In chapter 5, I love how intense and descriptive the author is when describing the scene of when Scout rolls the tire onto the Radley's front yard. It reminds me of when I was young and believed in a bunch of superstitions. For example, Little Egypt stories. I wouldn't be caught dead even walking by that cemetary because of all the scary stories I believed.
Also in chapter 5, (pg. 34), I love how she describes how important summer is to her. She says, "Summer was our best season; it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the treehouse; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape;..." I absolutely love that description. It reminds me of how almost all teenagers feel about summer. The way we can stay up until 4 a.m. and sleep in until 2 p.m. if we want to. The way we can be outside for hours at a time, doing whatever we please. This quote makes me crave summer.
That quote on page 34 is so beautifully written, isn't it? It makes me crave summer... and my childhood. "Summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape..." Beautiful.
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