To Kill A Mockingbird: Misunderstood
People are often misunderstood. Those that are, are usually overlooked and shunned because people don’t know their real story and judge them off of what they know. Most of the time when people judge others off of only what they know they are wrong. This is the case for the so called crazy man of Maycomb, Boo Radley.
To Kill a Mockingbird By: Harper Lee is told by Scout Finch a seven year old trying to figure out the grown up word. This whole story is about the event that lead up to Jem (Scout’s older brother) breaking his arm. As children in the beginning of the book they have a strange person they don’t know much about. This is where Boo Radley comes in. No one knows much about him. This fact makes Scout, Jem, and Dill very curious about …show more content…
His hand tightened on mine and he indicated that he wanted to leave.” (Lee 372)
But through all this Boo Radley is a very kind hearted person. He isn’t the creepy guy everyone makes him out to be. He truly cares for the kids. He is just a tough person to get to know because he is so shy. Early in the book Scout asked Miss Maudie about him and she said he was always a perfect gentleman to her. Also he gave Scout the blanket when Miss Maudie’s house was on fire, when Scout was shivering in the cold night. He gave her the blanket without her realizing it. My third reason is, he did save both Jem and Scout from Bob Ewell by stabbing him. He also carried Jem to the house and stayed at the house until he knew that Jem was okay.
( Scout talking about Boo without realizing it)“I heard him groan and pull something heavy along the ground” (Lee 352).
Boo Radley is a very important character because he shows that even though people are shy and mysterious they can also be kind hearted people when a chance is given to them to show this side. The moral of this is even though people can look weird or act strange or have been shunned for something they did a long time ago, you shouldn’t judge them without giving a
To Kill a Mockingbird By: Harper Lee is told by Scout Finch a seven year old trying to figure out the grown up word. This whole story is about the event that lead up to Jem (Scout’s older brother) breaking his arm. As children in the beginning of the book they have a strange person they don’t know much about. This is where Boo Radley comes in. No one knows much about him. This fact makes Scout, Jem, and Dill very curious about …show more content…
His hand tightened on mine and he indicated that he wanted to leave.” (Lee 372)
But through all this Boo Radley is a very kind hearted person. He isn’t the creepy guy everyone makes him out to be. He truly cares for the kids. He is just a tough person to get to know because he is so shy. Early in the book Scout asked Miss Maudie about him and she said he was always a perfect gentleman to her. Also he gave Scout the blanket when Miss Maudie’s house was on fire, when Scout was shivering in the cold night. He gave her the blanket without her realizing it. My third reason is, he did save both Jem and Scout from Bob Ewell by stabbing him. He also carried Jem to the house and stayed at the house until he knew that Jem was okay.
( Scout talking about Boo without realizing it)“I heard him groan and pull something heavy along the ground” (Lee 352).
Boo Radley is a very important character because he shows that even though people are shy and mysterious they can also be kind hearted people when a chance is given to them to show this side. The moral of this is even though people can look weird or act strange or have been shunned for something they did a long time ago, you shouldn’t judge them without giving a