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To
Kill
a
Chapters 7 - 9
Mockingbird
Chapter Summaries
Who is Boo Radley?
Evidence of Hatred:
The Plot Develops
To
Kill
a
Chapters 7 - 9
Mockingbird
CHAPTER SUMMARIES
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
• Jem’s story about his
pants being sewn (p.
58)
• More presents at the
Radley Place: Twine,
soap carvings and a
pocket watch
• Nathan Radley and the
Cemented Hole (p. 62)
• Winter rolls in (p. 63)
• The Snowman
• Miss Maudie’s house
fire (p. 68)
• Scout’s blanket (p. 71)
• Jem tells Atticus truth
about Boo (p. 72)
• Scout bullied at school
(p. 74)
• Lawyers and Negroes
(p. 75)
• Christmas and cousin
Francis (p. 81)
• Uncle Jack taught a
lesson by Scout (p. 86)
• Foreshadowing
encounters with hatred
(p. 88)
WHO IS BOO RADLEY?
A Monster?
•Children’s
Description to Dill
•Community’s Fear
Victim of
his
Childhood?
Lonesome
Man?
•Religious
Upbringing
•Strict Father
•Subtle relationship
with Scout and
Jem
•Gifts to Children
•Blanket for Scout
To
Kill
a
Chapters 7 - 9
Mockingbird
After nine chapters,
(each one heavily
centered around Boo
Radley), readers have
yet to see or hear Boo
Radley despite all that
he has done so far.
So…
WHO IS BOO
RADLEY!?
EVIDENCE OF HATRED
To
Kill
a
Chapters 7 - 9
Mockingbird
Chapter Nine gives readers their first experience
with the theme of racial prejudice within TKAM.
• School bully – “Defends Niggers” (p. 74)
Cecil Jacobs
Irony of Language:
‘Damn and Hell’ vs. ‘Nigger’
(p. 79; 84)
Foreshadowing Hate:
Atticus’
View
Cousin
Francis
• Defend negroes to maintain Character (p.
75)
• “Your father is a nigger-lover!” (p. 83)
• “He’s ruinin’ the family” (p. 83)
Atticus and Jack’s conversation
about what’s coming; a black
man’s word against the Ewells
(p. 88)
Important Quote:
“Why reasonable people go stark raving
mad when anything involving a negro
comes up, is something I don’t pretend to
understand… I just hope that Jem and
Scout come to me for their answers
instead of listening to the town” (p. 88).