An essay by Harry Staley

8^th grade English

Pine Point School

Novenmber 22, 2010

Have you ever pondered running away from home because you wer lonely? When Dill lived with his mother, who had a new husband, he was deserted almost every day, because he had no one to interact with. Dill was so lonesome that he decided to run away from home, and go to Jem and Scouts house. When Dill arrived he said to Mr. Finch, “Mr. Finch, don’t tell Aunt Rachel to make me go back, please sir! I’ll just, run off again,” when Dill said this it made me think, this kid really hates where his home is. When dill first arrived at Jem and scouts house it was an extravagant surprise, because he was completely unexpected. When Jem and scout first noticed Dill they didn’t think it was Dill, They thought he was a snake.  Jem and Scout were quite nervous until, “a filthy brown package shot from under the bed.” After all of the excitement was complete Dill told them the story of why he came because he, felt he was discarded, very dull feeling.