charles baker harris [dill]

1. Who is Dill?

1.1. Naive in a childlike way

1.2. Told it like it was (not in an arrogant way) but just said what he thought to be true

1.3. he has a different way of seeing things

1.3.1. "It was just him I couldn't stand," Dill said. […] "That old Mr. Gilmer doin' him thataway, talking so hateful to him—[…] It was the way he said it made me sick, plain sick. […] The way that man called him 'boy' all the time an' sneered at him, an' looked around at the jury every time he answered-[…] It ain't right, somehow it ain't right to do 'em that way. Hasn't anybody got any business talkin' like that—it just makes me sick." pp216

1.3.2. 'He could read two books to my one, but he preferred the magic of his own inventions. He could add and subtract faster than lightening, but he preferred his own twilight world.' pp156

1.4. He doesnt have a trouble expressing his love

1.5. Intellegent

1.5.1. 'He could read two books to my one, but he preferred the magic of his own inventions. He could add and subtract faster than lightening, but he preferred his own twilight world.' pp156

1.6. 'folks call me dill,' pp7

2. When is Dill Present?

2.1. Court case

2.2. When they were caught trying to see boo radley

2.3. When Atticus and Cal told Helen that Tom was dead

3. How is he introduced?

3.1. Dill comes with the summer

3.1.1. 'summer was Dill' pp37

3.1.2. metaphor for the way that dill is a good thing to happen to scut like the coming of the summer meaning the end of school

4. Relationships

4.1. Scout

4.1.1. 'scout let's get a baby' pp156

4.2. Jem

4.2.1. Taught dill how to swim

4.3. Atticus

4.3.1. "'I'm not scared...' Dill muttered. 'Just hungry I'll bet.' Atticus's voice had its usual pleasant dryness. 'Scout we can do better than a pan of cold corn bread can't we? You fill this fellow up and when I get back, we'll see what we can see'"pp153

4.3.1.1. Atticus allows Dill to stay the instead of going to Miss Rachel's after he runs away from home.

4.4. Miss Rachel

4.4.1. 'dill was from Meridian, Mississippi, was spending the summer with his aunt, Miss Rachel, and would be spending every summer in Macomb from now on.'pp7

4.5. Parents?

4.5.1. Father??

4.5.2. how he is passed from relation to relation and how he seems neglected by his parents.

4.5.3. "He hasn't got a home, he just gets passed around from relative to relative."

4.5.4. "The thing is, what I'm trying to say is - they do get on a lot better without me, I can't help them any"pp156

5. Why Dill?

5.1. To show a different perspective of the events

5.1.1. to add a character who has a different way of thinking to all of the other characters.

5.1.2. "It was just him I couldn't stand," Dill said. […] "That old Mr. Gilmer doin' him thataway, talking so hateful to him—[…] It was the way he said it made me sick, plain sick. […] The way that man called him 'boy' all the time an' sneered at him, an' looked around at the jury every time he answered-[…] It ain't right, somehow it ain't right to do 'em that way. Hasn't anybody got any business talkin' like that—it just makes me sick." pp216

5.2. To show a loving side of Scout

5.2.1. "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. I beat him up twice but it did no good, he only grew closer to Jem...." pp45

5.2.2. "Yeah. Don’t say anything about it yet, but we’re gonna get married as soon as we’re big enough. He asked me last summer." pp89

5.2.3. "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 would have to stay in Meridian because they planned to build a fishing boat. His father was a lawyer like Atticus, only much younger. Dill’s new father had a pleasant face, which made me glad Dill had captured him, but I was crushed. Dill concluded by saying he would love me forever and not to worry, he would come get me and marry me as soon as he got enough money together, so please write..." pp126

5.3. To show atticus' kindness

5.3.1. "'I'm not scared...' Dill muttered. 'Just hungry I'll bet.' Atticus's voice had its usual pleasant dryness. 'Scout we can do better than a pan of cold corn bread can't we? You fill this fellow up and when I get back, we'll see what we can see'"pp153