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Walter Cunningham In To Kill A Mockingbird
Jean Louise catches Walter Cunningham in the schoolyard and beats him up for being the reason she got in trouble, but Jem stops her. She explains to Jem what happened. Jem invited Walter for dinner at their house. Talking about the Radleys, Walter said that he ate some pecans from the place, in which Jem mentioned he “went all the way up to the house once” (Lee 31). Walter talked with Atticus and then poured syrup all over his meal, making Calpurnia mad.

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Scout everyday ran to the Radleys house on her way to get home. Noticing something was off, she went to check on the house. Two live oaks stood by the Radley lot, and she found some gum without wrappers. Checking if it was okay she then put it in her mouth only to be told by Jem

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