulski Period 5 on Oct 29, 2014 0:08:44 GMT
Kaitlyn Osmulski Period 5 Two times in chapters six thru eight Boo Radley helped out the Finch children. The first time when helped them was when they jumped over the fence and Jem’s pants got caught and ripped. He had to leave them there and run away. When Jem left his house at one in the morning to get them back the pants were folded up on the pants and sewed back together, Boo Radley had sewed them for him (page 63). The second time Boo Radley helps them is by putting a blanket over them when the fire was occurring at Miss Maudie’s house. Now other thing that he did for them was giving them gifts under the tree. He gave them a ball of gray twine (page 63), soap (page 64), a pocket watch that could be worth $100 (page 65), and dolls that looked like Jem and Scout (page 64). I think that he helps them because he is very lonely and he wants to have a friend to talk to and hangout with. Appearance vs. reality shows up because everybody thinks that Boo Radley is like a mean and scary person but in reality he is just very lonely and wants to have friends to be nice and give things to. Refer to number 2 One thing that confused me was why was everybody so scared of wasting the snow? One theme that I found was appearance vs. reality because Boo Radley seems like a very scary and mean person because that is all the rumors about him. In reality he is a very nice person who wants to have friends and hangout with friends. One literary element was when Scout was imaging the Radley’s house by saying, “ An old Franklin stove sat in the corner of the porch; above it a hat-rack mirror caught the moon and shown eerily.” This is an example of imagery. (page 57)
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Makayla Clark Period 3
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Post by Makayla Clark Period 3 on Oct 29, 2014 0:10:49 GMT
Boo Radley helps the Finch children when Miss Maudie's house catches on fire Boo comes out to help Scout. Boo gives Scout a blanket because he knows she is cold, but Scout never noticed him .Another time Boo helps the Finch children is when Jem went to get his pants from the fence when he was playing with Scout and Dill. Boo folded them and sewed them up for him(78 &95). Boo Radley helps Jem and Scout because he thinks they are friendly and know that they are trying to find things out about him. He also helps them so that people will realize that he is the one doing all these things so that they think he is nice and less of a mystery. 4. I did not find anything confusing in these chapters. 5. Appearance v.s. reality appears in this chapter when Boo Radley gives Scout a blanket. Boo actually comes out of the house even though nobody saw him. He is trying to make himself less of a mystery and appear as a regular nice person. 6. One literary element in these chapters is foreshadowing when Boo gives Scout the blanket because he is giving everyone a chance to see him .Maybe Boo will come out more often.
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Kaitlan Barrett Period 2
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Post by Kaitlan Barrett Period 2 on Oct 29, 2014 0:11:41 GMT
Kaitlan Barrett Period 2 Boo radley helped Scout and Jem twice throughout these chapters. He helped them once by sewing up Jems pants and putting them on the fence for Jem. He also helped Scout when she was watching the fire burn down Miss.Maudies house Boo Radley put a blanket on Scout while she was not paying any attention she was paying attention to the fire and never even noticed that he was there. I think that Boo does this because even though he never goes out that does not mean he does not want to be helpful when he can. I think that he might just be shy and does not like to be social and might just want to keep to himself. One thing I found confusing in these chapters was why did everyone blame Scout and Jem for it snowing why not the Ewells after all they are known trouble makers in that town.one example of appearance versus reality is Boo Radley everyone says he is such a bad person but in these chapters we find out that he actually cares about people we know this because he put the blanket on Scout and sewed up Jems pants so he did not get more trouble than he already had gotten into. One literary element in these chapters is when you think that Boo Radley is a bad person but actually he is a nice caring person this is shown by how he helps out Jem and Scout this is called irony.
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Garrett Starling Period 5
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Post by Garrett Starling Period 5 on Oct 29, 2014 0:19:22 GMT
The Finch's odd neighbor, Arthur "Boo" Radley, has helped the both of the Finch kids in two ways. The first person he helped was Jem. The way he helped him was by sewing his pants back together after Jem ripped them trying to escape from the Radleys' backyard by going under the fence. The other Finch he has helped was Scout. He helped her out by putting a blanket around her while she was standing outside with her brother watching the house fire across the street. While she was watching, Mr. Arthur (Boo) supposedly came up behind her and wrapped a blanket around her so she wouldn't freeze. To most people, this would sound like nonsense, but i have been in these situations before. One reason he might have helped them is because he may have heard some of the stuff that is being said about him. Maybe he didn't like it, so maybe he decided to try to change what people think about him. Maybe, like me, he has a hard time trying to make friends, and is trying to make friends now. Another reason is that his parents may have not liked to be around people, and that may have very likely rubbed off on him, and he could be trying to change that, step by step.
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Post by Max Adams 3rd Hour on Oct 29, 2014 0:42:00 GMT
Boo Radley helps the Finch children on multiple occasions, one of which being when he mended Jem's pants after they got torn when they ran from the Radley's house. Jem's pants were torn because he ran when Nathan Radley shot his shotgun, and then his pants got caught, and got torn. On another occasion, the fire at Miss Maudie's, Boo Radley gives Scout a blanket because he knows that Scout is cold. Scout was outside watching the fire with her brother and Boo Radley came up behind her and then put a blanket on her so she wouldn't get very cold, and so she had comfort. He helps them because he has seen them before, and he just wants to be nice to them, because he knows they are only children. He might have helped, because he has seen them play and be happy, and didn't want them to be sad or get into trouble like he supposedly did. 4. In these chapters, I didn't find anything confusing. 5. Appearance versus Reality shows up when Boo Radley helps the Finch children, because everyone thinks he is mean and scary, but truly he is nice and caring. 6. A literary element that is shown is foreshadowing, because Boo finally comes out and shows himself, and this might mean he is getting more comfortable with going outside and being nice and helpful.
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Post by Matt lacher on Oct 29, 2014 0:54:00 GMT
Boo Radley help both Jem and scout. First he fixes Jems pants for him the night he came with scout and Dill to look into their window trying to see if the could see Boo on the house they could't but Jem gets his pants caught so he leaves them telling Attucise he was playing Strip poker he tells him to go back and get them from Dill. When he goes back to the Radley's to get them he finds them fixed. The other way is when Miss. Maudie's house gets on fire Boo gives Scout a blanket to keep her warm but she doent see him before he is gone. I think he helps them because i think he knows that people talk bad about him and make him sound like a big mean terrible man so he shows people by doing this stuff that he's not.
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Post by Blaine Tracy 5th Hour on Oct 29, 2014 0:56:48 GMT
Boo Radley helps the children the first time by mending Jem's pants after he lost them on the fence. Jem lost his pants while fleeing from Nathan Radley, who was shooting at him. He crawled under the fence and his pants got caught, so he had to leave them there. The second time that Boo helps the children is when he provides Scout with a blanket while Miss Maudie's house is on fire. It is the middle of winter and she's outside, so she must have been cold. Boo recognized her and put a blanket over her shoulders, not only to warm her, but also to comfort her, seeing as this was probably a traumatic experience for her. I think he helps the children because he's seen them play and have fun and he realizes that they're good kids, and because he's trying to get outside gradually to cleanse his reputation. I didn't find anything confusing in these chapters. Appearance versus reality is a theme from this chapter because everyone thinks that Boo is mean, but he shows that he's not. One literary element is foreshadowing, because this is showing a dramatic change in Boo that may greatly affect his role in the story.
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Post by Michael Petrakis on Oct 29, 2014 1:08:04 GMT
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Arthur Radley, also known as Boo Radley to Maycomb, decides to help the Finch children on two separate occasions. The first occasion happened when Jem, Scout, and Dill were in the Radley’s back yard trying to get a look at Arthur Radley when Nathan Radley shot in the air at what he thought was an African American but was actually the children. On the childrens way out Jem’s pants got stuck on a fence and he was so scared he just left his pants there and ran home. Later that night Jem went back out to get his pants so Atticus wouldn’t know but when he came back his pants were sowed up and hanging on the fence. The other example is when Scout and Jem were waiting in front of the Radley’s house when Miss Maudie’s house was on fire and both Jem and Scout did not notice someone put a blanket around Scout’s shoulder. Both of these events help Scout and Jem realize that Arthur Radley is not a bad person despite what people say about him. I think Arthur helps them because he wants to show them they don’t have to be scared of him because he is not trying to cause them harm and harm and to show that he is a nice person. As for what this means in terms of theme of the story I would say this would have to be appearance vs. reality because everyone thinks Arthur is an awful person but in reality he is actually very nice. My literary element would have to be foreshadowing in the end of chapter 8 when Jem and Scout realize Arthur is a kind person and I think this foreshadows Arthur helping them in the future along with a friendship between the three of them. I cannot think of anything in the previous chapters that I did not understand.
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