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Who filled the knot hole in the Radley oak tree?
Eventually, however, Jem and Scout find one day that the knothole has been filled with cement. Nathan Radley explains to Jem and Scout that he filled it because the tree was dying. Both Jem and Scout are upset by this.
Why do you think Mr Radley filled in the knothole of a healthy tree?
Why do you think Mr. Nathan filled in a knothole in a healthy tree? – He wants to stop Boo from communicating with the children and the outside world. He wants to keep Boo isolated and separated from the community.
Why did Mrs Radleys death cause hardly a ripple?
Mrs. Radley was very seldom seen outside of her house. Since she had no contact with her neighbors, no one was really affected by her death. Radley died but her death “caused hardly a ripple” in the neighborhood.
What reason does Mr Nathan Radley boos brother give to explain why he cemented over the knot-hole in the tree?
What reason does Boo’s brother, Nathan Radley, give Jem for filling in the knothole with cement? He says that’s what you do when a tree is dying. He says that’s what you do when a tree is growing too fast. He says Boo did it because he’s crazy.
What reason does Mr Nathan Radley boos brother give to explain why he cemented over the knot hole in the tree?
Who sewed Jem’s pants?
In an apparent act of kindness, Boo Radley has mended Jem’s pants, which caught on the fencing on the Radley’s property. Because of the Dill’s curiosity and penchant for the dramatic, he dares to go onto the Radleys’ porch and peep through a loose shutter into the window of their house.
Is Nathan Radley Boo’s dad?
Nathan Radley Boo Radley’s older brother. Radley, Boo and Nathan’s father. Nathan cruelly cuts off an important element of Boo’s relationship with Jem and Scout when he plugs up the knothole in which Boo leaves presents for the children.
What happened to their knot hole that made Scout cry?
When Jem attempts to place the note inside the knothole, he is shocked to discover that it is filled with cement. The next day, Jem asks Nathan Radley about the cement in the knothole, and Nathan lies to him by claiming the tree is dying, which is why he filled the knothole with cement.