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    Secondly‚ Boo Radley is a “ghost” who’s been locked up in his house for 15 years and is very mysterious. Lastly‚ Bob Ewell is inexplicably evil because he’s racist and rude. The Ewells are white‚ but very poor. First‚ Tom Robinson is a man who only has one arm and is being accused of rape because he’s a “colored man”. He’s being put on trial for it and Atticus is the lawyer who defends him. I know this because Reverend Sykes said‚ “Tom caught his hand in a cotton gin when he was a boy.”

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    To Kill a MockingbirdBoo Radley can be compared to a popular urban legend called Green Man. Boo Radley and the Green Man are both supposedly horrifying to look at. Both men only come out at night‚ and when they do‚ they roam the streets and creep on people. Because Boo Radley shares multiple similarities with The Green Man‚ he should be considered an urban legend. In the story To Kill a Mockingbird‚ an urban legend takes place. Inside an old‚ dark house lives the mysterious Boo Radley. Boo Radley’s

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    the two young children‚ at least this is how “BooRadley is perceived to be in To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. “Jem” Jeremy Atticus Finch and “Scout” Jean Louise Finch‚ the two children‚ one four years younger than the other‚ the youngest being Scout‚ find themselves bound by curiosity to rip “Boo” Arthur Radley from his protective house. This is when the relationship of Boo Radley and the Finch children begin‚ but the relationship between Boo and the children change through the course of the

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    Ryan McMahon Cp10 English Ms. Gold The story of Boo Radley In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee one of the characters‚ Arthur “BooRadley‚ has a major struggle with society. He is an outcast. Boo being an outcast is caused by many different factors‚ he deals with it in different ways‚ and his struggle with society is important. Boo Radley’s struggle with society is caused by many different factors. In the novel‚ the reader learns that Boo gets in some trouble as a teen when he befriends the

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    Character Analysis: Scout While people see failure as something to look down upon‚ some choose to realize that without it‚ no one would mature or come of age. In the beginning of To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout starts out as a normal little girl learning from stories spread throughout Maycomb. But soon‚ school starts and it starts to broaden her knowledge both in education and opinions. Scout later learns control over her attitude‚ taking a huge step in the coming of age process. She next shows bravery

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    about very often by most of the town. In the 1930s’ Maycomb County‚ Alabama of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird (New York: Grand Central‚ 1960)‚ this particular person was dubbed “Boo”. Not much is seen of Arthur (Boo) Radley which leaves the town much room to create many fictions that hide the little known facts. The real Boo is nothing like the town’s “Boo”. In the very first chapter‚ the town’s view of Boo is explained to newcomer Charles Baker “Dill” Harris (10-16). The very first words Scout used

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    I chose to do my psychological analysis on Arthur “BooRadley. In the beginning of the novel‚ he’s portrayed as a frightening monster‚ locked up in his house to protect the citizens of Maycomb‚ Alabama. We are given a clear picture as to how the town of Maycomb views Book Radley. He is described as a monstrous creature‚ locked up in his house for years on end. We’re told that he became acquainted with the wrong kind of people as a teenager and locked Mr. Conner in an outhouse to resist arrest for

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    example‚ Katniss Everdeen has two identities‚ one is how she acts in public. Katniss comes off as strong to the public but in private she is not. Through Harper Lee’s character’s Boo Radley‚ Atticus‚ and Bob Ewell readers learn that it is necessary to develop a public and private self in To Kill A Mockingbird. For Boo Radley it is very important for him to have a private and public identity. Not many people have ever seen him but they have heard stories of him. People make up stories of him that are

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    Arthur "Boo" Radley is an enigmatic character in To Kill A Mocking bird who is shut up in his house throughout the novel. Although he was described as a monster who eats cats and squirrels‚ that was not the case. He is one of the "mockingbirds" in the novel‚ a kind man injured by the evil of mankind. The writer dropped many little hints that proved that he is an innocent‚ misunderstood and victimize person‚ structuring him into a "mockingbird". Arthur "Boo" Radley was discriminated and mocked

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    “The MockingBird” In my opion Boo Radley resembles the perfect mockingbird. I believe this because Boo throughout the book never does anything‚ but help Jem and Scout. Boo was always there to help and protect Jem and Scout. For example when Jem‚ Dill‚ and Scout were caught at the Radley place. Boo had sewed back together Jem’s pants and folded them for him to get. When Boo was a teenager he was the local trouble maker. He was always in trouble with the people in Maycomb or even with the law

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