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To Kill A Mockingbird Chapter 4 Analysis

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Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird Chapter 4 starts with the main characters Jem and Scout anxiously waiting on the arrival of their summer break. When their break arrives after a long year of school Jem and Scout once again meet up with their old friend Dill with whom they will spend the summer with. After the boredom of summer already hits them Jem, Scout, and Dill decide to make up some new games. When starting to play these games Jem pushes Scout toward the Radley Place while she is in a tire and cannot stop herself. After eventually stopping Scout herself hears a low laugh coming from the Radley Place. The rest of the summer Jem, Dill, and Scout decide that they were going to spend their summer enacting Boo Radley’s supposed life.

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