Boo Radley Locked Up Analysis

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I predict that the kids will not meet Boo because Boo is locked up. The doors of the Radley house were closed on weekdays and also Sundays. Boo was never seen in the daytime as he was locked up. Nobody has ever seen him, there were few that have seen him. Since he was locked up people thought that Boo never existed, because Mr. Radley wanted it that way so to speak. The doors of the Radleys were never open throughout the whole week, Mrs. Radley would rarely walk across the street to get coffee with her neighbors. This shows that the Radleys are not actively socialized people, so this means the kids will not meet Boo. Boo never went to church, which is bad in Maycomb county, Boo never socialized with anyone outside of the Radley doors either.

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