How Has Boo Radley Changed

Scout’s Opinion Change Of Boo Radley

Throughout Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout had been very judgemental and terrified of Arthur “Boo” Radley. Later on in the story Scout realized to never judge a book by its cover because you will never know who the person really is. This is a really big part of the book and there are a number of reasons why.

In the beginning of the book, Scout was terrified of Boo and would make plays with Jem about Boo’s life. She did so to lessen her fear of him. She especially feared some of the stories that Jem told her, “I’ve seen his tracks in our back yard many mornin’, and one night i heard him scratching on the back screen”(Lee, 1960, p.16) This made Scout fear that every night he would look into her window while she was sleeping. She and Jem had attempted to contact him several times, they even tried to look for him through their shutters. This taught her not to judge because she realized that people aren’t always what they seem to be.
She wanted to talk to him and be his friend, but was too afraid to go near his house. Scout had always talked about Boo to Mrs. Maudie to know more about him. They had always talked about how lonely he seemed to be, and what they wondered he did each and every