Rocky’s Reviews > To Kill a Mockingbird > Status Update

i think boo radley is trying to send send scout & jen a message & be their friend, but his brother nathan is keeping that from happening. he might be the sketchy one. a fire a at miss maudie’s house causes commotion in the neighborhood. even though she may have lost everything, she is still joyful. this was a blessing in disguise for her, even though i think she may have started the fire.

dill is clearly a bad influence. ever since he came to town, jen has been acting carelessly. especially with the way he’s treating scout. as if he’s trying to impress dill. scout is starting to see that some things aren’t worth the risk & trying to talk sense into them. but she gives into peer pressure & their actions today could’ve gotten them killed.

we get to see the ways of the people in maycomb. some people follow the rules & others don’t, but they have their ways of getting away with it. we also see scout developing into her own person & not someone who just follows what her brother says & does. she’s starting to see things for what they are.

so far i’m reading the pov of jean finch aka scout. for a girl a her age she is really smarter than you think & i think that’s because of her upbringing. she’s opinionated, but not in a rude way & she she seems to have her head on straight for a 6 year old. she’s been describing what it’s like to be in a small town back during the great depression.