Journal #2- Chapters 4-7 Perspective: Scout

Dear Diary,

It’s summer, and Dill is with us. The last time we saw him was last summer. He looks the same, except for the fact that he got chubbier. We were all so bored, that Jem made up a game called, ‘Boo Radley.’ We basically mocked the Radley’s. I was forced into this game, and Jem kept calling me a girl. Atticus finally found out, and he told us to stop. I didn’t want to play the game anymore, and Jem and Dill kept leaving me out of things they were doing. So instead, I decided to hang out with Ms. Maudie. Miss Maudie talked to me about Boo Radley. She says that he is still alive.

Dill and Jem are getting a bit carried away. They decided to write a note for Boo Radley, because they want to see him come out of his home. Dill and Jem, once again, forced me into one of their crazy ideas. So that night, we went to leave a note on the Radley’s shutters. Boo Radley heard a ‘nigger,‘ and he shot his shot gun. However, we thought he shot it because we made a sound and thought he heard us. When we went to the front of the house, there was a lot of commotion. The thing is, Jem left his pants, so he had to get them back. Jem told everyone that he was playing strip poker and that’s why he didn’t have his pants.

There is a suspicious oak tree near the Radley’s house. I was walking home from school, and the first thing I notice when I’m walking by, is a piece of tin-foil in a tree branch. When I opened it, inside was gum. I decided to eat it, and oh my, did Jem get angry. Next thing we find in that tree, are two pennies. The most suspicious object, were two soap carvings. Of Jem and I. Whoever has been leaving gifts in the tree, knows us. We know this because they’re like exact replicas of us.


Sincerely,
Scout.