he main character of this book is a young girl‚ nicknamed Scout. She lives with her brother‚ Jem‚ who is four years older than her‚ and her father. She ages from six to nine in this story. Boo Radley is the only person who could do this novel justice if he was the main character. He would still have some of the details of the original book and he would be able to tell about the trial from the perspective of the newspapers. Boo Radley would also be able to discuss his relationship with the children
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various situations. The main character Atticus is also extremely wise and gives out advice that anyone can apply to their lives. The novel also had characters that I absolutely fell in love with. Boo Radley was one of my favorite characters in the novel‚ his character was surrounded with mystery until the end. His character was very similar to how I imagined him to be and the reader soon sympathized with him. Boo wasn’t the only character I favored. I also found Dill’s character quite loveable‚ his story
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terrified of Boo than Jem or Dill are. While the two older boys push at the edges of their fears by attempting to make indirect contact with Boo‚ Scout hangs back‚ not wanting to bring the monster’s wrath down upon them. When she does get drawn into their schemes‚ she pays for it with sleepless nights. Every night-sound I heard from my cot on the back porch was magnified three-fold; every scratch of feet on gravel was Boo Radley seeking revenge‚ every passing Negro laughing in the night was Boo Radley
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Mockingbird by Harper Lee is about a girl named Scout and her brother‚ Jem‚ who grows up in Maycomb County a time when racism was very common in Alabama. Their father‚ Atticus Finch‚ is a defense attorney who helps defend Tom Robinson‚ an African American‚ from being accused of rape. The book takes place in the 1930s after the Great Depression while also struggling for Civil Rights. From beginning to end‚ Scout innocently grows up by first childishly making fun of Boo Radley‚ beginning to understand
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drunk; as the characters Scout and Dill both find out that he simply acts different than others and he wants to give people a “reason” for why he acts like that. Boo Radley seems to be very menacing and deadly‚ but he is actually just very shy. The main theme of To Kill a Mockingbird‚ is that it is not right to judge someone before you know them‚ which is proven to be true in the lives of the characters‚
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“The Man Named Boo” The author created Arthur “Boo” Radley and made Scout‚ the narrator‚ fear him. Boo was always a mysterious character throughout the novel. He was never seen and was often times feared by the neighborhood children. They would run by the Radley house every day in hopes to make it past without Boo coming out to get them. Boo was the character that was always a mystery‚ but in the end‚ surprised everyone. Very little was known about Boo. The children learnt that when Boo was young‚
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example: "They did not go to church‚ Maycomb’s pricipal recreation‚ but worshipped at home... I never knew how old Mr. Radley made his living---Jem said he ’bought cotton‚’ a polite term for doing nothing... The shutters and doors of the Radley house were closed on Sundays‚ another alien thing to Maycomb’s ways: closed doors meant illness and cold weather only." (Page 11). The Radley family are clearly "the others" in Maycomb. They
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thought about trough numbers of vital lessons taught by different people. Boo Radley‚ a mysterious figure whom lives only a few yards but children can only know from the myths all around him spared all over the small town of Maycomb played an important role in their maturation of Jem‚ Scout and Dill. The children used their creative imagination which is a significant feature of child to interpret and make sense of Boo Radley. Although he only begins as a figure of ‘scary monster’ in the children’s
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reason for the oppressed. Lee writes Atticus as being very unorthodox for his time‚ and as being the person who will help usher in moral change into the Maycomb society. Due to time of writing‚ it seems that Lee presents the character of Atticus in such a way to impress upon the public that‚ like the Maycomb community‚ they should also review their prejudiced views. Due to the very striking presentation of Atticus in the novel‚ he is one of literatures most well known characters‚ who has left his mark
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represented through many characters in Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird such as Tom Robinson and Boo Radley. In the novel killing a mockingbird is a symbol of loss of innocence. There are many “mockingbirds” in the story‚ which takes place in a town called Maycomb‚ Alabama during the Great Depression. One of the “mockingbirds” in the story is Tom Robinson‚ a African American man‚ accused of raping a white woman and falsely convicted for it. Another “mockingbird” in the story is Boo Radley‚ an outcast
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