Funny Language In To Kill A Mockingbird

think it is Boo who is about to get them. The entry of Cecil was not needed here, but Lee intentionally does this because with the description of atmosphere and Jem yelling, she traps us to think of Boo. But when Jem and Scout go back, even if Lee enkindles twitchiness, she keeps Boo out of our imagination. If Cecil was not introduced here, we would have thought of Boo’s presence when they suffered the attack and the story would not have a big surprise at the end.

The suspense is very well built before the attack. It is just like a thriller movie. But the reader is forced to narrow his brows when Lee shows that once the shuffle-foot

I ran home, and on our front porch I examined my loot. The gum looked fresh. I sniffed it and it smelled all right. I licked it and waited for a while. When I did not die I crammed it into my mouth: Wrigley’s Double-Mint” (Lee 44).

The reaction is waggish if we ponder from the old Lee’s viewpoint since the act is silly. At the same time, it is an actuality. If we look from Scout’s view, we can see ourselves doing such doltish things in our childhood. She does not merely says what she did but also expresses what she thought (thinking of it as a loot) which gives more emphasis on the reality. The fragment “I did not die” strongly supports the realism as it is exactly what a child thinks after finding something eatable. This gives a nostalgic feeling so that the reader can relate himself/herself to the book, especially with Lee’s

The author describes Dill’s thinking of Scout as his property and his promise to love her and then eventually neglecting her (Lee 55). Her way of description is entertaining and somewhat real. This shows a child’s short temper and mirrors something we all thought of which makes it associative and evocative. It also has comedy when she beats Dill- a girl beating her lover older than her for her lover likes to play with her brother. This acts as a comedy scene but simultaneously it is a real-life