I think that the pants were put there by Boo Radley and that Nathan Radley is actually the one that shoots them not Boo. Throughout the book there are small things that hint that Boo is watching them. When Scout rolls onto there lawn in the tire she hears deep laughter. The laughter is Boo, because it would not be Nathan, he is to serious to laugh at something like that, in fact I think he would get mad at it. When Jem tells Scout it was as if they were expecting him he says, “Not like a lady sewed ‘em, like somethin’ I’d try to do. All crooked. It’s almost like-”(Lee 78). This suggests that a man did it but I don’t think that it was Arthur because he would be mad at the kids and keep them to get Jem in trouble. This is why I think it was Boo who sewed up the pants because he is the only person who would be in the yard and do something for the kids. I also think he is the one leaving things in the knot hole because Jem and Scout get statues of themselves and they don’t know who could have whittled them. It could be him because he spends all his time during the day in his house so no one would know he could whittle, so that’s why they never suspected him. In conclusion I think that Boo Radley sewed the pants up as best he could and left them for Jem.
Do you think Boo knows they play the game Boo Radley?
If so what do you think he thinks of the game?
Do you think we will meet Boo as we keep reading the book?
Do you think Boo will start leaving his house as the book progresses?
I agree with you on the point that it was Boo who had sewed up the pants. Harper Lee left small clues throughout the book hinting on Arthur Boo Radley's opinion and relationship with them. However, she puts it in a way so that it was possible to take the actions in two directions, creepy and kind. The children begin by perceiving it as creepy because of all of the stories they hear about Boo, but as the book progresses, they begin to change their mind as all the puzzle pieces come together. It comes to the point when the weather was cold, and Atticus later tells them that "Boo Radley. You were so busy looking at the fire you didn't know it when he put the blanket around you." (Lee 96). This is what really shows Arthur's opinion and relationship with them. He is a kind soul trapped in horrible circumstances.
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