“ “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it” ” (Lee 39). - To Kill a Mockingbird With this quote‚ Lee is trying to convey the idea that you can’t understand someone because you can’t always see through their point of view. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Jem talks about Boo Radley‚ stating‚ “There was a long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his
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make generalizations about a person”. Boo Radley‚ a character of To Kill A Mockingbird‚ often keeps to himself in his house. He is barely outside the house and the people of Maycomb County have the fallacy of him being a monster to scare the town. Jem describes Boo as‚ ”about six-and-a-half feet tall‚ judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch‚ that’s why his hands were bloodstained” (Lee 14). Not a lot of people have seen Boo or gotten to know him‚ so it is easy
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I think that Boo Radley should be locked up in jail‚ he is reckless and dangerous. Who knows what he gets up to during the night while we’re all sleepin’! His brother says he stays in the house‚ but we don’t know that for sure‚ now do we. Let me tell you a lil’ somethin’ about Boo Radley‚ he is a maniac. One night I awoke to see Boo Radley starin’ right through my window at me‚ oh and I know that if I hadn’t woken and seen him‚ he would’ve tried to kill me in my sleep! It is unsafe to have such a
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My name is Arthur Radley‚ Boo is my nickname. I live with my brother in our parent’s house. I’m shy so stay indoors away from people. I see everything from my window. Next door is a widowed lawyer‚ Atticus Finch‚ and his two children‚ Jem and Scout. They are fairly well off and have a black maid‚ Calpurnia. This particular summer was more interesting than most. The kids made friends with a new boy‚ Dill. They acted out stories together. Dill spends time staring at my house like he is afraid of it
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Mockingbird Figures Boo Radley and Tom Robinson were prejudged because they both weren’t socially fit in society. Tom Robinson was an ordinary typical black man of the age twenty-five who had three children and lived in Maycomb‚ Alabama. Everyday before going to Link Deas cotton farm‚ he would pass by Mayella Ewell and tip his hat at her. Often times she would ask him to fix something up. In To Kill a Mockingbird we often refer to Tom Robinson as a Mockingbird figure. “Mockingbirds don’t do one
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The Evolution of Boo Radley’s Character in To Kill a Mockingbird Leah and I worked together to create two acrylic paintings that show Scout’s growth in her perspective of Boo Radley. Our reason for choosing acrylic paint is because it comes in a wide range of colors that we could use to express our message and theme. Another reason we chose to use acrylic is because it is very versatile and can be made to appear like watercolor or oil paint. The first scene that we chose to portray is when the children
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In the blockbuster novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper lee‚there are two siblings named Jem and Scout who have a friend named Dill who comes every summer. They go on adventures and see a trial that Atticus is working on. There is also a neighborhood “ghost” who is really a nice guy. The main idea of the novel is how people are perceived differently when you first meet them. The first person who is perceived as someone else‚ it is Atticus Finch. He is Scout and Jem’s father and the lawyer for Tom
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Arthur “Boo” Radley seems to be a minor character‚ but when his role in the novel is closely looked at‚ we notice that he plays a vital part of the story. Much of the plot-line‚ thematic implications‚ and morally-based symbols are based on him. Note that he is used to develop two of the the main themes‚ and is crucial in the development of the main character‚ not to mention that he is a prominent figure at the beginning and at the end of the novel. The first theme that Arthur is involved with about
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be bad? To be a mockingbird means to not cause any harm to the society and do good deeds. Most mockingbirds don’t even want to be recognized. Boo Radley is a perfect example of a metaphorical mockingbird. Not everyone knows what being misunderstood is like; especially when you’re misunderstood for the wrong reasons. Just because a man keeps to himself‚ should he be marked as an outcast? Just because a man is rumored to have done a dark deed‚ should he live a lonely life? Boo Radley‚ a man who has
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Secondly‚ Boo Radley is a “ghost” who’s been locked up in his house for 15 years and is very mysterious. Lastly‚ Bob Ewell is inexplicably evil because he’s racist and rude. The Ewells are white‚ but very poor. First‚ Tom Robinson is a man who only has one arm and is being accused of rape because he’s a “colored man”. He’s being put on trial for it and Atticus is the lawyer who defends him. I know this because Reverend Sykes said‚ “Tom caught his hand in a cotton gin when he was a boy.”
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