The Boo Radleys

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    Specific example of this is seen in the dynamic characterization of Boo Radley. Boo Radley or simply Boo, was someone who “dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch,” (Lee,7) and poisoned nuts in the school yard. This makes him…

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    small town called Maycomb, narrated by a young girl nicknamed Scout. Maycomb is a poor one street town, that consists of racially split, judgemental people. A place where many are looked down upon, just for what’s on the outside. The characters Boo Radley, Mrs. Dubose, and Dolphus Raymond are all misunderstood, but wouldn’t be, if the people of maycomb tried to make an accurate perception of them.…

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    Boo Radley deals with injustice every day. He is the main character of silly stories told by the people of Maycomb and is seen as a scary person. He is described in the book as a monster. "Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that's why his hands were bloodstained…

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    In Harper Lee’s classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird. There are 3 people that are important , Bob Ewell, Tom Robinson, and Boo Radley. These three people are filled with sin and deserve to pay for it. Natural causes is when somebody dies from a disease. Bob Ewell tried killing children on Halloween night otherwise known as attempted murder. If you didn’t know murder is the act of killing someone. Bob is going down a dark path and has been going down this path ever since he was a kid. Bob Ewell…

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    Initially, Boo Radley is misunderstood as a violent character, but is…

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    shoes. And how our characters Jem Finch, Scout Finch, Mrs. Dubose, Boo Radley and Mayella Ewell change when this phrase is taken into action throughout the book. “Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk in them and just standing in the Radley’s porch was enough.” (Lee 279) Here we have Scout witnessing what Boo Radley had witnessed all through the book. She thought Boo Radley was this maniac, crazy guy who knew nothing but to kill and…

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    but there were hints were thrown at us about who he truly was. Jem said, “I think I’m beginning to understand why Boo Radley’s stayed shut up in the house all this time… it’s because he wants to stay inside” (Lee 231 ch. 23). This quote makes me think that Boo Radley stays inside to stay away from all the harm that there is outside. A lot of the town would take advantage of Boo Radley, and they saw him as a bad guy. Not many people attempted to take a walk in his shoes, but if they would have,…

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    live well off compared to the rest of the society. Every summer, a boy named Dill comes to live in his aunt’s house in the neighborhood and is soon befriended by Scout and Jem. The trio spends summer together and is curious about the mystery of Boo Radley, who is their neighbor and also Nathan Radley’s brother who never leaves the house. Summer soon comes to an end and fall begins. Scout goes to school for the first time and hates it as her attempt to explain about a fellow student is…

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    stated, “Courage is the ability to do something difficult even when there’s a risk.” Courage plays a large role in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Throughout the novel, courage was seen through the characters Jem Finch, Scout Finch, Boo Radley, and Atticus Finch. These characters all demonstrate excessive ideas of courage as the novel goes on. Through the characters minds there is fear involved, but was overcome by their courageous actions. To begin with, Jem and Scout Finch…

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    and Jem also learned what it means to be courageous and to help others not only yourself. Scout and Jem become introduced to people being prejudice at the beginning of the book. Scout and Jem hear rumors and stories about boo radley such as “According to Miss stephanie, Boo was sitting in the living room cutting some items from The Maycomb Tribune to paste in his scrapbook. His…

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