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Boo Radley Coming Of Age Analysis
Coming of age
Coming of age a scene from “to kill a mockingbird”. Was the scene when scout leads boo Radley to his house and she realizes and learns that she is becoming a young adult? I will be explaining the different literary elements in this scene, plot, p.o.v, and the setting will affect the scene. I chose these three elements because I felt that they fit the scene and I feel that it brings out the true colors of the characters.
The first literary element I will describe is p.o.v and how it changes the perspectives between scout and boo Radley. in pages 371 to 374 scout finally get to meet Boo Radley and scouts perspective of Boo Radley changes every time she spends time with Boo radley.in the book tkm Scouts perspective of Boo Radley

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