In Harper Lee's To Kill a
Mockingbird, Jem and Dill, who have been spending a great deal of time
together without Scout, come up with a new idea to get Boo to come
outside.
In Chapter Five, the two boys decide to leave a
note on Boo's porch, inviting him to come out. (They try to deliver it with a fishing
pole.) Dill is on the lookout in the front (with a bell to sound the alarm if anyone
comes) and Scout is to watch the back—if she wants to be a part of
the "project." Atticus does show up, catching them trying to pass the note. When he asks
them why they are doing so, they explain that perhaps Boo would want to spend some time
with them. (They have no way of knowing how true this
is.)
Atticus is displeased that they are "harassing" Boo,
and instructs the three children in no uncertain terms that they are to leave Boo alone,
and stop any "games" related to the Radley family. Boo, he says, is entitled to his
privacy.
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