know they are wrong. This is the case for the so called crazy man of Maycomb‚ Boo Radley. To Kill a Mockingbird By: Harper Lee is told by Scout Finch a seven year old trying to figure out the grown up word. This whole story is about the event that lead up to Jem (Scout’s older brother) breaking his arm. As children in the beginning of the book they have a strange person they don’t know much about. This is where Boo Radley comes in. No one knows much about him. This fact makes Scout‚ Jem‚ and Dill very
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they look for and hear what they listen for.” This is what Judge Taylor says at the trial‚ when talks about the jury who convicted Tom Robinson blindly at the trial. Boo Radley‚ someone who this quote could apply to‚ asked Scout to take him home‚ and she does while reflecting on the past couple of years as they get nearer to the Radley Place. She remembers all that Boo has given her and Jem‚ and it hurts her they they never gave back. When they get to the front porch‚ Boo goes inside the house and Scout
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Harper Lee‚ in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ reveals a theme of judgement by conveying how the discernment of others is a result of ignorance and someone’s failure to place himself into another’s shoes‚ normally being portrayed through the children. In the first five chapters‚ the reader is introduced to Scout’s family‚ school‚ friends‚ homelife‚ and subjects and concepts that are common knowledge to the people of Maycomb. The children of Scout’s class base their perception of Miss Caroline on
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mysterious presents in the knothole of an old tree on the Radley place. Chapter 5-7: • The children’s fascination with Boo Radley continues. • Jem‚ Dill‚ and Scout venture out one night to try to see into Boo Radley’s back window -- an adventure that leads to frightening results‚ especially for Jem. • As the summer comes to a close‚ Scout and Jem find more presents in the Radley tree‚ but their bounty is suddenly cut off by Mr. Radley. Chapter 8-11: • Winter comes quickly‚ bringing
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Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird as Jem and Scout get older and more mature they begin to lose their innocence. To Kill a Mockingbird is set in the town of Maycomb‚ Alabama in 1933-1935 during the time of the Great Depression‚ the story is told from Scout’s perspective which is that of a tiny child’s. As the story progresses we begin to learn a lot about about growing up‚ prejudice‚ as well as courage. As To Kill a Mockingbird begins we soon learn that the story is told from Scout’s perspective who
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demonstrates how unfair and unjust prejudice is without solid facts to base one’s opinion on. In the face of experiencing prejudice‚ Arthur “Boo” Radley and Tom Robinson continue to be nice people and illustrate that prejudice does not have to change a person to become wicked. Both the Radley family‚ specifically Arthur “Boo” Radley‚ and Tom
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precious items‚ covered Scout with a blanket‚ and killed for them. “‘Thank who?’ I asked. ’Boo Radley. You were so busy looking at the fire you didn’t know it when he put the blanket around you.’ My stomach turned to water and I nearly threw up when Jem held out the blanket and crept toward me. ’He sneaked out of the house-turn ’round-sneaked up‚ and’ went like this!’"(Lee 96). This quote shows that Boo Radley wasn’t a monster‚ but instead the opposite. He cared about the children. Surely‚ it would be
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takes place. Calpurnia is the maid and nanny of the Finch kids. Dill is the kid that comes to Maycomb every summer and plays with the Finches. The Radley place it the house where the Radleys live. Stephanie Crawford knows everything about everyone’s family history and lives near the Finches. Arthur Radley is the mysterious man that never leaves the Radley place (only at night) everyone always tell strange stories about him. Miss Caroline Fisher is Maycomb’s first grade teacher. Walter Cunningham is
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trial‚ and soon changes her perspective of things. One of the things she looks at differently is Boo Radley. After Boo had given her and Jem small presents in the hole of the oak and he covered her with the blanket when Miss Maudie’s house was on fire‚ Scout realized that Boo wasn’t as bad as the town gossip made him out to be. Her realization was strengthened when she found out that it was Boo Radley who had saved her and Jem from Bob Ewell. Once Scout had escorted him home‚ making
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Chapter 6 - Prompt #3 "We thought it was better to go under the high wire fence at the rear of the Radley lot‚ we stood less change of being seen. The fence enclosed a large garden and a narrow wooden out-house. Jem held up the bottom wire and motioned to Dill under it. I followed‚ and held up the wire for Jem. It was a tight squeeze for him (56)." This quotation impressed me because of the incredible symbolism that it portrays. The children’s search through the darkness‚ the several wire fences
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