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What Is The Relationship Between Jem And Scout
Because Jem and scout never met Boo, they assumed he acted as a predatory animal as their neighborhood depicted. When they met him he treated them better than expected. After the trial ends, Bob Ewell threatens the Finch family and one day he attacks Jem and scout while coming home from a Halloween pageant. Boo Radley hears Scout’s screams and comes to the rescue and saves both Jem and scout by killing Bob, Ewell. Following the many years of trying to meet him, scout gets greeted by him and her she sees him in a new light. Atticus explains why he told Jem and scout why he told them not to meddle in the Radley’s lives for a reason of being unaware the entire picture. Jem lost his desire to meet Boo as he grew up due to putting himself in boo’s metaphorical shoes which

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