The answer here is prejudice. All folks are created equal but prejudice is dividing them‚ but Scout and Jem are too innocent to realize it. Jem being older realizes something about Boo Radley‚ who hasn’t been seen outside of his house since he was a teenager.“Scout‚ I think I’m beginning to understand something. I think I’m beginning to understand why Boo Radley’s stayed shut up in the house all this time. . . it’s because he wants to
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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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entire novel is this small bird. And yet‚ despite being small‚ the mockingbird is filled with a large amount of importance throughout the novel. The use of symbolism with this bird is especially used when it comes to the misunderstood character Boo Radley. Boo is innocence in most likely its purest form in the novel. He never did anything truly wrong‚ unlike other characters like Bob Ewell. Boo didn’t do all the terrible things he was accused of‚ like eating animals‚ and yet he became a subject of
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Arther Radley or Boo Radley is a mysterious character in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee who lived in the Finches’ neighborhood in Maycomb. He never came out of his house in the day and wasn’t seen for fifteen years. There were rumors and myths about him and his family spread around town According to the rumor‚ he is an crazy man who he stabbed his father’s leg with a scissors and got locked inside the house. However‚ no one really knew the truth about him. At the beginning of the story‚ Boo
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(1) Jem Finch‚ shows his understanding of prejudiced opinions by moving from naivety of Boo Radley to an understanding of why Boo is so reclusive. (2) Jems naivety is shown when he makes a preconceived opinion toward their reclusive and mysterious neighbor Boo Radley. Boo Radley is thought of as a scary man by the children in the community due to Boo’s appearance in court when Boo was a teenager. Jem begins to understand why Boo is so reclusive after witnessing Tom Robinson’s trial. (3) While
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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 eyes popped‚ and he drooled most of the time” (Lee 16). Scout and Jem judge who Boo Radley based off of rumors. They never really get to understand who he is as a person. People perceive things differently and view situations around
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misunderstood neighbor named Boo Radley. Jem and Scout had many different perspectives on Boo. In the beginning they were scared. Going further into the book they become more curious. Towards the end they became friends. At the beginning of the novel two kids‚ Jem and Scout live in small town in Alabama. They start out with being terrified of their neighbor‚ Boo Radley. The book starts out with everyone having a bad feeling about Boo‚ People said the Boo Radley went out after midnight and would
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to ask a question. His eyes full of wonder‚ his mind full of thoughts; it made me remember the days I looked at a particular house with those eyes. Of course the house and its inhabitations were long gone but the memory remained. The legend of Boo Radley was now a bed-time story I told little
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Boo Radley is essential to the book "To Kill a Mockingbird" because he is a catalyst for many other things to happen through out the book. For example he allows the reader to see what the mentality of some of the people in Maycomb. For example Miss. Stephanie Crawford‚ who demonises Boo as a monster and also a large proportion of the community who‚ for example‚ will not eat the nuts produced by the tree on the Radley’s property as they will be poisoned. "Miss. Stephanie Crawford said she woke up
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Arthur Radley‚ also known as "Boo" Radley‚ stays in his home all day. He seems isolated from the rest of the town. No one really knows much about boo. But in reality‚ boo is different than people think. As I looked out the window‚ I could see the kids‚ running and playing. It was hard to see over the glare coming through the shades on my left. I had almost lost count of the times I had watched these kids play. I see them come home everyday‚ after school. Scout was the kid that caught my interest
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