Mockingbird‚ Boo 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 parents
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Calpurnia‚ Atticus Finch‚ and Boo Radley. These characters are all very different but all link together in some way. Calpurnia is the Finch’s housekeeper who is trusted by Atticus and his family. Atticus says I couldn’t have got along without her all these years. She’s a faithful member of this family‚ and another thing‚ the children love her. She acts as a mother figure for Jem and Scout and disciplines them like her own children. Atticus says she imposes stricter discipline
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Bob Radley and Tom Robinson come from different backgrounds. They both face similar stories of prejudice and unfair judgements. Boo and Tom face some of the same hardships throughout the novel. They are both good men who were put down because they were considered “different” than others in the town. Their actions were very much criticize. Boo Radley was punished by his father as a teenager‚ so if was put on lock down‚ as he
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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 to describe him were “malevolent phantom”
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problems‚ and the judicial system. Final‚ Boo Radley changes Scouts
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¨ Tom Robinson and Arthur ¨Boo Radley.¨ One of the numerous people targeted due to racial unacceptance by local citizens of Maycomb is Tom Robinson‚ a young African-American man‚ who they accused of rape. Despite the rumors and beliefs
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prejudice because they both received negative attitudes towards their religions. Mr.Radley was a victim of religious prejudice because he was negatively talked about because of his religious beliefs. An example is when Scout asks Miss Maudie why Boo Radley never comes out of the house. Miss Maudie tells Scout that Boo’s father was a "foot-washing Baptist." Miss Maudie says that "Foot-washers believe anything that’s pleasure is a sin" (Pg.28). When a person called someone a foot washer‚ that means
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terrified of Boo than Jem or Dill are. While the two older boys push at the edges of their fears by attempting to make indirect contact with Boo‚ Scout hangs back‚ not wanting to bring the monster’s wrath down upon them. When she does get drawn into their schemes‚ she pays for it with sleepless nights. Every night-sound I heard from my cot on the back porch was magnified three-fold; every scratch of feet on gravel was Boo Radley seeking revenge‚ every passing Negro laughing in the night was Boo Radley
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brother is Jem and they play with Dill Harris when he comes in the summer. One summer the three of them try to lure the reclusive Boo Radley to show his face even though they themselves have never seen it. Many people wouldn’t show their face in public because others discriminate against them because of physical features or if they’re mentally handicapped. Boo Radley‚ a simple man that is mentally handicapped‚ has never seen society or the light
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story. Boo Radley is the only person who could do this novel justice if he was the main character. He would still have some of the details of the original book and he would be able to tell about the trial from the perspective of the newspapers. Boo Radley would also be able to discuss his relationship with the children next door. He was so kind by leaving them gifts and they established a relationship without even seeing each other. You can’t judge a book by it’s cover. Neighbors judged Boo Radley
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