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Boo's Use Of Irony In To Kill A Mockingbird
But in reality, Boo ends up being a good person. Accordingly, he gave Jem and Scout many small little gifts via the knothole in the tree. These gifts inlcuded “Indian Pennies”, gum, and small carvings of Jem and Scout themselves. Additionally, he went out of his way to help the kids. When Jem was trying to escape from the place after attempting a glance through the window, his pants got caught in the fence, and he was forced to pull out without them. Surprisingly, he found that when he went back for them, they were mended (albeit not perfectly) and laid neatly across the fence. Also, the morning after Scout witnessed the conflagration that consumed Miss Maudie’s house (ironically on a very chilly winter’s night), Atticus saw that she had a
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