TKAM Section 2 - Cassandra

In these next chapters I noticed a few things. For starters, the hole in the tree where Jem and Scout find mysterious presents is a big deal and then it just becomes unimportant. I feel like the cementing of the hole foreshadows a loss the the family or that Jem and Scout will have, along with the fact that there was a drastic change in weather. I also notice that when Dill is in town Jem pushes Scout away, I presumed that this also foreshadowed a change in their relationship, which is showed in chapter 12, when he hits puberty. Both Scout and Jem are very fond of their father and they feel the need to defend him which is demonstrated when Jem destroys Mrs. Dubose’s flowers and when Scout fights her cousin. I also noticed how Miss Maudie explains to Scout why kill a mockingbird is a sin. Considering the book’s title is To Kill A Mockingbird, I think this symbolizes something in regards to Atticus and him being part of Tom Robinson’s case. I was also really perplexed as to why Lee dedicated a whole chapter to a dying, sick dog, and if it was a symbolical or meaningful event.