Boo Radley Journal

I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and I am on page 36. So far this book is about the odd Radley family. Jem and Scout has started school, and Dill left to Meridian. We have met Ms. Caroline and the Ewells. Scout already knows how to read and is amazing at it, but Ms. Caroline told her stop being taught to read by Atticus. In this journal I will be predicting why the kids won’t meet Boo and I will evaluate the Ewell family.

I believe that the kids, Jem and Scout, will not meet Boo. That is because Boo is locked up in his house; so the kids would

They are, and have been, the rudest and most disrespectful family in Maycomb for three generations. An example of this would be Burris Ewell. When attending class on the first day, he frightens the teacher with his state of uncleanliness. Scout even states that he, “was the filthiest human I had ever seen…His neck was dark gray… his fingernails were black” (Lee 29). When the teacher tries to send him home to clean up, Burris meanly tells her that this is the one and only day that he is ever going to come to school, leaving her distraught and in tears. In addition to talking back, Burris and his family resist going to school. They only go on the first day because the truant lady threatens to report them to the police. The whole family seems to follow their own set of rules instead of society. Their dad, Bob Ewell, hunts in the winter, which is against the law, and gets away with it because his kids would starve otherwise. In addition, the Ewell family doesn’t have a mother to set them right, which is mostly why Burris and all of his siblings only show up for the first day of school, the rest of the year is spent “Living like animals” (Lee 33). I must say that I agree with Atticus when he says, “the Ewells had been the disgrace of Maycomb for three generations” (Lee 33). The family has been judged poorly by society for reasons such as disrespectfulness, and discourtesy to

I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and I am on page 208. The book is about a family living in the time of racism. In this journal I will be explaining and telling you about Atticus finch.

I predict that the kids will not meet Boo Radley. One reason they will not meet him is that he is locked up. He was locked away by his father, because of his troublesome gang. Boo’s gang locked a town member in the courthouse outhouse. For many, that was the last straw. They could not take anymore of the gang’s exasperating actions. The judge sentenced the gang to be sent to the state industrial school. Mr. Radley, a proud man, thought the sentence disgraceful. Instead, he decided to lock Boo inside the house as discipline. Also, the Radley family rarely goes out. Even before the incident, they rarely withdrew from their house. They kept their doors closed, all throughout the week. In Maycomb, having a closed door on Sunday is unheard of. The Radley family did not socialize either. Mr. Radley’s only response to the children’s morning greetings was a curt cough. The Radley house also had

In the book To Kill a Mockingbird Boo Radley, a known monster in the neighborhood, lives near Scout, six, and Jem, ten. Boo Radley is known as monster because he has not been seen out of the house in years and it has been said he stabbed his dad in the leg. Jem and Scout have been finding gift left by Boo in the hole of a tree.

This creepiness and suspense dominates the imagination of Scout and Jem. This also intrigues their neighbor Dill who is fixatedon he idea of Boo Radley. Harper Lee makes Boo Radley a very elusive who we are never introduced to until the end of the story. Scout and Jem are always trying to figureout the enigma that is Boo Radley. The reader is also trying to deduce

The children are growing up during a time of change that the adults believe they are too young to understand and look out for themselves for. Sheryl and Scout especially are condescended because of how young they are. Hav[ing] the approval of a 5 year old is not seen as beneficial and adults do not give [kids] a chance to tell [them] what they are thinking. The young black kids are also patroniz[ed] because they are perceived as sensitive. Nonetheless, some of the adults see, that by babying the younger generation they are crippling them for life. People such as Atticus understand that children can spot an evasion quicker than adults and can understand what many adults cannot. Unfortunately, many of the others have yet to learn how valuable the innocent opinions of young children

I think Jem will change his perspective about Boo Radley as the story goes on. Jem's perspective is that Boo Radley is a monster and he goes outside at tonight as the story goes on. Atticus respects black people and everyone in Maycomb. He let Calpurnia stay at his home to take

Although they did get off on a bad foot, all three of the children hit it off after by spending time together. Because Dill didn’t know much about the neighborhood, Scout and Jem started telling stories about one of the most frightening neighbors, Boo Radley. This includes tales such as how Boo Radley peeks into bedroom windows or likes to kill and eat animals for fun. Even though Dill didn't know much about Mr. Radley, Jem and Scout claimed that they did and were intimidated by him. For example, whenever the children are about to pass by his house, they run for their lives in hopes that Mr. Radley won’t hurt them. Unfortunately for Jem and Scout, Dill was more than happy to know more and more about Boo Radley. This all goes downhill when Dill teases Jem about his fear toward Mr. Radley and dares him to run up and touch the house, which he does. Jem, Scout, and Dill’s relationship with Boo Radley is based on terror and mockery from the kids point of

In How to Kill a Mockingbird the kids, Jem and Scout, obsess over this man named Boo Radley. Boo never came out of his house and

In part one of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, the reader is introduced to Scout, the narrator of the book, her family and other members of the community in which she lives. Scout and her older brother Jem are the children of Atticus Finch, a lawyer in Maycomb County, Alabama during the Great Depression. Scout and Jem meet Dill, a boy spending the summer with his Aunt Rachel. He is between Scout and Jem’s age and becomes a great friend and playmate. He, like Scout and Jem are enjoying the freedom of no school, using their imagination inventing, and playing games throughout the summer. Next door to Scout and Jem, lives a very curious individual whom they have never seen but heard rumors about. This individual has been kept isolated by his father because of some innocent pranks he was involved in over fifteen years ago. Arthur “Boo” Radley is a young man rumored to be root of all evil in the small town of Maycomb. Curiosity is a theme repeated throughout part one as the Scout, Jem, and Dill desire to know or learn more about life and Boo Radley.

When predicting what will happen the reader can see that they will not meet Boo for two reasons. First, because he has been locked up and has not been seen for a really long time. He was locked in the court house for a while, but the his dad said that he would look after him. So his dad locked him in the house. The second reason The reader can see people do not like the family or the house they live in. The house looks run down and like nobody has lived there for a unquestionably long time. The family is the one family in all of Maycomb that does not attend church on Sundays of at all. Also the residents of Maycomb seem to not like the Radley family at all. When predicting the reader can see that in the end of the book that they will probably not see Boo Radley.

Throughout Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem, Scout, and Boo Radley played a meaningful and important role. As the novel progressed the relationship of Jem, Scout, and Boo Radley developed in a significant way. The children had a growing curiosity of Boo Radley in the first few chapters of the novel. Eventually the curiosity faded as the children became more mature and the novel lost its innocence. However, by the end of the novel the events caused Jem and Scout to obtain an amicable relationship with Boo Radley. The development of the relationship between Boo Radley and the children created a meaningful back story which allowed the novel to have a heartwarming touch on many people.

Set in the town of Maycomb County, this novel describes the journey of two young kids growing up in a small-minded town, learning about the importance of innocence and the judgement that occurs within. The individuals of Maycomb are very similar, with the exception of Arthur “Boo” Radley, the town’s recluse. Boo Radley has never been seen outside, and as a result of this, the children in the town are frightened of him and make up rumors about the monstrous things he allegedly does. This leaves the individuals in the town curious as to if Boo Radley really is a “malevolent phantom” like everyone assumes that he is or if he is just misunderstood and harmless. In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, Boo Radley is a saviour. This is