... over their activities. This threat is purely self-generated by the children, in particular, Dill's vivid imagination. Scout discovers gifts in the Radley tree, and of course, the reader immediately realizes where these are coming from, but Scout does not see the connection. Lee cleverly retains Scout's naivety for a six-year old whilst giving the reader sufficient information to draw an adult conclusion. Miss ... Maudie is one of the book's strongest female characters and one of the few residents of Maycomb who ... finds them folded neatly where he had left them and repaired from the dam...

• Word Count: 10075
• Approx Pages: 40
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... he had left them and repaired from the damage they had sustained on the fence. At the start of the school year Jem tells Scout about the mysteriously mended pants and when they come home together from school they find another present hidden in the knothole of the tree. The gifts appear at regular intervals and ... taunts Scout about Atticus defending a black man and she curses and beats him up. Uncle Jack spanks her without hearing her side of the story, suffering again another injustice. Back home in Maycomb she tells Jack what Francis had said and Jack becomes furious. Scout is frighte...

• Word Count: 2907
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

... reputation he had in Maycomb, Scout automatically assumed that these stories are correct, "Inside the house lived a malevolent phantom" (8). She blamed Boo for Maycomb's problems and believed stories about him even though they were untrue. For many months, she is deceived by these rumors, not giving another possibility much of a chance. But slowly she began to realize that he is a gentle, sweet ... person who brought them gifts in the knothole of the tree. He was someone who considered them to be like his own children and the brave hero that saved them from Bob Ewell. She learned this l...

• Word Count: 1150
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School