Andrew Farmer and Logan MacDonald

1. Scout says "Boo Radley was the least of our fears." When Scout and her brother
were younger, they believed the rumors that Boo killed his family. When Boo left
them gifts, they were paranoid because they thought Boo would try to harm them.
When the children went to Boo's house that summer, Mr. Nathan shot at them with a
shotgun. All this time they were worried about Boo, even though he was the one
being kind to them (by giving them gifts.) We also realize that Bob Ewell posed more
of a threat than a Boo Radley when he harasses Scout and Jem on the street. Scout
realizes Boo was harmless the entire time.
2. In the beginning of the story, Scout was scared of the idea that Boo Radley was a
monster. She wanted to see him to know that he was a real person. It seemed as
though she expected him to a be a monster for a short time. As Scout grows up, her
perception of Boo Radley matures and she wants to get to know him as a real
person. Scout daydreams about having a normal, everyday conversation with Boo,
making him more humanized.
3. Scout's teacher informs the students of Hitler persecuting the Jews in Germany and
how unjust their oppression is. She talks about prejudice as a bad thing, and about
how the Jews should not be oppressed because they are contributing to society.
Scout remembers that in the night of the Tom Robinson's trial, the teacher said, "It's
time somebody taught them a lesson. They're getting above themselves, and the
next thing they think they can do is marry us." The teacher is hypocritical, because
she teaches about the injustice of the Holocaust and how prejudice is evil, yet she
holds the idea that blacks and whites are not equal.
4. Jem doesn't want to hear about the trial, because he doesn't want to remember how
poorly Tom Robinson, an innocent man, was treated. Atticus tells Scout that he is
trying to forget that night. After Tom was convicted, Jem was really upset, even
crying. He was not ready to think about it and sort it out in his mind.
5. In chapters 26 and 27, Scout realizes that Boo Radley is the least of her fears. We
also come to know that Bob Ewell is truly dangerous and can potentially bring harm
to anyone in the trial. The tone displays a growing danger, which foreshadows Bob
Ewell doing something bad to the Finches, who were very much involved in the trial.
In chapter 28, Bob Ewell follows Jem and Scout in the street and harasses them.