The Boo Radleys

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    struggles of coming of age, and having to deal with adult issues and ideas. Throughout the novel, Jem and Scout send out and receive objects and messages with Boo Radley through a knothole in a tree in the Radleys’ yard. The Radleys are very strict about never reaching out to the community, so when Nathan Radley finds out that his brother Boo has been using the tree to talk to Jem and Scout, he fills the knothole with cement to stop this correspondence. Jem and Scout are extremely disconcerted…

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    Harper Lee Jem and Scout get attacked and Boo Radley stands up for them.Then in The Scottsboro Affair By Scottsboro An American Tragedy 9 boys were evicted for rape but think the people on the train could have fought back 9-10-12 .Who would win? People should protect One another from injustice so,if they sit and watch they are just as guilty. The Duty of the people is to stand up and protect.In To Kill A Mockingbird Jem gets attacked and injured and Boo Radley saves Jem and Scout,then carries…

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    individual identities can clearly be seen in the lives of characters Tom Robinson, Mayella Ewell and Boo (Arthur) Radley. Boo Radley is perhaps the most misunderstood character that Harper Lee crafted. Scout and Jem believe he is a monster who eats raw animals, a great giant of a man with yellow teeth and perpetually bloodstained hands. However throughout the novel we are reminded on multiple occasions that Boo is simply…

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    - Because Boo Radley hasn’t been out of it for years, He is a Recluse and his house is scary. - The novel is in the point of view of Scout when she is older. Chapter 2 - She likes reading and she wants to be like Jem. - Because she is young. - She is a mean person. Chapter 3 - Calpurnia is the caretaker for Atticus’ house and children. - Don’t judge people until you put yourself into their mind. - Leave school after the first day because they aren’t smart enough. Chapter 4 - Boo Radley will…

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    Cristy Liang Mr. Whitebread EN2D-2 (date) Don’t forget title! People often judge a book by its cover. In the present North American society, people are not only judged initially on their physical appearance, the colour of their skin, their wealth, but also the way they dress, communicate or behave. This is the same as in the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird written by Harper Lee. The novel is about a town of people who judges due to their long-held conceptions of race. Lee’s story takes place in…

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    A recluse of Maycomb, Boo obtains a reticent personality and rarely is found outside his house. One peculiar winter night, Scout is awakened by her father. Mystified by the situation, Scout is distraught when she finds out that Miss Maudie’s, the next door neighbor, house is burning in flames. Scout and Jem’s curiosity takes its toll on them; they wind up in front of the Radley Place to observe the scene. After the dramatic event, Scout returns home…

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    hand of an African American housekeeper named Calpurnia. Lee explains the only mystery in Maycomb is the puzzling neighbor named Arthur “Boo” Radley who never comes outside (4). The children meet a neighbor 's nephew named Dill who is spending the summer in Maycomb. The children become captivated with Boo Radley. The kids try to come up with an idea to lure Boo out of his…

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    and carried Jem home, it was Boo Radley.” Dill’s eyes widened in pure curiosity and he asked for a detailed description of Boo. He asked everything from what color Boo’s eyes were to what shoes he was wearing. But then he asked the question I knew he had been itching to ask, “Well shoot, you don't reckon’ we could make him come out again?” I told him not to bother. Boo was a mockingbird, enough harm had come his way. Dill said his goodbyes and walked right by the Radley gates. He halted and…

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    Scout Finch Morals

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    a vast and complex world who begins to understand people and their lives. Scout not only develops moral beliefs through her own encounters but also due to her father who practiced ethical principles in and out of the household. After Scout walks Boo Radley home and reflects on how differently she used to perceive him she states, “Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk…

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    and then of course, at the bottom, we have the blacks. There was one more group of people represented in this story and they were the mentally ill. Boo Radley wasn’t mistreated, per se, but he wasn’t allowed to interact with people in the mainstream. You…

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