March 22 (105-120)

I dont really understand why the amount of time Jem reads to Mrs. Dubose gradually increases. And why she cant really hear them because she is focused on the clock. I thought it was really sad when Scout got that letter from Dill saying he wasnt coming that summer. What does it mean when in her will, she said she was beholden the world to nothing and nobody? And when she died free?

March 20 (pg85-105)

When Jem and Scout find out things their father kept from them, it makes me wonder if there are things I dont know about my parents. And I know it would make me feel immature and not responsible for them to feel like they couldnt share with me their talents. I had a really good movie rolling in my mind when they were talking about Tim Johnson. I could easily picture this beecause my neighbors have a great dane that has wondered in our yard before and its sxary because he is bigger then you and you dont know what he is going to do. But I would be really ticked if I came home and found out somebody shot my dog, even if it was mad.

March 19

I think the idea about giving a letter to Dill that was written in invisible ink is genius(: Even though its the same as blank paper, its still pretty funny.

March 16

First of all, the bottom of page 45 is the funniest the book has been yet!

I think that, Jem is very disobedient toward his father because after the whole "sending a note to Boo Radley" thing went down in the dumps, he still went there again with Dill and Scout even after Atticus told him not to.

Another comparison I have recently made was that the Radley House reminds me of Kelly Road. (: You know, everybody goes there for fun, and entertainment to see the crazy guy that lives inside, and that's where the Radley House come in to play. Everyone wants to see what Boo Radley looks like, to know if he is alive or not, so they go to his house and mess with him to answer their questions

I was wondering if it was Radley who put the items in the tree in the first place. I dont really think that it was Cunningham, and it would have had to be someone who knew what they looked like, and knew they were taking the stuff from them. And it made me wonder even more after they found the little soap carvings that looked like them.

I also dont understand why whenever something goes wrong in the town, they go and stand outside the Radley house. Like, I get it when they stood there because of the shotgun fire, but why did they stand there during the fire in Mrs. Maudie's house? My thoughts were that the house is more toward the center of the town, or it was close distance to the fire that they wouldnt get lost, and far enough away that they wouldnt get hurt.

And lastly, I wasnt understanding why if Atticus didnt defend a "nigger," he wouldnt be able to tell Jem and Scout not to do something anymore.

March 15

I really respect how Walter Cunningham wont take what he cant return. I really think that sums up his character because he is poor but is still able to say no to money cause he knows he wouldnt be able to return it. If that were me, I would be feeling guilty all the time. I also love the different intensity levels throughout the book. Sometimes its just Scout and Atticus with a conversation about the Cunninghams', or its Scout laying in the Radley's yard, right in front of their house. I think the intensity is really what keeps me interested.

March 14

Today I read mostly about the Radley place and it's pretty interesting. It just reminds me of what I used to do as a kid, like standing down the alley from the scary brick house, waiting for something to happen so i could ride away as fast as I could. And when they were in the middle of the dare, my heart was pounding just like it would have in a scary movie!

March 13

Well Mrs. Slone, you were right when you said young ones probably get confused during the beginning of the book. I didnt really understand on page 3 when it said "who was four years my senior," and I know it says it more than once in the beginning. With the description on page 5, when I think of Maycomb County, it sort of reminds me of Bremen. I know its more of a county but when it says he was born and bred there and he knows his people and was almost related to the whole town, it makes me think about how Bremen is so small and I know alot of people here.