Arthur Boo Radley

In To Kill A Mockingbird, Arthur “Boo” Radley is a man who stayed at home all the time. Since he stayed at home, people made up rumors about him. Jem, for instance, told Scout and Dill that Boo is six-and-a-half feet tall, he would dine on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch. There is a long jagged scar that ran across his face; his white teeth turned into yellow and rotten. For the people in Maycomb, they made up rumors saying that when he was young, Boo and his friends was in the wrong crowd. Because of these rumors, Jem, Dill, and Scout tried to make Boo come out his house. When that didn’t happen, they made up a game of “Who could act out like Arthur Radley” because they thought it was fun and was curious what he would do if he came out of his house. Weeks had passed, and Atticus told to stop playing it because it wasn’t polite. One day in summer when Dill was with the Finches, they went to the backyard of the Radley’s house. When Jem, Dill, and Scout got caught they went under the fence but Jem’s pants got stuck in between the fence and the ground, so Jem had no choice but to let the jeans to …show more content…
When Jem was fighting with Bob, Boo came out and helped Jem to fight off Bob Ewell off of Jem. Scout didn’t knew that the man who was helping Jem was Boo because it was night. Scout got home first because she was unharmed but when she did, Scout saw a man carrying Jem home. When she found out that the man was Boo Radley, she was surprised because he didn’t left his house for many years. Not only was she surprised that Boo came out of his house, she was surprised that Boo didn’t had blood-stained hand because he would dine on raw squirrels or any cats he could find, there was no long jagged scar that ran across his face, his teeth weren’t rotten and yellow. Scout found out that Boo wasn’t a goblin-like creature instead he was just an ordinary