To Kill A Mockingbird Chapter 8

Time elapsed in Maycomb County and it is now the middle of summer. But a bizarre thing happened today—it was the middle of a sweltering summer—and it was snowing. I thought that the world’s end was imminent after looking at the snow.

Jem and I went outside to make a snow man; we were meticulous moving the snow from Miss. Maudie’s front yard to ours. We made the snow man, and when we ran out of snow we used mud instead.

Time passed and it was nearly time to eat dinner. Jem and I couldn’t wait for Atticus to come, therefore, we called him. When he came, we showed him the snow man. After looking at it for some good minutes, he lionized Jem for his creativity in mind. However, there was dissention over the snow man we made in our neighborhood. Our neighbor, Miss Maudie, had a different opinion: “…. Erected an absolute morphodite in the yard!”

At night, Atticus woke me up and told me to get dressed. I didn’t apprehend why he woke me up but I followed him. I walked with him for a few meters, then suddenly, I noticed Miss. Maudie’s house burning. Her house was a total calamity! Atticus told Jem and me to go to the Boo Radley place. When we were going to the place we saw Mr. Avery shackled in one of the windows of Miss. Maudie. I was shivering like mad because I was scared that Mr. Avery was going to die. Some villagers conspired to get Mr. Avery out of the window and some were helping the state fireman put the fire out. When I heard that Mr. Avery was out and safe, I could relax and breathe easily. We stayed there until the fire was out. Atticus called us in for a hot cup of hot chocolate.

Jem and I went home and the first question Atticus asked us was: “Were did you get that blanket?” I looked at Jem, but he looked even more puzzled than I was. Suddenly, Jem’s face changed and he started to spill out all the secrets that he, Dill, and I had kept. He told Atticus about the Boo Radley games and everything. All Atticus said was: “Do, not let this inspire you to further glory, Jeremy.”

I felt like throwing up went Jem held the blanket in-front of me. Today was full of mixed emotions because I was disappointed at first because I didn’t see Boo Radley sneaking up behind me but I was glad that Miss. Maudie and Mr. Avery were alright. I wish that a disastrous day like today will never again happen in Maycomb County.