CHAPTER+8

In the begging of Chapter 8 of //to To Kill a Mockingbird// by Harper Lee, Mrs. Radley dies but not many people really notice or care. which shows how little a part of the community the Radleys are considered to be. On pages 63-64, Sout narrates, "Jem and I decided thatBoo had got her a t last, but when Atticus returned form the Radley house he said she died of natural causes, to our dissapointment." This quote shows that Jem and Scout think of the Radleys, not as real people, but characters in one of their games or books, who they only want exciting stuff to happen to, even if it's sad. it also snows for the first time in a long time in Maycomb. Mr. Avery describes it, "Hasn't snowed in Maycomb since Appomatox. It's bad children like you makes the seasons change." This quote shows that some of the people in Maycomb are very narrow-minded and stubborn. The children make a snow man by first using mud, then covering it with snow from Miss Maudie's yard. They base off of Mr. Avery because they think he looks kind of like a snowman and they are first told off by Atticus then Miss Maudie yells at Atticus. That night Miss Maudie's house lights on fire. Atticus wakes up Jem and Scout early in the morning because the wind's blowing towards their house and they might catch on fire he tells them to go stand by the Radley house. During their nwait scout gets cold and starts to dance around o keep warm, and without her really knowing it haooened, Boo radley comes up behind her and puts a blanket around her. She doens't see him but they know it was him because everyine else in the neighborhood is helping the fire. They decide tokeep the blanket to themselves as to not to draw attention to Mr. radley because, after the cement in the tree, he might hurt Boo for this. The mood of this chapter is of a new change and at the same time dark and foreboding. It's snowing but that is overshadowed by the fire that may have been on accident but may have been arson. This could be Miss Maudie's house.
 * Themes:** There is a theme of change in htis chapter with Mrs. Radley dying, it starting to snow, and Miss Maudie's house catching on fire. It seems that new things are yet to come and although some questions have been answered, more have popped up.
 * POV:** Hte point of view is still Scout in first-person, and she's starting to act a little bit older, not as much fighting as there used to be.