it wasn't boo radley who filled the whole, it was his older brother nathan radley. he does it to stop the gifts to the children from happening. he says its because the tree is sick (that the knothole makes it sick) but that is not the case
Mr. Radley puts cement in the knothole to prevent any further communication or interaction between Boo Radley and the children. This action is driven by his desire to isolate Boo Radley from the outside world.
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Mr. Radley filled the knothole up with cement.
They can not because the knothole is filled with cement by Mr. Radley
Jem and Scout discovered that someone had filled the knot hole with cement, sealing off the opening where gifts had previously been left for them by Boo Radley. This action by Nathan Radley signified the end of their secret communication with Boo.
Mr. Radley put cement in the tree's knot-hole to prevent Boo Radley from communicating with the children through the knothole. It was a way for him to cut off Boo's only form of interaction with the outside world.
Mr. Radley cut off Boo's only link to the outside world by sealing the knothole in the tree with cement. Boo Finch used to communicate with Jem and Scout by leaving small gifts and trinkets in the knothole.
The knothole game ends when the knothole tree is destroyed by the authorities, and the children lose their secret meeting spot in "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. This signifies the loss of innocence and the end of childhood for Scout and Jem.
The knothole incident in "To Kill a Mockingbird" occurs in Chapter 7 when Scout and Jem find gifts left in a knothole of a tree near the Radley house. This marks the beginning of their mysterious exchanges with Boo Radley.
Yes, Mr. Radley indeed blocked the hole. He wanted the children and Boo radley to stop the communication.
The person who closes up the knothole in "To Kill a Mockingbird" is Nathan Radley, Boo Radley's older brother. He fills it with cement to prevent communication between the kids and Boo, as he believes it is leading to trouble.
In "To Kill a Mockingbird," Jem discovers that someone has left gifts for him and Scout in the knothole of the tree by Boo Radley's house. When Nathan Radley fills the knothole with cement, Jem is heartbroken because he realizes that Boo Radley was the one leaving them gifts, indicating that he has been watching over them and cares for them.
Mr. Radley was responsible for the knothole incident because he filled it with cement to prevent communication between Boo and the Finch children. This actions caused Boo to feel isolated and cut off from the outside world.
Mr. Radley claimed that he filled the hole with cement because it was a danger to the community. However, some characters in the book speculate that he may have had ulterior motives related to Boo Radley.