Walter Cunningham for not bringing lunch money‚ not acknowledging the fact that his family was poor. It is also seen upon reading the book that Scout is mainly influenced by Atticus‚ who tries to protect her from the greater moral dilemmas. When Boo Radley is introduced she exposed to negativity in life‚ and it creates a negative outlook towards him. Since other people have spread rumors about him‚ her perspective was flawed. She is also exposed to sexism
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In the beginning of the book the children see Boo radley as a monster and are very intrigued as well as intimidated by him‚ but they slowly realize he is like their friend. In the end‚ they understand that he is both their friend and hero‚ and not the monster that the stories have made him out to be. They see the whole world through their understanding and views‚ so everything is very difficult for them to understand. As they change the way they see things‚ looking from other people’s perspectives
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The story takes place in Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ during the Great Depression in the 1930’s. Two kids and a father experience social injustices‚ personal evolvement‚ and different perspective throughout the story. Prejudice is viewed in the novel through‚ social‚ racial and economical aspects. The social aspect of prejudice is shown through the novel by the characters Boo(Arthur) Radley and Dolphus Raymond. Boo Radley was a man that many people knew little about. People only knew him from rumors that
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impossible to get rid of it. In the case of Jean-Louise “Scout” Finch‚ the parasitic idea is Boo Radley. Her journey had begun when Dill‚ a young boy of similar age arrives in her small town Maycomb County. He initiates her own obsession with revealing the truth about Arthur “Boo” Radley. Initially‚ the Radley setting was a place where “...[the] pecans would kill you. A baseball hit into the Radley yard was a lost ball and no questions asked” (Lee 10). The Radley’s were known as people with
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his understanding of Boo Radley. As a matter of fact‚ his childish beliefs‚ based upon rumors heard‚ of Boo was that he was a monster who ate cats and squirrels. Unfortunately‚ he doesn’t know yet that Boo Radley tries to extend a “hand” towards the kids by leaving gifts in the knot hole of the tree‚ to tell them he’s not who they think he is. A quote from pg 81 sheds light that the Radley place is becoming less deadly to the children‚ “The fact that everything on the Radley Place was poison having
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She goes from judging Boo Radley‚ to realising he was not what everyone thought. Then she began to understand she should not base her thoughts on someone purely off what others have told her. In Harper Lee’s‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ the moment which had the greatest effect on Scout’s life is when she realized Boo Radley saved her life‚ because she understood judging Boo before she met him was the incorrect thing to do. For a majority of the book Scout was told Boo Radley was a crazy‚ antisocial
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prejudice in this community of Maycomb‚ Alabama. Tom Robinson‚ Boo Radley and Atticus Finch are victims of prejudice of their small town. These people are being discriminated and segregated from the community. These characters are seen as Mockingbird figures in their community because they are “killed” without a reason. Even if a person is innocent‚ they can still be found guilty if there is prejudice similar to the case
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The symbolism of the mockingbird relates to Boo Radley because he is of an innocent nature. Such as‚ the mockingbird which does not feast on things that it shouldn’t neither does it nest where it does not belong. Instead‚ all it does is create marvelous music for people to enjoy. Similarly‚ as the mockingbird is of an innocent nature so is Boo Radley because he never wished harm to befall anyone. In fact‚ his only act of violence was accidental. Yet people found it in their hearts to accuse him of
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The theme of to kill a mockingbird is the destruction of innocence through the conflict of good and evil. Many people including Jem‚ Tom Robinson and Boo Radley loss their innocence in the events of this book. Jem had a true loss of innocence when Tom Robinson’s trial had ended and he realized Tom wasn’t going to be cleared of the false charges. Jem thought justice would prevail over personal bias and discrimination. When it didn’t however he was confused how people could just stand by and let this
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think that the mockingbird represents Boo radley.The symbol of the mockingbird supports the theme people often distrust what they do not understand. The don’t trust him because he never helps in town and never hangs out and talks with people. Boo Radley is a good person and helps the community in so little of ways that they are generally not noticed.By like when Jems pants got hung on his fence he was to scared to go back and get them.And when jem left Boo took them off and mended them back
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