To Kill A Mockingbird Dill Character Traits

Dill, also known as Charles Baker Harris, visiting Jem and Scout Finch every summer became an expectation in To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, but as summer approaches, Dill writes Scout to inform her that his plans for the season have been altered. Subsequently following an altercation between Jem and Scout in Chapter Fourteen, Scout retreats to her room for the night and believes a snake slips under her bed after being stepped on, but the so called snake reveals itself as Dill. Dill’s actions throughout the chapter aid in the indirect characterization of his character. For example, when asked about how he arrived in Maycomb, Dill tells Jem and Scout two improbable stories about an abusive new father and traveling with an animal show, as

A bunch of characters in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird affect other characters. Each character is affected differently. Scout affects a bunch of characters. On page 46, Scout brings out the good in Dill. What I mean by this is that Scout and Dill are really close friends and Dill says he is going to marry Scout. This also affects Scout. Dill says he is going to marry Scout makes her feels joyful. On that page it says “He had asked me earlier in the summer to marry him, then he promptly forgot about it. He staked me out, marked as his property, said I was the only girl he would ever love,then he neglected me.” Dill started to neglect Scout by hanging out with Jem more yes that upset

Scout has been very upset by Dill’s choices. For example, Scout says, “But summer came and Dill was not there. I received a letter and a snapshot from him. The letter said he had a new father whose picture was enclosed, and he

In the beginning of the movie, it opens up with Scout singing and drawing/coloring. The first thing I noticed was the way the audience meets Dill in the book and the movie. In the book, we meet Dill relatively late and in the movie we meet him almost as soon as the movie starts. Dill is a key character and we don’t get to see that as much as I intended too. A few

In the beginning of the novel, Dill is depicted as a stray dog by Scout’s cousin, Francis. The quote, “If uncle Atticus lets you run around with stray dogs…” (85) refers to Dill and how he gets passed around from relative to relative. This quote isn’t limited to only one explanation, it can be interpreted in various ways. It can also mean that Dill doesn’t have a real home just like a stray dog. Even though Dill didn’t directly hear Francis saying this, there is still some truth to Dill being as a stray dog. Dill doesn’t know what path he should take or where he’ll go next. This means that Dill doesn’t have the correct mindset to make his own decisions thus making him immature at the time. At this point of the novel, Dill hasn’t had a coming-to-age experience.

Throughout Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, Dill’s mental capacity grows as he matures, therefore changing his outlook on society, feelings, and life as a whole. Dill begins the book childish and naive. One example of this immaturity is on page 36. It reads, “‘I helped the engineer for a while,’ said Dill, yawning.

For better or worse, Dill’s unique attributes make him different than his friends. Not many other children think the way he does. His peculiarities, like his inexorable interest in Boo Radley, his off-the-cuff inventiveness, and his counter-culture humanity serve to make his life more interesting. Every day can be an adventure with Dill. To him, new discoveries await behind every closed door. Because of his curiosity, creativity, and compassion, Dill’s life stands out as delightfully

Scout and Jem’s friend, Dill, also went to the court with the other kids. It really affected Dill, when Mr. Gilmer, the prosecutor started asking questions and accusing Tom Robinson about the case. Dill started to cry as he felt what Tom was going through during the harsh questioning. Dill was experiencing the same feeling as he was treated at home, as the felt neglected and treated like he was lower than the rest of his family. So when the prosecutor was questioning Tom, Dill could not hold his emotions in. “That old Mr. Gilmer doin’ him thataway, talking so hateful to him… Dill, that’s his job… It was the way he said me sick, plain sick” (page 198-199). This couple of sentences shows that Dill

Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout and Jem’s friend Dill Harris is revealed as an individual who enjoys over exaggerating aspects of his life due to his wild imagination, and attention seeking personality. Dill uses every opportunity he has to create wild stories in order to impress the Finch children. This aspect of Dill is evident when Scout and Jem notice that Dill is hiding out in Scout’s room. Scout questions Dill on the situation, instead of coming clean he creates an extremely exaggerated story in attempt to impress the Finch children. Although, by that time Jem and Scout were aware of Dill’s tendency to create lies causing Dill to reveal his true story.

In Harper Lee’s book “To Kill a Mockingbird” Jem , Scout , and Dill live in Maycomb , Alabama around the time of the 1930’s they all were struggling through racism and poor family’s trying to get by. Harper Lee’s first and only novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” was published during the civil right movements. In this book Jem, Scout, and Dill tend to have courage and loyalty through life and in their relationship toward one another . Jem and Scout are brother and sister, Dill is a friend of the family but they accept him as a brother. Although, Jem and Dill have the most exceptional relationship out of them all. “ To Kill A Mockingbird” the impact racism had on society shows through the setting , characters , and town of Maycomb , Alabama .

Dill does not have the relationship with his parents that children deserve, thus Dill craves attention and a place he can feel home, only he does not feel at home with the people he should crave attention from. The only consistency in Dill’s life was staying with Miss Rachael during the summer. In the summer, Dill has friends he can depend on; the only relationship Dill can fully trust and accept into his life. While Dill’s parent-child relationship deteriorates, his relationship with Maycomb and its familiar face grows. Maycomb is a place where Dill has a deep connection to. Maycomb is a place to call home.

Sumer comes around and Dill returns for more adventures. That summer Dill and Scout make plans to get married, but eventually forget. That summer Jem and Dill start to become more distant from Scout because they claim that she was becoming too girlish. So instead of playing with the boys she stays inside helps Calpurnia. In doing so, she learns and awful lot about the way that other people live.

Dill embodies the innocent search for justice in To Kill A Mockingbird. Dill's view of justice changes slightly as he grows older, but he always defends those who are oppressed.

"Cry about the hell white people give coloured folks" (Lee pg 170) stated Mr.Radley to Scout, Jem and Dill. In the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee focuses on the main theme of racism. During the 1930’s racism played a huge role in society for African Americans who faced discrimination and segregation. The common occurrence of this theme is expressed throughout relations with individuals, societal discrimination and law injustice for blacks.

The author included the quote as a way to show a new younger perspective. This perspective is not only not as experienced in life or not as experienced in the south. The author used this in order for the reader to understand the feeling Dill received for inequality and his innocence for making situations better shines through. Dill continues his childish actions by wanting to be the first to do everything and every game. He insists to play games like these and come up with the ida to torment Boo Radley. “Dill said he ought to be first, he just got here” and already starts showing selfishness just like an impatient child at a candy store (Lee 49). In this scene Dill just made his way back from Mississippi and already wants to play again without delaying. This scene proves innocence by revealing to the readers that Dill doesn't really have any worries. All he wants to do is play around. To go off that, Dill was the one to create the youthful game of tormenting Boo Radley. The author used this example of Dill’s character in order for the reader to understand his mindset. Like a child, Dill does not fully think about what others want to do or what is best for them, but instead he quickly decides on an idea and just wants to play. Innocence is demonstrated from Dill by the way he just wants to play around like a child, question big ideas and also get sensitive and truly care about situations.