To Kill A Mockingbird Essays: Boo Radley

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Some might say that Boo Radley is one of the favorable neighbor in Maycomb because he is caring, although Boo is one the least wanted neighbor because he is crazy and violent. Boo Radley shows a lot of caring when he see someone in need of something. For example, when Miss Maudie’s house was on fire Scout was watching from the Radley gate, Scout was very cold. When she came back home she had a brown woolen blanket which was not hers it was settled that “Boo Radley. You were so busy looking at the fire you didn’t know it when he put the blanket around you” (Lee 96). Boo Radley is being a good neighbor in this situation because he gave Scout a blanket. This gives the audience another side to Boo Radley. He is caring because he didn’t want Scout

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