Chapter+6


 * Chapter 6 Study Guide To Kill A Mocking Bird - Rin and Ben **



** [Summary] **
Atticus had instructed the children to leave Boo Radley alone, so Jem and Dill obeyed Atticus until Dill's last day in Maycomb but they just couldn't let it go. They plan to sneak over to the Radley Place and peek in through a loose shutter, accompanied with Scout. They creep around the house, peering in through various windows. Their search through the darkness, the many gates, the vegetables in the yard, and then Dill's glance through the dark window with curtains through which there is one small light are somewhat symbolic of the children's search through layers of ignorance and rumor to find the truth underneath it all. Suddenly, they see the shadow of a man with a hat on and flee, hearing a shotgun go off behind them. They escape under the fence by the schoolyard, but Jem’s pants get caught on the fence, and he has to kick them off in order to free himself. The children return home, where they encounter a collection of neighborhood adults, including Atticus, Miss Maudie, and Miss Stephanie Crawford, the neighborhood gossip. Miss Maudie informs them that Mr. Nathan Radley shot at “a Negro” in his yard. Miss Stephanie adds that Mr. Radley is waiting outside with his gun so he can shoot at the next sound he hears. When Atticus asks Jem where his pants are, Dill interjects that he won Jem’s pants in a game of strip poker. Alarmed, Atticus asks them if they were playing cards. Jem responds that they were just playing with matches. Late that night, Jem sneaks out to the Radley Place, and retrieves his pants.

=** [Setting] ** = Alabama, Maycomb neighborhood (included in the photo bank)

**[Chracter Profile]** // Jem //-Is the big brother of Scout. He is very daring and wont let down a challenge, also a very straight forward kind of guy. In this chapter it clearly shows that he is a very determined person, ex. getting his pants in the middle of the night. // Dill //- He is Jem's best friend and Scout's boyfriend. He is the "fun" guy, always giving ideas and planning on how to make Boo Radley come out. // Atticus //- Father of Jem and Scout. He is a widower and has a job as a lawyer. A father who will always give his kids the right words that will help them into making their choices or from doing right and wrong // Scout //- Little sister of Jem. She is the most cautions of the three, always saying that they shouldn't be going out and annoying Boo Radley // Miss Maudie //- She is the "gossip girl" in their little neighborhood, always telling things about the Radleys and what happen to them. Also tending to her precious garden. // Miss Stephanie Crawford //- Also one of the neighborhood gossips // Mr. Nathan Radley //- The shadow in the house of the Radley Place

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=**Photo bank:** =

MAP OF ALABAMA MAYCOMB COUNTRY IN RED

PECAN TREE (page 50) “ A gigantic moon was rising behind Miss Maudie’s **//pecan trees//** ”

DRESSER (page 50) “She sat at a **//dresser//** combing her hair”

RAMSHACKLE PORCH (page 52) The back of the Radley house was less inviting than the front: a **//ramshackle porch//** ran the ...”

HAT-RACK MIRROR (page 52) An old Franklin stove sat in a corner of the porch; above it a **//hat-rack mirror//** ..”



WOODEN OUTHOUSE (page 52) “The fence enclosed a large garden and a narrow **//wooden outhouse//** ”

OAK TREE (page 54) “He ran to the **//oak tree//** in his shorts"

CHINABERRY TREE (page 55) “... the **//chinaberry tree//** were malignant, hovering, alive"

[VOCABULARY]

**kudzu (page 51)** **“At first we saw nothing but a kudzu-covered front porch...”** — **//noun//** a hairy leguminous climbing plant, //Pueraria thunbergiana,// of China and Japan,with trifoliate leaves and purple fragrant f flowers

**prowess (page 51)** **“... to determine relatives distances and respective prowess only...”** — **//noun//** outstandingorsuperiorskill or ability bravery or fearlessness, esp in battle **ramshackle (page 52)** **“The back of the Radley house was less inviting than the front: a ramshackle porch ran the..”** — **//adj//** (esp of buildings) badly constructed or maintained; rickety, shaky, or derelict

**eerily (page 52)** **“... above it a hat-rack mirror caught the moon and shone eerily”** **eerie** — //adj//, eerier , eeriest (espofplaces, an atmosphere, etc) mysteriously or uncannily frighteningor disturbing; weird; ghostly **'eerily** — **//adv//**

**dismemberment (page 55)** **“Atticus saved Dil from immediate dismemberment”** **dismember** — **//vb//** to remove the limbs or members of to cut to pieces **dis'memberment** — **//n//**

**malignant (page 55)** **“... the chinaberry trees were malignant, hovering, alive”** — **//adj//** uncontrollable or resistant to therapy; rapidlyspreading

**lattice (page 57)** **“The moon was setting and the lattice-work shadows were fading into fuzzy nothingness”** — **//n//** Also called: **latticework** an open framework of strips ofwood, metal, etc, arranged to form an  ornamental pattern

**pilgrimage (page 57)** **“Sometimes when we made a midnight pilgrimage to the bathroom we would find him reading”** — **//n//** a journey to a shrineorothersacredplace

**desolate (page 57)** **“... and the darkness was desolate with the barking of distant dogs”** — **//adj//** gloomy or dismal;depressing