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In the beginning of chapter 7, Jem told Scout something about when he went back to go get his pants. When he lost his pants, it was caught in the fence and it was all messed up. He went to go get them, but his pants were folded neatly and put on the fence. This got them wondering, was someone there and expected him to come back? This was very interesting indeed. School starts and Scout is now in the second grade. The same group of kids was still held back. Scout also mentions Maycomb's seasons. It goes from summer to autumn. Sometimes winter doesn't follow Autumn. Then comes a short spring, and back to summer. Scout and Jem had went back to the knot hole. This time they had found something again. They found a ball of yarn. They didn't take it this time. They waited for three days, and then they had pocketed it. They continued to search the knot hole. They kept on getting things like gum, which they chewed down. Particular items would be a soap, with Jem and Scout carved in it. They had thought that the person was leaving these things for them. Then, an old pocket watch was in the knot hole. The pocket watch did not work anymore. Jem had his grandfather's pocket watch, which he gave back to Atticus, because he wanted to use the one in the knot hole. Jem and Scout decided to write a thank you note and leave it in the knot. When they came back to the knot, it was filled with cement. They asked Mr. Radley if he had filled it, and he was the one who did. He said the tree was dying, and when Jem asks Atticus this, Atticus says it isn't. This makes Jem and Scout suspicious.

This chapter was very interesting in my opinion. The first odd thing was Jem's pants. I did not expect that! I thought he would've saw someone, not have his pants folded. Second of all, the Alabama educational system isn't really that great if all the same kids are getting held back in the first grade, in my opinion. Maycomb has very different weather than Minnesota, we have summer, fall, and a winter with a spring! The final thing I want to think about is the things left in the knot hole. I don't know about you, but I think it's definitely Boo Radley being nice. I think he's trying to be nice, and the people he's seen has been Jem and Scout. I think Boo was the one who folded Jem's pants as well. I think that Boo's artistic skills are great because he has all that time alone. He was able to carve that bar of soap into Jem and Scout. I think that Nathan Radley was becoming aware of these social interactions and he filled up the hole so Boo wouldn't be able to leave things for Scout and Jem.