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Chapter 7
“When we went in the house I saw he had been crying; his face was dirty in the right places, but I thought it odd that I had not heard him.”
In Chapter 7, Jem’s tears upon learning that Nathan Radley filled the knothole with cement indicate his awareness of the situation, as well as Scout’s lack thereof. It’s likely Jem has deduced that Boo was providing the gifts. He realizes, then, that Nathan Radley has cruelly severed Boo’s connection to the outside world. Scout’s lack of comprehension illustrates the fact that she is still a child, whereas Jem is beginning to mature and see the world, with all of its injustices, much differently.
Chapter 8
“‘The world’s endin’, Atticus! Please do something—!’ I dragged him to the window and pointed. ‘No, it’s not,’ he said. ‘It’s snowing.’”
In Chapter 8, Scout encounters snow for the first time—an unnatural occurrence in Maycomb and one that contributes to the novel’s Gothic setting.
“Someday, maybe, Scout can thank him for covering her up.”
In Chapter 8, after the fire at Miss Maudie’s, Scout realizes she’s wrapped in a blanket but has no memory of how it got there. Atticus deduces it must have been Boo Radley, a revelation that characterizes Boo as protective rather than fearsome and foreshadows his role at the end of the novel. Read more about this quote in Quotes by Symbol: Boo Radley.
