Wednesday, February 5, 2014

In Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, what direct order does Atticus give the children in Chapter Five?

In Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a
Mockingbird
, the children have been playing "The Radleys," a game they
started in Chapter Four. On this particular day, they are trying to slip a note to Boo
to try to get him to come out of the house. Jem and Scout are trying to deliver the
note, while Dill keeps an eye out. By the time Dill spots Atticus, who has returned
because he has forgotten something at home, Dill is too late to warn Scout and Jem in
time, though he rings the alarm bell until Atticus tells him to
stop.


Atticus tells all three of the children to leave Boo
Radley alone.


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"Son," he said to Jem, "I'm going
to tell you something and tell you one time: stop  tormenting that man. That goes for
the other two of you."


..."We weren't making fun of
him..."


"So that was what you were doing, wasn't
it?"


"Makin, fun of
him?"


"No," said Atticus, "putting his life's history on
display  for the href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/edify">edification of the
neighborhood."



Atticus tries
to explain to the children that Boo Radley's life is his own business. He does not need
an invitation, for if he wanted to come out into the world he would, but he deserves the
right not to be tormented by children in the neighborhood. Atticus is clear that they
had better leave Boo Radley alone.

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