Wednesday, April 22, 2015

chapter 5 And 6
1) A brief description of what happens in the chapter 
2) One literary element - and what larger meaning it might include
3) List of characters for chapter 5  
4) Part of plot exposition

Chapter Five
Dill and Jem devise a plan to get around Atticas saying they could not play the Boo Radley game.  Dill and Jem only allow Scout to participate in certain activities with them. Scout spends alot of time with Ms. Maudie who frequently works in her garden and yard. Ms. Maudie is a role model for Scout as well as someone she looks up too. Scout asks Ms. Maudie if she thinks Boo Radley is alive. Scout finds out that Boo Radley's real name is Arthur. We learn a little about Uncle Jack and Ms. Maudie's relationship. After a long conversation about Arthur Radley, Ms. Maudie asks Scout if she wants pound cake. Then Dill and Jem devise a plan to give a note to Boo Radley. Atticas catches Dill, Scout and Jem and tells them to go home.

Literary Element: Allusion
Old Testament pestalince allusion alludes to the "plague in Egypt" of frogs, locust, and flies. It describes the seriousness of Ms. Maudie's dislike toward nutgrass.

Characters for Chapter 5
Dill, Scout, Jem, Atticas, Ms. Maudie, Boo Radley

Exposition

Chapter Six
Jem, Scout and Dill go over to Ms. Rachel's fish pool. Then they go on a late night stroll and end up at the Radley place. They try to peek through the broken shutters into the Radley house. Then they sneak onto the Radley backporch. They see the shadow of Arthur Radley come across the porch. In fear they run back into the collards. The three get shot at while running through the collards to the school yard. During the mad dash through the collards, Jem looses his pants. Quickly, Dill comes up with a plan to keep Jem from getting into trouble by saying that the three of them were playing strip poker and Dill won Jem's pants. Later that night Jem goes back to collect his pants from the school yard fence.

Literary Element: Allusion
Alluding to The Green Fairy Book :LITTLE ONE-EYE, LITTLE TWO-EYES, AND LITTLE THREE-EYES

Characters for Chapter 6
Jem, Scout, Dill, Atticus, Boo Radley, Mr. Nathan Radley, Ms. Maudie, Miss. Rachel, Mr. Avery, Miss Stephanie Crawford

Exposition

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