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Chapter 1:
 * Myths of Boo Radley – provide specific myths/stories associated with Boo and the Radley Place (be sure you include specific descriptions about the house, as well as the individuals)
 * The Radley Place was a low house that was once white with a large front porch and green shutter. However, it darkened to a slate-gray color just like the yard around the house. Parts of the front yard picket fence still remained and barely guarded the yard, which was strewed with johnson grass and rabbit-tobacco. This gave the Radley Place an eerie look and rumors were spread about the house and its residents.
 * Rumors state that a phantasm lives inside the house and comes out only in the night to peep inside windows. When people’s plants (azalea is the specific plant mentioned in the book) froze up, they say the Radley ghost had breathed on them. Any crime committed in Maycomb was all his work. The tall pecan tree that grew in the Radley chickenyard often dropped its pecans into the schoolyard. However, no one would touch them; they feared that if these nuts were consumed, their deaths would be imminent.
 * One legend of Boo Radley stated that while he was making a scrapbook, his father entered the room. Boo drove a pair of scissors into his father’s leg and continued to work on his scrapbook regardless of what just happened. He was sentenced to stay in the courthouse basement for a short period of time. After he was released, he was rarely seen after this incident even after his father’s death. His seldom appearances can agitate the entire neighborhood, because he was so “mythical and mysterious.”

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 * Character description and analysis of Dill
 * His full name is Charles Baker Harris but his nickname is Dill.
 * He is 7 years old when he first visits Maycomb coming from Meridian, Mississippi county for the summer with his Aunt Rachel.
 * One year older than Scout (6 year old) but short for his age.
 * His is curious about aspects of life (Radleys), daring, and rebellious when playing with Jem and Scout.
 * Literate, unlike many others his age.
 * Events surrounding Dill’s dare
 * Dill was always interested in the Radley Place and was fascinated whenever anybody talked about them.
 * One day, Dill decided to make a bet with Jem.
 * If Jem could make it farther than the Radley Gate, Dill would give him the book // The Gray Ghost, // and if he couldn’t he would have to give Dill two Tom Swifts.
 * Jem accepted the dare but was hesitant.
 * After three days, Dill finally got Jem to go through with the dare by pressuring him.
 * Jem though was still reluctant so Dill made a deal that if Jem just touched the house, he would win the bet.
 * Jem threw open the gate, ran to the side of the house, slapped his palm on it, and then scurried back, all within a few seconds.
 * Dill, Jem, and Scout all ran back to their porch, where they saw a flutter in the window sill of the Radley Place.


 * Read the last paragraph – What is shocking? What literary terms does Harper Lee incorporate? Why?
 * The shocking realization of the last paragraph in chapter one of //To Kill a Mockingbird// was that the Radley Place, had someone moving inside it. We know this because it stated that “A tiny, almost invisible movement, and the house was still” (Lee 15). Also, an inside shutter moved.
 * The literary terms used in this paragraph were personification, oxymoron, and onomatopoeia. Since the house's shutter moved, it exemplifies a personification because in reality shutters cannot move. Also, it states that the house was droopy and sick, however houses do not feelings. The oxymoron is invisible movement because movements cannot be seen. Last, the word “flick” implies that it is an onomatopoeia.