Arthur "Boo" Radley has been living a solitary life. He attempts to reach out to Atticus' children in search of friendship and love. In the process, he leaves them a few gifts in the knothole of his oak tree.
His first leaves a couple of chewing gums for the children. Jem, however, is scared of the mysteriously incognito Boo and thinks that the chewing gums might be poisoned, forcing his sister Scout to spit it out.
The gifts do not stop. Next in queue (the second item) are a couple of Indian head pennies dated 1900 and 1906. This time, Jem is quite impressed as he believes that the coins are to bring good luck. The coins are packed in a velvet ring box covered in shiny chewing-gum wrappers.
Boo's attempts to mingle with the children do not go in vain as he gains their trust and affection by saving their life from Bob Ewell, who happens to be the antagonist of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Boo Radley's been slowly reaching out to the Finch children. They're his sole connection to the outside world: a world that continues to regard him as nothing more than a weird, scary boogieman. Boo chooses to reach out to Scout and Jem by leaving them little items in the knothole of the Radleys' oak tree. The first gift that Boo left the children was two pieces of chewing-gum, Wrigley's Double-Mint, to be precise. At this stage in the story, Jem's still pretty scared of Boo, so when he sees Scout chewing one of the sticks of gum he forces her to spit it out as he thinks it might have been poisoned.
Boo doesn't know about any of this, of course. So he keeps on playing Santa. The next items on his gift list are a couple of Indian head pennies dated 1900 and 1906. Boo has placed them in a velvet ring box covered in shiny chewing-gum wrappers. Jem's considerably more impressed by this gift than the previous one. He believes that Indian head coins have magical properties and will bring good luck.
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