Boo Radley Trial

I believe that Scout, Jem, And Dill will not encounter Boo Radley in the story. Boo has been locked up in his parent’s house for 15 years, it is extremely dubious to think that he would leave or be allowed to leave because of the wishes of three children. When Boo was in his teens he and some of the Cunninghams from Old Sarum formed the closest thing to a gang Maycomb had even seen. The crew hung around the barber shop, went to dances at the county’s gambling hell, and experimented with stumphole whiskey, so it was easy to tell Boo was hanging with the wrong crowed but no one had the guts to tell Mr. Radley. Then one night the boys got in an altercation with police and Boo was locked in the courthouse outhouse until they went to trial. At trial all the boys were convicted of disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace, …show more content…
Radley it was. Boo was released from custody after his father gave his word he’d keep is son out of trouble, and so the doors of the Radley estate were closed. After that point the Radleys became shut-ins. They did not go to church but instead worshiped at home, the shutters and doors of the house remained closed on Sundays an odd occurrence in Maycomb where visits on Sunday were customary, Mrs. Radley rarely crossed the street, and Mr. Radley was only seen occasionally generally carrying groceries’ back to the house. Later in Boo’s life after being locked up for years he stabbed his father in the leg while cutting the tribune for his scrapbook. Boo was thirty-three at the time and a stay at Tuscaloosa was suggested as a way to help Boo, but Mr.Radly being a prideful man refused and did not allow his son to go to the asylum. The citizens and children of the town had heard these stories and feared Boo because of them, and legends far worse then the real events spread making Boo Radley one of the most feared men in