Chapter one
of introduces us to the story of .andfirst encounter Dill Harris and tell
him all about Boo. Dill is beyond excited about the idea of Boo. The children plot many ways to
see Boo. They are consumed with the idea of Boo. 's description of the Radley house is so real,
you can almost picture it if you closed your eyes.
The
Radley Place jutted into a sharp curve beyond our house. Walking south, one faced its porch; the
sidewalk turned and ran beside the lot. The house was low, was once white with a deep front
porch and green shutters, but had long ago darkened to the color of the slate-gray yard around
it. Rain-rotted shingles drooped over the eaves of the veranda; oak trees kept the sun away. The
remains of a picket drunkenly guarded the front yard- a "swept" yard that was never
swept- where johnson grass and rabbit-tobacco grew in abundance.
The description of the Radley place fits perfectly with what the children have made Boo
out to be. To them, he is the local ghost story in the town. When the story comes full circle
the children will realize that the real ghosts are the people they thought they knew, and the
heroes might just turn out to be the 'ghosts' they so long ago created.
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