Boo Radley Quotes
TKAM SA - BOO RADLEY
Mr. Arthur “Boo” Radley, a neighbor to Jem and Scout, has never been viewed correctly by everyone. Throughout the book, his neighbors imagined him as cannibalistic, mysterious, and monstrous man, however the growth of Jem and Scout result in a change of perspective. After the kids realized Boo had been caring for them by returning clothes, warming them by giving a blanket, and saving them from being killed, Boo Radley’s reputation altered greatly through the eyes of children and families in Maycomb.
MAX: HOW SCOUT, JEM AND DILL VIEWED BOO BEFOREHAND Is Boo a malevolent phantom? Were his teeth yellow and rotten? Did he eat animals? Scout and Jem certainly thought so. They have been told since they were very young that Boo was a monster. The people who told them this were their neighbors, almost everyone in the neighborhood. “Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch” (Lee, 13). Also “what teeth he had were yellow and rotten” . These are both quotes that Jem used to describe Boo to Scout. Miss Stephanie Crawford told the kids that Boo came out at night and peeked into her windows.
LANI: EVENTS LEADING UP …show more content…
It all clicked when Scout finally met Boo Radley behind Jem’s door, hidden in the corner. This was after he saved Jem and Scout from Bob Ewell and carried Jem home. “A strange small spasm shook him, as if he heard fingernails scrape slate, but as I gazed at him in wonder the tension slowly drained from his face. His lips parted into a timid smile, and our neighbor’s image blurred with my sudden tears. ‘Hey, Boo,’ I said” (Lee, 270). Scout had figured out that it was Boo who had saved her and her brother, that it was Boo who gave her the blanket after the fire, and that how they thought about him was completely wrong. He wasn't monstrous at all, he was kind and
Mr. Arthur “Boo” Radley, a neighbor to Jem and Scout, has never been viewed correctly by everyone. Throughout the book, his neighbors imagined him as cannibalistic, mysterious, and monstrous man, however the growth of Jem and Scout result in a change of perspective. After the kids realized Boo had been caring for them by returning clothes, warming them by giving a blanket, and saving them from being killed, Boo Radley’s reputation altered greatly through the eyes of children and families in Maycomb.
MAX: HOW SCOUT, JEM AND DILL VIEWED BOO BEFOREHAND Is Boo a malevolent phantom? Were his teeth yellow and rotten? Did he eat animals? Scout and Jem certainly thought so. They have been told since they were very young that Boo was a monster. The people who told them this were their neighbors, almost everyone in the neighborhood. “Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch” (Lee, 13). Also “what teeth he had were yellow and rotten” . These are both quotes that Jem used to describe Boo to Scout. Miss Stephanie Crawford told the kids that Boo came out at night and peeked into her windows.
LANI: EVENTS LEADING UP …show more content…
It all clicked when Scout finally met Boo Radley behind Jem’s door, hidden in the corner. This was after he saved Jem and Scout from Bob Ewell and carried Jem home. “A strange small spasm shook him, as if he heard fingernails scrape slate, but as I gazed at him in wonder the tension slowly drained from his face. His lips parted into a timid smile, and our neighbor’s image blurred with my sudden tears. ‘Hey, Boo,’ I said” (Lee, 270). Scout had figured out that it was Boo who had saved her and her brother, that it was Boo who gave her the blanket after the fire, and that how they thought about him was completely wrong. He wasn't monstrous at all, he was kind and