Journal 6

Prompt A: Are there people in your neighborhood who are like any of the character types in the novel?
Change the real person's name so his/her identity remains anonymous and describe how he
or she is like a particular character.

I have a house on my that reminds me of the Radley place. It has anywhere from two to eight people living in it at one time. It has a bunch of old cars and motorcycles in the driveway, and in the middle of the night this one guy revs the engine of one of the cars that happens to be a mustang. It is just a house that no one really likes to be around and is really creepy. One of the people that always are their is a guy who walks his wienerdog around the block every day in only PJ bottoms and flip flops. Even if its raining he is still in PJ bottoms and flip flops. It is the house that no one trick or treats at because the main guy who lives their makes you sing to get candy.

Also this house is old and haggard looking. Its paint is flaking an its just really sad looking. Right now it has seven cars parked outside of it and there are almost always a dartboard hanging from one of their trees. People wander around in their yard and every couple of months there are five or six squad cars pulling someone out of the house in handcuffs. It is kind of creepy how similar it is. For example there are seven cars their but I only ever see three or our people, I think that they have a meth lab somewhere in their. Also there is one guy who seem kind of normal.

They have a front porch that reminds me of the Radley Place because it has all these wicker chairs on it, which is the way I think about the Radley Place. Also they have a chain link fence around their backyard which is like the modern day version of the wire fence that Radleys have that Jem looses his pants on. Boo Radley is like the people that never come out of the house.

What I really like though is that both the Radley Place and the house is that both places seem sad and lonely, I feel like the house has a mood and the mood is very dilapidated and run down. It has a feeling of emptyness and darkness no mater what is happening on inside. I feel like this question was just sent for me because I can't even do it justice how much this reminds me of the Radley Place.