CHAPTER+31

In Ch. 31, Boo Radley wants to see Jem, but "Every move he made was uncertain." (291). He is so uncomfortable about being out of his house that he is moving as gingerly as a baby learning how to walk. After he visits Jem, Scout escorts him to his house and comes back. She sees Atticus reading a book watching over Jem. Atticus tells her to go to sleep, but Scout says, "Well, I think I’ll stay with you for a while." (294). Scout asks Atticus to read the book to her, but she falls asleep. When Atticus is undressing her to get ready for bed, she says, "An’ they chased him and could never catch him because they didn’t know what he looked like, and Atticus, when they finally saw hiom, why he hadn’t done any of those things... Atticus he was real nice..."(295) Scout is talking about the books plot, but she could very easily be talking about Boo Radley. Then Atticus tucks in Scout, and she falls asleep. The end of To Kill A Mockingbird gives a warm sense of closure. The book Atticus read to Scout