Journal #2

Journal #2 from the perspective of dill.I was so sad to leave my friends in Maycomb, but school
was starting and I had no choice but to leave and go home to my mother. I endured the school year being ridiculed by the other students for my size and mistaken for a kindergarten. The Tyranny of the bullies at my school never ceased. All I heard in class was "Shorty!", and "Pip-Squeak". I was infinitely relieved to finally be back in Maycomb. I was even happier when Jem proposed that we play a new game,"Lets play Boo Radley" he said, and so we did. Of course the aim of all of this was to draw Boo Radley out from hiding. This was our one goal while we re-enacted all of Boo's lore and legends. We thought that Boo would see this and decide to come out and play. Secretly, I was terrified of Boo Radley coming out side because I thought he might be mad for disturbing us and then he would eat us. However I must stay resolute to impress my love, Scout. I wasn't to keen, however, on stopping when anyone walked by, but it made me feel sorta like a villain from one of our other stories. All powerful, devious and mysterious. I wasn't ashamed with our game but I understood that if anyone got wise to us we would have to stop and we would never come out and then I don't know how I would win over Scout's true love or Jem's respect. I was sad when scout nagged Jem into stopping the game but I don't think that I could out nag Scout, after all we were supposed to be married and I have noticed that all of the husbands on my street at home don't win any arguments with their wives so I didn't want to upset the status quo. So I just went with it, like I go with the insults I get at school.