The children have many methods and ideas to help settle that curiosity of helping Boo come out.
In one instance, they try to get a note up to the window by tying it to the end of a fishing pole. This doesn't exactly work because they get in trouble with Atticus for trying.
One of Dill's ideas is to leave a trail of lemon drops out of the house for him to follow. The kids never try this, but talk about doing it.
THe incident that occured during the middle of the night when Jem lost his pants was an effort to see Boo, but the outcome was that Nathan Radley came out and scared the kids by firing a shot in the air.
An important note about the knothole, the kids don't necessarily think it's Boo putting things in there. They believe for a time that those items are a bus child's and the child used the knothole as a hiding spot. In fact, we know it is between the children and Boo that these gifts are exchanged, but the text never says that.
I think something else to thin kabout as you craft your essay is the fact that it is human nature to want what you can't have. Boo was off limits. The more they were stifled in their efforts, the more they desired to see him.
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