To Kill a Mockingbird ~ Dill Empathy Writing
Dill Empathy Writing
You know something? These past three years summers in Maycomb have been pretty amazing. The Finches have helped me learn a lot of things, and I only thought that being able to read was learning a lot!
I can remember in the court room that Mr. Gilmer, the prosecutor in the Tom Robinson trial, was speaking horribly to Tom. It just made me sick and I started crying, so Scout took me out. But outside, we met Dolphus Raymond, who I thought was dangerous at first, but turned out to be very nice! He let me sip some Coca-Cola and reassured me that I wasn’t the only one who felt sick when black people are spoken to like that. So I resolved later that I’d become a clown when I grow up so I can stand in the middle of the ring and laugh at folks. Well…that’s what I thought clowns did back then.
The Finches are almost like family to me. Jem and Scout play with me, Atticus is very kind and their maid gives me good lemonade. My mom and my new dad barely paid attention to me though, and seemed to have a better time together without me. I felt so unwanted that I decided to steal some money from my mom and run off back to Maycomb. But I was desperate to stay so I made up a story that my new dad chained me up and I escaped. But they never believed that and I panicked when Jem told Atticus I was here. I quickly begged him not to send me back and that I’d run away again if he did. Thankfully, I was allowed to stay for the rest of the summer.
I also remember the first summer I came to Maycomb and found out about the Radleys. Their place looked really eerie and interesting and Jem told me loads of stories about Boo Radley, like how he dined on raw squirrels and how his dad had to chain him to the bed. One day I asked if we could try and get him out of the house so I could see if he really was six feet and had a scar on his face. The other two were reluctant, but I managed to get around Jem by taunting and telling him he was too scared to even put his big
You know something? These past three years summers in Maycomb have been pretty amazing. The Finches have helped me learn a lot of things, and I only thought that being able to read was learning a lot!
I can remember in the court room that Mr. Gilmer, the prosecutor in the Tom Robinson trial, was speaking horribly to Tom. It just made me sick and I started crying, so Scout took me out. But outside, we met Dolphus Raymond, who I thought was dangerous at first, but turned out to be very nice! He let me sip some Coca-Cola and reassured me that I wasn’t the only one who felt sick when black people are spoken to like that. So I resolved later that I’d become a clown when I grow up so I can stand in the middle of the ring and laugh at folks. Well…that’s what I thought clowns did back then.
The Finches are almost like family to me. Jem and Scout play with me, Atticus is very kind and their maid gives me good lemonade. My mom and my new dad barely paid attention to me though, and seemed to have a better time together without me. I felt so unwanted that I decided to steal some money from my mom and run off back to Maycomb. But I was desperate to stay so I made up a story that my new dad chained me up and I escaped. But they never believed that and I panicked when Jem told Atticus I was here. I quickly begged him not to send me back and that I’d run away again if he did. Thankfully, I was allowed to stay for the rest of the summer.
I also remember the first summer I came to Maycomb and found out about the Radleys. Their place looked really eerie and interesting and Jem told me loads of stories about Boo Radley, like how he dined on raw squirrels and how his dad had to chain him to the bed. One day I asked if we could try and get him out of the house so I could see if he really was six feet and had a scar on his face. The other two were reluctant, but I managed to get around Jem by taunting and telling him he was too scared to even put his big