Lee purposefully writes Boo as the last symbolic character discovered for the image of the mockingbird. Scout near the end of the novel realizes that blaming Boo for Bob Ewell’s death would be “sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird” (Lee 276). Boo was doing the right thing and saving innocent children from a spiteful man would be like killing a mockingbird, which is why it was unjust to send him to jail. Boo’s heroism and mockingbird qualities are presented, there are hints that Lee purposefully leaves throughout the novel to show Boo is a good person, despite the stories of his life. Boo wrapped a blanket around Scout when Miss Maudie’s house caught on fire, Boo left gifts for Jem and Scout in the trunk of a tree, and finally saved them from Bob Ewell when he tried to murder Scout and Jem. Boo Radley is a perfect representation of Harper Lee’s justicial depiction of the mockingbird and a victim of Maycomb’s social prejudice. Atticus Finch was a role model for the whole town of maycomb. Even though
Lee purposefully writes Boo as the last symbolic character discovered for the image of the mockingbird. Scout near the end of the novel realizes that blaming Boo for Bob Ewell’s death would be “sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird” (Lee 276). Boo was doing the right thing and saving innocent children from a spiteful man would be like killing a mockingbird, which is why it was unjust to send him to jail. Boo’s heroism and mockingbird qualities are presented, there are hints that Lee purposefully leaves throughout the novel to show Boo is a good person, despite the stories of his life. Boo wrapped a blanket around Scout when Miss Maudie’s house caught on fire, Boo left gifts for Jem and Scout in the trunk of a tree, and finally saved them from Bob Ewell when he tried to murder Scout and Jem. Boo Radley is a perfect representation of Harper Lee’s justicial depiction of the mockingbird and a victim of Maycomb’s social prejudice. Atticus Finch was a role model for the whole town of maycomb. Even though