Compare And Contrast Boo Radley And To Kill A Mockingbird

Most urban legends contain some form of humor or horror. They show a sign of caution or a lesson to be learned. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Boo Radley can be compared to a popular urban legend called Green Man. Boo Radley and the Green Man are both supposedly horrifying to look at. Both men only come out at night, and when they do, they roam the streets and creep on people. Because Boo Radley shares multiple similarities with The Green Man, he should be considered an urban legend.
In the story To Kill a Mockingbird, an urban legend takes place. Inside an old, dark house lives the mysterious Boo Radley. Boo Radley’s parents were very antisocial and hardly left the house to attend gatherings. Boo became caught up in the wrong crowd in his teens. When his father found out all the trouble he was causing, he locked him in their house for fifteen years. When he was in his thirties, he shanked his father in the leg with a pair of scissors, wiped them off, and then proceeded to go back to his activity. His parents didn’t believe he was crazy so they didn’t send him to an insane asylum. The sheriff did not want him to be locked in a jail cell with Negroes, so he was locked in the courthouse
When Raymond Robinson was eight years old, he tried to catch a glimpse of a bird’s nest on a power pole. He unfortunately grazed a power line that electrocuted him and caused dreadful facial and body injuries, which never properly healed. He became utterly disfigured in the face, which frightened many people. He could not go out in public without the fear of causing someone to panic. This led him to spend the majority of his seventy-four years in his home. However, rumor has it, he would walk around town at night when he was less likely to be seen. Tourists would drive by his house, hoping to catch a glimpse of him. These people then passed this information on to their children and grandchildren, thus creating an urban