07
May
09

The Radley House? (1-4)

When reading, I wasn’t exactly sure what to think. What stood out a lot to me, though, was the Radley home. It seems to have so much background going on, and it really makes you wonder… what really did happen? There were several characters that claimed to know what was going on, but what’s the true story? At the beginning, both Jem and Scout seemed too afraid to even enter the gates around the house, but in the summer Dill was very curious. After Dill dared Jem to go and touch the door, he acted high and mighty. But what was he proud of; touching a house? Were they that worried about a Boo Radley? Scout still stayed afraid.

Then again, she seemed to have valid points. The Radleys remained so mysterious. Boo Radley couldn’t be the only crazy one. The “stories” Jem and Scout told to Dill made it seem like the Radleys were hiding something, and in my opinion, I don’t think it would be Dill. After all, sure, you’d want to keep somebody who wasn’t exactly the safest person to be around inside, but even so, Mr. and Mrs. Radley hardly ever went outside. There has to be something more to it, because at the very end of chapter four, Scout said she heard laughing from inside the house. To me, the possibly haunted house left a lot to be wondered (not necessarily in a bad way).


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1 Response to “The Radley House? (1-4)”


  1. 1    theslomkadude905 May 7, 2009 at 9:25 pm

    I kind of agree with you. I think that the Radley house will have a huge portion of the book devoted to it. I think that all of this mystery surrounding the house has something to do with something that was mentioned at the beginning of the book, though. At the beginning, it was stated that nobody ever leaves or comes to the house, except for Nathan. I also like your point of view on who is actually crazy. If they keep playing like this, they will eventually turn out to be the crazy ones.

    Seriously, though. I wonder how someone can reenact someone else’s life when that person is supposed to be crazy. Making their life into a play is like mocking them. Maybe that is why the book is named To Kill A Mockingbird. If that is true, then it is unsettling, as the children would be the mockingbirds…

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