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Explore the ways Harper Lee presents places in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ In ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Lee presents the tree as a way to allude to something that it’s not: Boo Radley. The tree itself is on the Radley lot, and it symbolizes Boo and him trying to communicate to the children through the knot-hole, the fact that it’s a tree is significant in that trees are deep rooted and can’t move, much like boo’s communication with the children is very limited because he doesn’t leave the house. The children do recognize his want to communicate as they write him a letter, ‘dear sir… we appreciate everything you have done for us’. When the hole gets filled with cement, it symbolizes the end of the communication; ‘tree’s dying. You plug ‘em with cement when they’re sick’ is the reason …show more content…

/ no. think we’re almost to the tree now’ the fact Jem says ‘no’ then backs it up with a reasoning that they are nearing the tree shows that he feels safer by it, and that it offers them some potential protection, thus Bob Ewell is later found dead underneath it which further indicates how the tree, and Boo, were symbols of safety and a sort of friendship to the children. The whole town of Maycomb regards the Radley house with caution, ‘A Negro would not pass the Radley Place at night, he would cut across to the sidewalk opposite and whistle as he walked’, especially during the night which indicates that there is something sinister about the house which is why the children think that ‘Radley pecans would kill you’, yet when there is a fire the children regard the Radley place as a vantage point, offering safety from he crowds; ‘we stood by the gate away from everybody’ the fact that they were the only ones stood by the gate shows that they felt safer than other people did there and allowed them to open up communication with boo again as he puts the blanket around scout’s shoulders without her noticing, ‘you were so busy

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