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Boo Radley Related To The Mockingbird
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In my opion Boo Radley resembles the perfect mockingbird. I believe this because Boo throughout the book never does anything, but help Jem and Scout. Boo was always there to help and protect Jem and Scout. For example when Jem, Dill, and Scout were caught at the Radley place. Boo had sewed back together Jem’s pants and folded them for him to get.

When Boo was a teenager he was the local trouble maker. He was always in trouble with the people in Maycomb or even with the law. When Boo was a little bit older he was in his house cutting paper. But when his father walked by, Boo had stabbed him with the scissors. Then Boo was taken to the basement of the jail and was locked up. When
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