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    Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee‚ is in the perspective of a tomboyish girl nick named Scout. Her 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

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    To Kill A Mockingbird - Essay The topic concerns Boo Radley and Tom Robinson‚ who are said to be mockingbird figures. A mockingbird in the film‚ is a bird that sings its heart out‚ is innocent and harmless‚ yet persecuted. Boo Radley and Tom Robinson are similar to this‚ and this is portrayed throughout the film in many ways. Through the eyes of Scout and Jem‚ Boo Radley is an intellectually and physically disabled person‚ who is scary‚ stays inside his home and is never seen. Tom Robinson

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    he main character of this book is a young girl‚ nicknamed Scout. She lives with her brother‚ Jem‚ who is four years older than her‚ and her father. She ages from six to nine in this 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

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    Arthur Radley‚ also known as "Boo" Radley‚ stays in his home all day. He seems isolated from the rest of the town. No one really knows much about boo. But in reality‚ boo is different than people think. As I looked out the window‚ I could see the kids‚ running and playing. It was hard to see over the glare coming through the shades on my left. I had almost lost count of the times I had watched these kids play. I see them come home everyday‚ after school. Scout was the kid that caught my interest

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    various situations. The main character Atticus is also extremely wise and gives out advice that anyone can apply to their lives. The novel also had characters that I absolutely fell in love with. Boo Radley was one of my favorite characters in the novel‚ his character was surrounded with mystery until the end. His character was very similar to how I imagined him to be and the reader soon sympathized with him. Boo wasn’t the only character I favored. I also found Dill’s character quite loveable‚ his story

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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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    Mockingbird by Harper Lee is about a girl named Scout and her brother‚ Jem‚ who grows up in Maycomb County a time when racism was very common in Alabama. Their father‚ Atticus Finch‚ is a defense attorney who helps defend Tom Robinson‚ an African American‚ from being accused of rape. The book takes place in the 1930s after the Great Depression while also struggling for Civil Rights. From beginning to end‚ Scout innocently grows up by first childishly making fun of Boo Radley‚ beginning to understand

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    drunk; as the characters Scout and Dill both find out that he simply acts different than others and he wants to give people a “reason” for why he acts like that. Boo Radley seems to be very menacing and deadly‚ but he is actually just very shy. The main theme of To Kill a Mockingbird‚ is that it is not right to judge someone before you know them‚ which is proven to be true in the lives of the characters

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    “The Man Named Boo” The author created Arthur “BooRadley and made Scout‚ the narrator‚ fear him. Boo was always a mysterious character throughout the novel. He was never seen and was often times feared by the neighborhood children. They would run by the Radley house every day in hopes to make it past without Boo coming out to get them. Boo was the character that was always a mystery‚ but in the end‚ surprised everyone. Very little was known about Boo. The children learnt that when Boo was young‚

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    example: "They did not go to church‚ Maycomb’s pricipal recreation‚ but worshipped at home... I never knew how old Mr. Radley made his living---Jem said he ’bought cotton‚’ a polite term for doing nothing... The shutters and doors of the Radley house were closed on Sundays‚ another alien thing to Maycomb’s ways: closed doors meant illness and cold weather only." (Page 11). The Radley family are clearly "the others" in Maycomb. They

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