Examples Of Judgement In To Kill A Mockingbird

In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, there were many instances of discrimination, court trials and lots of judgement. It didn’t matter if you were the nicest person in the town, there was always someone talking about you in Maycomb and judging you. A character that rarely ever made himself known got most of the judgement. He was a recluse everyone said and they feared him. No one in the town knew him well enough, but still told their children to be careful and to not go near his property. Boo Radley’s lack of appearance not only affected him and Scout, but also affected the theme of the story. With Boo being in solitary it made him seem “strange.” No one understood why he never came out of his house. While everyone in Maycomb stayed away from him, the children, Scout, Jem and Dill, were interested in him. They wanted to know why he stayed in his home. So the children resorted to making little plays/scenes that they thought portrayed Boo. That is until Atticus found them one day with a fishing rod trying to get a letter to Boo. They wanted Boo to come out and possibly “enjoy” them and their antics. “ ‘I’m going to tell you something and tell you one time: stop tormenting that man. That goes for the other two of you’ ” (65). Atticus then told to them to stop putting Boo’s life out in …show more content…
He never intended to be the talk of the town because of his loneliness. Boo just wanted to stay by himself and enjoy his solitude. Then he met Scout and Jem who had started to get him to come out on occasion when there was an emergency. Such as the fire and he gave Scout a blanket to keep warm from the cold, sowing Jem’s pants when he ripped them on a run away from Boo’s house and even saving Scout and Jem when Bob Ewell tried to cause harm to them. Boo was always there at the right moment. Boo not being a constant in the story changed him, Scout and affected the theme of the