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    Boo Radley is a character in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ who shows kindness and innocence when he leaves objects inside of the tree for Jem and Scout. He is also not able to do anything about people spreading rumors about him. He is very misunderstood at the beginning of the novel and is portrayed as a mean person because of the rumor that had been spread around saying that he had stabbed his father in the leg. Boo Radley shows his kindness and innocence in many ways throughout

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    Boo Radley Analysis

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    Boo Radley: A Presence Unseen From the first chapter‚ Lee creates mystery with Boo. She doesn’t explicitly introduce him as a main character. She uses the words and actions of others to build interest in Boo and creates a setting for Jem to see him as a human being instead of a “malevolent phantom”. Jem is drawn to Boo’s story‚ which he has heard all of his life. Townsfolk tell stories of Boo coming out at night and peeping through peoples’ windows‚ freezing their azaleas by breathing on them‚

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    FileEditViewInsertFormatToolsTableAdd-onsHelp A Caleb Swift 12-16-14 Essay #2 MockingbirdsSymbolism‚ and ​To Kill A Mockingbird ​In the novel ​To Kill a Mockingbird​ ‚ killing a mockingbird is a sin. There are many “mockingbirds” in the story. The most important mockingbird in the story is Tom Robinson‚ an African American man who was falsely accused of rapeing a white woman. Boo Radley is a man who looked upon by the community as a freak or an oddball. Atticus Finch Is the last

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    Boo Radley Character Analysis: From Town Monster to Childhood Hero In Harper Lee’s To Kill a MockingbirdBoo Radley is depicted as a character that is innocent‚ protective‚ and misunderstood. Boo is an innocent man‚ he has childish tendencies‚ and through his actions‚ shows friendliness. As a child‚ Boo never had the chance to properly grow up and mature because he was mentally unstable. His erratic behavior led to him being locked inside his house. In the novel‚ Boo Radley can be considered a good

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    Why Is Boo Radley Evil

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    Boo Radley‚ the Mockingbird How can a soul who has been sheltered to the point of insanity be seen as evil? “Boo”‚ also known as Arthur‚ is a kind soul who has never truly known kindness‚ but manages to remain innocent. He is also pure despite his mistreatment. Boo Radley did not let his emotional and mental problems affect his ability to remain the moral voice of the story. Boo is a very kind and misunderstood soul. The children feared Boo in the beginning when he truly only wanted to be friends

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    In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ the small-mindedness of the Maycomb community hiders Maycomb people to truly understand each other. Arthur Radley‚ also known as Boo‚ is assigned with negative characteristics without validation by the Maycomb community. As the story unfolds‚ Scout‚ the narrator‚ starts to know more about Boo RadleyBoo transforms from a mysterious and fearful person to the most heroic and sympathetic character in the novel. Scout experiences that hatred and biased will

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    In the novel “To KIll a Mockingbird “ the author conveys that the Maycomb’s prejudice is the main cause of town’s troubles. Innocence is like an umbrella once you’ve broke it there is nothing to protect you. Innocence is destroyed by prejudice‚ provoking social injustice. Throughout the book Scout learns moral lessons as her innocence is destroyed by the prejudice of others seen through symbolism. Young Scout mindlessly views everything in a good way positively thinking the world has

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    Arther Radley or Boo Radley is a mysterious character in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee who lived in the Finches’ neighborhood in Maycomb. He never came out of his house in the day and wasn’t seen for fifteen years. There were rumors and myths about him and his family spread around town According to the rumor‚ he is an crazy man who he stabbed his father’s leg with a scissors and got locked inside the house. However‚ no one really knew the truth about him. At the beginning of the story‚ Boo

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    Why Is Boo Radley Evil

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    In the book To Kill a Mockingbird‚ there is a character named Boo Radley. The children believe Boo is an evil being who goes around the town at night making flowers die and slaughtering chickens‚ even though it was proven that it was not him. One reason they believe Boo is evil is because he is locked up and never actually leaves the house. Boo is locked up because he started the closest thing to a gang ever seen in their small town. He also apparently stabbed his father in the leg with a pair of

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    Boo Radley is essential to the book "To Kill a Mockingbird" because he is a catalyst for many other things to happen through out the book. For example he allows the reader to see what the mentality of some of the people in Maycomb. For example Miss. Stephanie Crawford‚ who demonises Boo as a monster and also a large proportion of the community who‚ for example‚ will not eat the nuts produced by the tree on the Radley’s property as they will be poisoned. "Miss. Stephanie Crawford said she woke up

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