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Why Children shouldn't play the Radley game and here's why.... Why children shouldn't play the Radley game and here's why....
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- Libri
In the book To Kill, a Mockingbird Bird characters Scout, Dill, and Jem play a game in their neighborhood that is based off of the stories they have heard from different adults in their own town. Scout played Mrs. Radley, Dill was Mr. Radley, and Jem “naturally was Boo” (Lee 52). Throughout the summer they continued to play this game and eventually added more, and more of a sequence to their story even acting as multiple characters in their game. “We polished and perfected it, added dialogue and plot until we had manufactured a small play upon which we rang changes every day” (Lee 52). They played this game until they were caught using scissors by their father Atticus. Atticus in suspicion was tempted to believe that the children were mimicking the Radley’s.
This game is a bad influence to the kids perspective upon the world. A bad influence because acting as if your murdering someone just isn’t right for a child who is still developing. The idea that the children think the game is fun and funny is an issue because of the fact that they may grow up thinking some of that stuff is ok. Their perspective on the world might even be something negative because they might start to think that a lot of this world is similar to murder and malicious related actions. After the children were caught playing this game, they did not want to stop playing it as demonstrated by Dill when he says “shut up! He’s gone in the living room, he can hear us in there. Safely in the yard, Dill ask Jem if we could play any more “ (Lee 54). The children sound as if they are addicted to the game and don’t want to stop playing it. To be addicted to a game that promotes violence at such a young age could change their perspective of the world and make them feel as if murder is a normal thing.
In the book To Kill, a Mockingbird Bird characters Scout, Dill, and Jem play a game in their neighborhood that is based off of the stories they have heard from different adults in their own town. Scout played Mrs. Radley, Dill was Mr. Radley, and Jem “naturally was Boo” (Lee 52). Throughout the summer they continued to play this game and eventually added more, and more of a sequence to their story even acting as multiple characters in their game. “We polished and perfected it, added dialogue and plot until we had manufactured a small play upon which we rang changes every day” (Lee 52). They played this game until they were caught using scissors by their father Atticus. Atticus in suspicion was tempted to believe that the children were mimicking the Radley’s.
This game is a bad influence to the kids perspective upon the world. A bad influence because acting as if your murdering someone just isn’t right for a child who is still developing. The idea that the children think the game is fun and funny is an issue because of the fact that they may grow up thinking some of that stuff is ok. Their perspective on the world might even be something negative because they might start to think that a lot of this world is similar to murder and malicious related actions. After the children were caught playing this game, they did not want to stop playing it as demonstrated by Dill when he says “shut up! He’s gone in the living room, he can hear us in there. Safely in the yard, Dill ask Jem if we could play any more “ (Lee 54). The children sound as if they are addicted to the game and don’t want to stop playing it. To be addicted to a game that promotes violence at such a young age could change their perspective of the world and make them feel as if murder is a normal thing.
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