Samson Bennett TKAM Jenn The Real Monster In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird the main theme is not racism or that it focuses on the trial‚ but the book’s real main theme is how Scout grows up into a mature and decorous young woman from innocent child. Nothing in the novel is a better symbol of her development than Boo Radley’s character and how she views him. At the beginning of the book‚ Scout’s opinion on Boo Radley’s image and character is shrouded by myths and rumors that she hears
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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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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 main theme in the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ since a major theme is not to deliberately harm people who are helpless and who don’t harm others in the society. In the book both Atticus and Miss Maudie agree that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird because in society mockingbirds bring happiness and they don’t cause harm. In this book there are characters that could be symbolized as mockingbirds such as Tom Robinson‚ Mayella Ewell‚ and Boo Radley. These characters have been accused
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Arthur ‘boo’ radley At the start of the novel ‘boo’ is described as a “malevolent phantom”. Boo is never seen outside the house. ”phantom” shows us that harper lee wants to hint that boo haunts his house like a ghost would. The fact that “phantom” is used and ghost isn’t means that the reader is meant to think that boo is evil. This is backed up by the word “malevolent” showing that boo wishes to harm others something only a “phantom” would do. This idea of Boo being a “phantom” is further enforced
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Brenda Suarez Legorreta Mr. Stefanelli English CP /"Gifts to Boo Radley" March 13 2014 At the end of the novel of Haper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ many things unravel. An adult Scout says‚ "Neighbors bring food with death and flowers with sickness and little things in between. Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls‚ a broken watch and chain‚ a pair of good-luck pennies‚ and our lives. But neighbors give in return. We never put back into that tree what we took out of it: we
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Growing up in the 1930’s was a time where people went through significant changes that helped America become what we are today. Courage defines who people are. To Kill a Mockingbird gives us a perspective on how kids and adults grew up in a world full of racism and prejudice. The characters in the novel learn the lesson of courage‚ tolerance‚ and respect. It’s simply unusual for a white man‚ such as Atticus‚ to defend a negro in Maycomb County‚ especially in the 1930’s. Yet‚ once appointed to Tom
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fictional novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee illustrates the types of prejudice that people often face. 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
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How Fear Plays Its Role… In the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee fear plays its own special role in the lives of the people of Maycomb. The role that fear plays ranges from the spooky radley place to being followed late at night after a pageant. Atticus‚ one of the main characters‚ is a lawyer who is asked to defend a black man‚ Tom Robinson‚ who is accused of rape. The townspeople of Maycomb are very racist towards the blacks. Given that Atticus is going to defend a black
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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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