in comparison to other kids her age. Scout learns more and more about the world as she grows up and she starts to see the war between the blacks and the whites. Scout hears a lot of rumors about Boo Radley but never sees him. She knows how her society is bad from all the rumors that were made of Boo Radley and from the day Tom Robinson’s trial was taken to court‚ but the way she handles things shows how mature she is in comparison to the others in her small town. The wonderful characteristic about
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#3 we know for certain about Boo that when he was a boy‚ he got in trouble with the law and as punishment‚ his dad wouldn’t let him outside the house at all. We also know that fifteen years after Boo got in trouble with the law‚ he stabbed his father with a pair of scissors. People thought he was crazy but Mr. Radley did not want to send him to an asylum. After Mr. Radley died‚ Boo’s brother‚ Nathan‚ came to live with Boo. However‚ even with Boo’s dad dead‚ Boo continued to not leave his house
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Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines prejudice as “an adverse opinion or leaning formed without just grounds or before sufficient knowledge.” This type of prejudice was what Arthur “Boo” Radley had to endure every day of his lifetime in the town of Maycomb County‚ Alabama. “People determined to preserve every physical scrap of the past” (185). The residents of Maycomb are‚ for the most part‚ paper-cut copies of the typical Southerner. They are very traditional‚ keeping much of their former beliefs
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Jem stated‚ "Scout‚ I’m beginning to understand something…why Boo stayed shut up in his house all the time…it’s because he wants to stay inside" (Lee‚ 259). The fact that Jem lives in a community of predominantly judgmental people would make one assume that he would pick up on that mentality and mimic it‚ since it
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courage. Atticus Finch shows the gift of determination through the book. Secondly‚ Mrs. Dubose who has a morphine addiction fights with endurance and firmness. In contrast‚ Boo Radley who has the fortitude to fight a man with a knife is a heroic and a fearful moment in the novel. Given theses points Atticus‚ Mrs Dubose‚ and Boo Radley are all a symbol of courage. Atticus Finch showed determination by fighting for Tom Robinson’s freedom. Atticus is a hardworking man who does not let go of this case easily
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do no harm to people‚ and so did Boo Radley. Boo Radley was known as a malevolent evil‚ almost a monster to Jem‚ Scout‚ and Dill ( ). The children heard rumors from other people about Boo Radley and in spite of their young age‚ believed what they heard. Boo Radley just never got out of the house for some reason and that just interested and inspired them more and more to know more about him to see him. Likewise‚ Jem and Scout hold the opinion that it was Boo Radley who had put in gifts in the little
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sweet chorus is destroyed and disregarded in to kill a mockingbird‚ as the harmless characters of Boo Radley and Tom Robinson are exiled and imprisoned despite their altruism. The use of the mockingbird in the title provides distinction and coincides through characters and events during the novel. Harper Lee develops the symbol of the mockingbird in the novel through the town pariahs Boo Radley and Tom Robinson. Tom Robinson is accused of a crime he did not commit and in reality was helping
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adulthood depicts a more wholesome view of the world. Mostly it’s purity that does the job better. Scout is a child who has been living across Arthur Radley nicknamed- though pleasantly- “Boo” Radley for her whole life. Never has she thought of crossing over the barrier of the innocence. The barrier that is keeping the distance between her and the Radley home is her innocence of her childhood- which no child wants to lose. She doesn’t want to see the reality of the situation as children don’t’ wish
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that Boo Radley is not akin to Jem’s absurd descriptions. There are multiple themes in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ but one specifically shows metaphorically that viewing a person from a different angle can reveal new information. For example‚ Atticus Finch‚ the father of Jem and
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predicting on if the kids will meet Boo Radley‚ and also evaluating on the Ewells. While I was reading the book I started to think that by the way they would talk about Boo Radley they would not be meeting him. There is an old story in the Maycomb town that Boo Radley was locked away for a good amount of time. The story all started with Boo sitting in the living room of their house cutting out some pictures from magazines. When Boo’s father walked into the room Boo stabbed the scissors into his father’s
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