Analysis Of Boo Radley

Once an idea has taken hold, it is nearly 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 a legendary and troubling background. Several horror stories surrounded the property and thus the reclusive Boo Radley was depicted as mentally unstable. The Radley family was equally disturbing; rumoured to