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Paul Berry Mrs. Anderson Honors English Period 3 November 1, 2011

Charles "Dill" Harrison

 After nearly a week without a mention of the name, Boo Radley has once again become the focal point of our summer activities. Being as weary as we were of bringing the subject up, it was inevitable, and we all new that it wouldn’t be long before our eyes and minds began to wander to the dilapidated house at the end of the street. It scarcity of the idea began when Scout’s father, Atticus, yelled at us for playing the Radley game. Scout, being as fussy as she is, quickly advised us to quit the game, but figuring that Mr. Finch never specifically told us to do so, Jem and I kept on going along with or usual routine. Scout continued to join us in our act, but with much apprehension and nagging. By the end of the week, we were getting tired of Scout’s complaining (not to mention the game itself), and decided to give it a break. It was just the beginning of August, and some of the hottest days we had seen all summer. The vigor that we had felt in June had began to wear off, and we felt the urge to little to nothing, save lounging on the porch with Calpurnia’s lemonade. Of course, this all changed when our restless bodies had carried us down to the tall tree by the Radley house. I stood there for some time, detaching my mind from the world outside of the rustic fence of the Radley home. I was awakened from my trance when Scout stepped into my peripheral vision to ask me what I was wrong. I told her that nothing was wrong, and then suggested that we walk back home. We did so, but I could still feel the Radley house watching as we sluggishly crawled our way towards home.