Why Is To Kill A Mockingbird So Important
Understanding is essential in life, although it is key in To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. Through the book the description of boo is vague but important. It is important to understand someone before you judge them. Jem, Scout, and Dill judge Boo off assumptions, but soon they are able realize the reality.
The importance of understanding someone before you can judge them is important because you shouldn’t judge a person from rumors and made up lies. Near the beginning of the book, Jem says “Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrel and any cats he could catch, that's why his hands were bloodstained -- if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the blood off. There was a long jagged …show more content…
On her way past the house she caught a glimpse of something in the tree. Scout says this around chapter 3, “Some tinfoil was sticking in a knot-hole just above my eye level, winking at me in the afternoon sun” (44). This is the first thing that Scout finds in the knot-hole. The first gift from boo Radley, although she didn’t know it yet. Further in the book Jem and Scout find more gifts in the tree and are disappointed when Nathan fills the knot-hole with cement. Jem is explaining what happened that night of the fire, and Scout is asking what had happened. “Boo Radley. You were so busy looking at the fire you didn't know it when he put the blanket around you”. Scout nearly through up when she heard this. Jem continues to say, “He sneaked out of the house-turn 'round-sneaked up, an' went like this!'" This is when Ms. Maudie house burned down. Scout was scared when she found out that boo was behind her, although she is starting to understand him. Scout and Jem are now so curious about him and start to understand that he could be nice, and not this mean monster. The reality is that Boo is a nice guy and not the mean monster they assumed he
The importance of understanding someone before you can judge them is important because you shouldn’t judge a person from rumors and made up lies. Near the beginning of the book, Jem says “Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrel and any cats he could catch, that's why his hands were bloodstained -- if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the blood off. There was a long jagged …show more content…
On her way past the house she caught a glimpse of something in the tree. Scout says this around chapter 3, “Some tinfoil was sticking in a knot-hole just above my eye level, winking at me in the afternoon sun” (44). This is the first thing that Scout finds in the knot-hole. The first gift from boo Radley, although she didn’t know it yet. Further in the book Jem and Scout find more gifts in the tree and are disappointed when Nathan fills the knot-hole with cement. Jem is explaining what happened that night of the fire, and Scout is asking what had happened. “Boo Radley. You were so busy looking at the fire you didn't know it when he put the blanket around you”. Scout nearly through up when she heard this. Jem continues to say, “He sneaked out of the house-turn 'round-sneaked up, an' went like this!'" This is when Ms. Maudie house burned down. Scout was scared when she found out that boo was behind her, although she is starting to understand him. Scout and Jem are now so curious about him and start to understand that he could be nice, and not this mean monster. The reality is that Boo is a nice guy and not the mean monster they assumed he