Saturday 17 June 2017

In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, how does Scout describe her sleepless night?

In Chapter 6, Jem, Dill, and Scout make another attempt to get another look at Boo Radley. They decide to go at night because, according to Jem, it is easier to see inside a dark house at night than it is in the daytime. They choose to climb under a fence to go undetected. After getting to the Radley's house, Mr. Radley comes out with a shotgun, apparently thinking it could be a burglar. He...

In Chapter 6, Jem, Dill, and Scout make another attempt to get another look at Boo Radley. They decide to go at night because, according to Jem, it is easier to see inside a dark house at night than it is in the daytime. They choose to climb under a fence to go undetected. After getting to the Radley's house, Mr. Radley comes out with a shotgun, apparently thinking it could be a burglar. He fires the gun and the children run away. Jem's pants get caught going back under the fence and he leaves them there. When they return to their block, Atticus and others are there, wondering what all the commotion is. Dill comes up with the idea that they had been playing strip poker. This explains Jem's missing pants. 


Scout is shaken from the whole ordeal. She is still afraid of the stories about Boo and is worried that he will seek revenge somehow: 



Every night-sound I heard from my cot on the back porch was magnified threefold; every scratch of feet on gravel was Boo Radley seeking revenge, every passing Negro laughing in the night was Boo Radley loose and after us; insects splashing against the screen were Boo Radley’s insane fingers picking the wire to pieces; the chinaberry trees were malignant, hovering, alive. I lingered between sleep and wakefulness until I heard Jem murmur. 



Not only is Scout worried about Boo; she also loses sleep while Jem goes back out to retrieve his pants. While he is gone, Scout waits and is worried that she will hear Mr. Radley's shotgun again. Scout stays awake until Jem is silent in his cot. 

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