Journal #3

Journal #3
Chapters 8&9
Perspective of Jem

Mrs. Radley recently died this winter. They say she died of natural causes but me and scout still think Boo Radley had something to do with it. Right after she died it started to snow. Scout though the world was ending but i knew it was snow. I had challenged myself to make a nice snowman since I probably wasn't going to see snow anytime soon. I made it out of mud and snow and some small little branch pieces. Everyone liked my snowman, even Ms. Maudie. I was very proud of my work that day. But just the next day Atticus woke me and Scout up at about 1 in the morning. He seemed calm about it but once i realized something was wrong i noticed that Ms. Maudie's house was on fire. The whole thing had collapsed. But surprisingly she was okay with it. She said she had wanted a smaller house anyway so i guess she can get one now. She stayed with Ms. Stephanie Crawford that night. For Christmas we went out to Finch's Landing for Christmas to spend time with our family. Our uncle Jack came out, Along with Aunt Alexandra, Uncle Jimmy, and out cousin Francis. Scout didn't like Francis one bit and I could already tell that something bad was going to happen between the two of them. I ran outside after the wonderful dinner that we had, Only to find Scout punching Francis. Uncle Jack pulled her off and she got smacked a couple of times. I thought she deserved it but i don't know her side of the story. I think she said something about Francis calling our dad a Nigger- Lover. If Francis did say that, It was rude on his part. I think that Uncle Jack still has alot to learn about children because I think he should have at least listened to Scout's side of the story first. But I guess he will learn eventually.