Journal #3
Chapters 8 & 9
Perspective Jem
By Brendan Rodisch

Today I made I snowman with my sister. This is the first time in my life that it has ever snowed in Maycomb and I am happy. The only thing is that there wasn’t much snow, so we made the base of the snowman with dirt and then covered the dirt with snow. He looked downright decent.

That night my father woke my sister and me up in the middle of the night. The fact that papa wouldn’t say anything tormented me. We left our house in the freezing cold and saw that Miss Maudie’s house was burning. I was worried that our house would burn to, but papa told me it wouldn’t. Me and my sister went and sat in front of the Radley place quibbling as we watched the house burn.

When we came back in my sister had a mysterious blanket around her and we unanimously knew that Boo Radley must have given it to her. The chameleon must have come right up behind us and placed it on her without her knowing.

Soon Christmas came and we spent the holidays with our family. I didn’t really spend much time with scout until I heard that she had punched our cousin in the face. Then we left for home before the end of the gathering. I tried to talk to her but she was a master of evasion. I still want to tell her about that night when I went to go get my pants.