Boo Radley Journal

I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. So far the main characters are Scout, Jem, and Dill. Right now in the novel the children are trying to bring out the legendary Boo Radley. In this journal I will be predicting and characterizing the Ewells.

As I am reading the first few chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird I predict the children will not meet Boo Radley. One reason I think the kids will not meet Boo is he is locked up in his home away from the living world. First off, the kids never see Boo but have heard many stories about him and his wicked ways. Jem believes he is chained to the bed laying there because his father does not want him to be seen. Boo is a legendary name in the small town of Maycomb but no one knows what has really
Boo was locked up in the bottom of the courthouse for awhile because of this but after he came home no one ever saw him. Another reason the kids will never see him are the kids are too scared of him. Jem and Scout claim that there is a malevolent phantom living in the house otherwise known as Boo Radley. Apparently, one time Miss Stephanie Crawford woke up in the middle of the night and saw Boo Radley looking directly toward her through his window. Jem adds that Boo was scratching at their back screen late at night but was gone way before Atticus could catch him. Jem told Dill if he knocked on the Radley’s door he would definitely wind up dead. This started a chain of events where Dill dared Jem to go knock claiming that Jem was scared. Of course Jem wanted to prove to Dill he wasn’t scared of Boo Radley so, he ran through the yard slapped the house and came running back even faster. After he ran through the yard and back Scout and Dill followed right at his heels back home. They all were afraid of getting caught by Boo Radley so they ran all the way home. Jem, Scout, and Dill made