How does Scout relate to Dill?

How does Scout relate to Dill?

Dill and Scout are friends because they are close in age, and Dill asks her to “marry” him. Charles Baker Harris, also known as Dill, is Scout and Jem’s neighbor in the summer when he comes to stay with his Aunt Rachel. He is six years old when they first meet him. He is proud that he can read.

What is Scout’s reaction to Jem’s behavior?

Scout resents the fact that her brother spends most of his time with Dill and is forced to hang out with Miss Maudie. While Jem is maturing into a young man, he becomes more authoritative towards Scout and views her as a naive child. Scout resents Jem’s “maddening superiority” and fights with her older brother often.

How is Jem a role model for Scout?

Jem is a role model for Scout, when Atticus is not around he acts in his stead. Jem has a respect for all living creatures, a belief Atticus has instilled in him, Atticus is a firm believer in not killing animals unless absolutely necessary and we can see how Jem develops this quality in himself.

What does Mrs Dubose teach Jem and Scout?

Henry Lafayette Dubose teaches the children a lesson in courage. When she dies a month later, Atticus tells Jem that she was “the bravest person [he] ever knew.” The whole episode teaches Jem and Scout that people are not always what they appear to be and that even despicable people can have heroic qualities.

What gift does Mrs Dubose leave for JEM?

Dubose dies a little more than a month after Jem’s punishment ends. Atticus reveals to Jem that she was addicted to morphine and that the reading was part of her successful effort to combat this addiction. Atticus gives Jem a box that Mrs. Dubose had given her maid for Jem; in it lies a single white camellia.

What is the real reason JEM must read to Mrs Dubose?

Dubose was a morphine addict. However, before she died, she wanted to break the addiction. Scout and Jem reading to her was a form of distraction from the drug, her constant fits were symptoms of withdrawals, and she set the alarm clock so that she could only receive the drug at that time.