In to Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee tells the story of Scout Finch and her older brother, Jem, in their adventure through 1930's Alabama. In the beginning, Scout, starts out as a very undeveloped child not knowing the prejudice times nearby, as the story progress she gains awareness of the harsh prejudice and racism in the south. Boo Radley remains an outsider who tries to stay away from the people of Maycomb. However, he stands for a powerful symbol of what means to be caring and innocence towards the harsh parts of the world, leaving little presents for Scout and Jem in the knothole and saving the children at a time where they could have died. He represents the main "mockingbird" in the novel, a moral person damaged by the evil of society.
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Regardless of the pain that Boo endured, he still does many nice things for the kids. "Two live oaks stood at the end of the Radley lot; their roots reached into the side-road and made it bumpy. Something about one of the trees attracted my attention. Tin-foil was sticking out of a knot-hole just above my eye level, winking at me in the afternoon sun. I stood on my tiptoe, hastily looked around once more, reached into the hole, and withdrew two pieces of chewing gum minus their outer wrappers."(33) One of the first signs that Boo Radley wishes to be kind toward the children and has seen their attention in him by his knothole gifts. By leaving little presents, harmless and caring gifts for them, it becomes extremely clear that Boo shows a good person within him, which changes noticeably from Scout and Jem's original feelings about him. Scout does not realize that the gifts may be a gift from Boo, though Jem grows suspicious. Later on, Scout understands. Near the beginning of the story, the Finch kids finds two sticks of gum, two scrubbed and polished Indian Head pennies, soap figures representing Jem and Scout, a full pack of gum, and a pocket watch from time to time in the knothole. "Jem and I were trotting in our orbit mild October afternoon when our knot hole stopped us again. Something white was inside this time. Jem let me do the honors: I pulled out two small images carved in soap. One figure was a boy the other wore a crude dress"(67) This quote is very relevant to the relationship with Boo and the kids because Jem and Scout received many things from the knothole and this time finding two image carvings in soap, which looks exactly like them. This shows that all of the gifts that they found in the knothole meant for them to keep, but they still didn't know who it came from. Jem and Scout don't know that all the gifts that they
Regardless of the pain that Boo endured, he still does many nice things for the kids. "Two live oaks stood at the end of the Radley lot; their roots reached into the side-road and made it bumpy. Something about one of the trees attracted my attention. Tin-foil was sticking out of a knot-hole just above my eye level, winking at me in the afternoon sun. I stood on my tiptoe, hastily looked around once more, reached into the hole, and withdrew two pieces of chewing gum minus their outer wrappers."(33) One of the first signs that Boo Radley wishes to be kind toward the children and has seen their attention in him by his knothole gifts. By leaving little presents, harmless and caring gifts for them, it becomes extremely clear that Boo shows a good person within him, which changes noticeably from Scout and Jem's original feelings about him. Scout does not realize that the gifts may be a gift from Boo, though Jem grows suspicious. Later on, Scout understands. Near the beginning of the story, the Finch kids finds two sticks of gum, two scrubbed and polished Indian Head pennies, soap figures representing Jem and Scout, a full pack of gum, and a pocket watch from time to time in the knothole. "Jem and I were trotting in our orbit mild October afternoon when our knot hole stopped us again. Something white was inside this time. Jem let me do the honors: I pulled out two small images carved in soap. One figure was a boy the other wore a crude dress"(67) This quote is very relevant to the relationship with Boo and the kids because Jem and Scout received many things from the knothole and this time finding two image carvings in soap, which looks exactly like them. This shows that all of the gifts that they found in the knothole meant for them to keep, but they still didn't know who it came from. Jem and Scout don't know that all the gifts that they