To Kill a Mockingbird Boo Radley Struggle with Society
Ryan McMahon Cp10 English Ms. Gold
The story of Boo Radley
In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee one of the characters, Arthur “Boo” Radley, has a major struggle with society. He is an outcast. Boo being an outcast is caused by many different factors, he deals with it in different ways, and his struggle with society is important. Boo Radley’s struggle with society is caused by many different factors. In the novel, the reader learns that Boo gets in some trouble as a teen when he befriends the Cunningham gang. The members of the Cunningham gang are a bunch of troublemakers. Boo and other boys in the gang are arrested one night for “disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct, assault and battery, and using abusive and profane language in the presence and hearing of a female”(12). The judge decides to send the boys to the state industrial school. Mr. Radley thinks it would be a disgrace to have his boy sent there so he promises the judge if his boy is released to him he will not get in any more trouble. Boo Radleyis not seen again for 15 years. During this time one can imagine that Boo became very lonely. There was however a nasty rumor about Boo:
“Boo was sitting in the livingroom cutting some items from The Maycomb Tribune to paste in his scrapbook. His father entered the room. As Mr. Radley passed by, Boo drove the scissors into his parent’s leg, pulled them out, wiped them on his pants, and resumed his activities. Mrs. Radley ran screaming into the street that Arthur was killing them all, but when the sheriff arrived he found Boo still sitting in the livingroom, cutting up the Tribune. He was thirty-three years old then. Miss Stephanie says old Mr. Radley said no Radley was going to any asylum, when it was suggested that a season in Tuscaloosa might be helpful to Boo. Boo wasn’t crazy, he was high-strung at times It was all right to shut him up, Mr. Radley conceded, but insisted that Boo not be charged with anything: he was not a criminal. The sheriff hadn’t
The story of Boo Radley
In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee one of the characters, Arthur “Boo” Radley, has a major struggle with society. He is an outcast. Boo being an outcast is caused by many different factors, he deals with it in different ways, and his struggle with society is important. Boo Radley’s struggle with society is caused by many different factors. In the novel, the reader learns that Boo gets in some trouble as a teen when he befriends the Cunningham gang. The members of the Cunningham gang are a bunch of troublemakers. Boo and other boys in the gang are arrested one night for “disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct, assault and battery, and using abusive and profane language in the presence and hearing of a female”(12). The judge decides to send the boys to the state industrial school. Mr. Radley thinks it would be a disgrace to have his boy sent there so he promises the judge if his boy is released to him he will not get in any more trouble. Boo Radleyis not seen again for 15 years. During this time one can imagine that Boo became very lonely. There was however a nasty rumor about Boo:
“Boo was sitting in the livingroom cutting some items from The Maycomb Tribune to paste in his scrapbook. His father entered the room. As Mr. Radley passed by, Boo drove the scissors into his parent’s leg, pulled them out, wiped them on his pants, and resumed his activities. Mrs. Radley ran screaming into the street that Arthur was killing them all, but when the sheriff arrived he found Boo still sitting in the livingroom, cutting up the Tribune. He was thirty-three years old then. Miss Stephanie says old Mr. Radley said no Radley was going to any asylum, when it was suggested that a season in Tuscaloosa might be helpful to Boo. Boo wasn’t crazy, he was high-strung at times It was all right to shut him up, Mr. Radley conceded, but insisted that Boo not be charged with anything: he was not a criminal. The sheriff hadn’t