Comparison Tkam

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the author uses juxtaposition in some of the chapters in the novel. Juxtaposition is the act of comparing two ideas or two items with each other. In the first eight chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee characterizes Boo Radley as a nice human being and Miss Maudie as someone who reacts differently under certain situations. Harper Lee compares Miss Maudie with her being upset about the snowman; however, she was not upset about the fire that burned down her house. “…erected an absolute morphodite in that yard! Atticus, you’ll never raise ‘em!” (68). Miss Maudie complaining to Atticus that they had built an morphodite and that they would never grow up because of that. She is over exaggerating about the situation since Scout and Jem are just trying to have fun with the snow. “Grieving, child? Why, I hated that old cow barn. Thought of settin’ fire to it a hundred times myself, except they’d lock me up.” (73) Miss Maudie is not upset about her house that burned down from the fire. She explains that she never liked her house and she tells Scout and Jem that she was more worried about endangering the rest of the neighborhood. Harper Lee compares Boo Radley as a caring person rather than a monster. Many people think that he is weird, isolated, and unaffectionate, however; Boo Radley is characterized as a man who cares about people in his community. “Boo Radley. You were so busy looking at the fire you didn’t know it when he put the blanket around you.” (72) Boo Radley places a blanket over Scout and Jem while they are watching the fire. Boo Radley However, when Atticus told them that Boo had placed the blanket, the kids thought that the fact that they were behind him the whole time, was creepy. "He always spoke nicely to me, no matter what folks said he did. Spoke as nicely as he knew how. You reckon he’s crazy? Miss Maudie shook her head.” (46) Miss Maudie characterizes Boo Radley as a nice and caring