Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Can you agree with Scout when she says, "We had given [Boo] nothing, and it made me sad."?Chapter 31

First of all, for what it's worth, this is in Chapter
31.


Literally speaking, Scout is right.  Boo put the stuff
in the tree and they did not give him anything in
return.


However, I think that they really did give Boo
something.  I think that they gave him a connection to the world outside his house.  I
think that, by watching them and (sort of) interacting with them, he came to care about
the world and participate in it.  I think that you can see that from the fact that he
cared enough to come and save them from Mr. Ewell.


So maybe
they didn't give him any material stuff, but I think they gave him a huge psychological
gift.

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