Character Analysis Of Tom Boo Radley In To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee
As the famous French Enlightenment writer, Voltaire, once said,“It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.” This quote relates to 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 wrongly of things they have not done and they are all helpless in their own ways.
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In the book Scout describes Boo as an evil and crazy person who is out to hurt people and therefore never comes out of his house. Jem and Scout describe his house being low with a deep porch and green shutters, and it gives the reader an eerie aura about the place where Boo Radley lives. “...Jem and I have never seen him. People said he went out at night when the moon was down, and peeped in windows... Any stealthy small crimes committed in Maycomb were his work” (Lee 9). This shows that although no one has seen him take such action there are rumors about Boo being evil. Also, Scout and the people of Maycomb believe that inside the house lived a malevolent phantom. To them, Boo executes the actions of a fiend because Boo is shy and reclusive, so he does not defend himself against the false stories about him. In reality, Boo has the inability to establish connections with the outside world, yet he desires to protect and befriend the children. “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 held out the blanket and crept toward me” (Lee 72). This shows that Boo Radley is actually a good person because he attempted to befriend Jem and Scout, leaving them gifts to show his kindness and by helping Scout get warm by giving her the blanket. In the end, he saved
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In the book Scout describes Boo as an evil and crazy person who is out to hurt people and therefore never comes out of his house. Jem and Scout describe his house being low with a deep porch and green shutters, and it gives the reader an eerie aura about the place where Boo Radley lives. “...Jem and I have never seen him. People said he went out at night when the moon was down, and peeped in windows... Any stealthy small crimes committed in Maycomb were his work” (Lee 9). This shows that although no one has seen him take such action there are rumors about Boo being evil. Also, Scout and the people of Maycomb believe that inside the house lived a malevolent phantom. To them, Boo executes the actions of a fiend because Boo is shy and reclusive, so he does not defend himself against the false stories about him. In reality, Boo has the inability to establish connections with the outside world, yet he desires to protect and befriend the children. “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 held out the blanket and crept toward me” (Lee 72). This shows that Boo Radley is actually a good person because he attempted to befriend Jem and Scout, leaving them gifts to show his kindness and by helping Scout get warm by giving her the blanket. In the end, he saved