Boo Radley's Journey

He is the most interesting character in this novel by far and throughout the story, we can clearly see how Jem and Scout’s perspective is changed as they grow more mature and get to know Boo better. At the beginning of the novel, Jem and Scout are extremely scared of Boo and see him as someone that is very dangerous.

One person from the town of Maycomb, Jem, who is Atticus’ son, describes Boo at the beginning of the book. He tells Scout that Boo “dined on raw squirrels” and that he had a “long jagged scar” across his face (Lee 60). Jem’s description is obviously not true, because the townspeople have not seen Boo for several years. Everything Jem made up about Boo was based off a single footprint Jem found in the dirt out by the road. In other words, he made it up from nothing. This shows that people thought Boo

According to Miss Stephanie he was cutting up newspaper when his father walked past and out of nowhere Boo stabs Mr. Radley in the thigh. Boo was later put in the courthouse basement for his crime. Also school kids all over Maycomb tell multiple stories about Boo. Some of the stories say he peeps into people’s windows at night and other stories blame Boo for any small crime committed in town. With each story that they hear about him it makes Scout and Jem fear him even more.

He is referred to as a mockingbird because he suffers he is stuck and constantly talked negatively by the town.It's the only form of contact he has with the outside world. Boo (Arthur Radley) is actually a very shy character who is often misjudged by society including scout and jem. As the story goes on, we find Scout beginning to realize Boo radelys true intentions and the situation when she tells Atticus that exposing Boo would be "sort of like shootin' a mockingbird, wouldn't it?” Throughout the novel, Scout, Jem, and Dill are curious about the "mysterious" Boo Radley because he never comes outside from his house or associates with anyone in the neighborhood.

Rumors about him attempting to kill his dad and that he eats raw animals. “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. ”- Lee There are plenty more spread out about him. The quote actually matters because by the end of the book Scout realizes that Boo is actually a really nice and non harmful person.

As the people of the town never saw Boo leave his house they thought that he was bad. Boo had no chance to stand up for himself because he always stayed inside. Through dialogue he is characterized by what the people of Maycomb County say about him, which caused misjudgement. (add quote) Through the character of Boo we are taught that just because one acts different and lives a different life that they are not always scary and bad. After Scout meets Boo at the end of the book she realizes that he is not a complete monster with “jagged teeth” and “eats squirrels” (pg 14) he is a peaceful and good man. It is easy to misjudge

Mr Radley was ashamed of his son’s behaviour when he got into the wrong crowd as a youngster and punished him by locking him up. There is a lot of gossip around Maycomb about Boo and people blame him for any bad things that happen in the neighbourhood, ‘Any stealthy crimes committed in Maycomb were his work.’ Jem turns him into a monster, ‘his hands were blood-stained’, and ‘his eyes popped’. At the end of the novel however, we find that Boo is misunderstood, and gossip of the town’s folk has made him up to be a ‘malevolent phantom’. Scout tells us he is timid, he had, ‘the voice of a child afraid of the dark’.

Everyone believes they need to stay away from Boo Radley because of the stories that have been told about his father and at the end of the book Scout and Jem are walking home from a play and Jem is hearing footsteps behind him, then they had got attacked by Bob Ewell and knocked Jem unconscious, then Boo had picked up Jem and carried him home and Scout was trying to figure out who was carrying Jem back home, she looked behind the door and she said “Hi Boo”. Boo had helped Atticus by taking good care of his children and that is when Scout got to meet Boo.

He left gifts in the oak tree for Jem and Scout, as a symbol of friendship. He mended Jem's pants, and on the night of the fire at Miss Maudie's house, he put a blanket around Scout as the weather was cold. On the night after the Halloween pageant, Boo even saved the children's lives, showing that he is courageous and helpful. Boo was also harmless because he was locked up in his house for most of the novel, being a recluse, hence he did not pose as a harmful threat. These evidences displays Boo’s good-heartedness and innocence, and not as the vicious figure that Maycomb County thinks he is.

Jem, Scout’s brother, described Boo as “…six-and-a-half feet tall, judging by his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could find…” (16). Boo was almost the complete opposite of what everyone thought he was. He was just a recluse, not a monster. Scout learned this after Boo saved her and Jem from Bob Ewell’s attack. That night Scout discovered that people should not be judged based on gossip.

Boo is a painfully shy man who spends the majority of his time avoiding the outside world in his house. Atticus's’ children, Scout and Jem, and their friend Dill hear many stories of horrible deeds Boo has supposedly done by other town member, all of which are shown to be false rumors. Though he has never bothered anyone, and is kind to the children, he is met only with lies and fear of him. It is no wonder as to why Boo would want to hide away from a world that turned against him for not conforming to it’s ideal personality. Towards the end of the story Boo overcomes his fear and leaves his house to save the children from Bob Ewell, a bitter man who wants revenge on Atticus for making a fool of him at Tom’s trial, killing him in the process.

2. Arthur Radley, or “Boo Radley”, the son of Mr. Radley is a distant, lonely, isolated man who isn’t ever seen by people outside his house. People in Maycomb perceive him as an awful person, with a terrifying appearance who fills them with aghast.

2. Arthur Radley, or “Boo Radley”, the son of Mr. Radley is a distant, lonely, isolated man who isn’t ever seen by people outside his house. People in Maycomb perceive him as an awful person, with a terrifying appearance who fills them with aghast.

Boo is a very important character in the book, in fact, the novel opens with Scout and her interactions with Boo and is closed by it too. Scout learns about Boo though the gossip passed on through neighbors in the community. The stories are scary and many out of context, however, Scout doesn’t seem to notice this till after the trial. At the beginning of the book she plays a game that involves Boo, and she tries to torment him into coming out. When Scout describes Boo Radley she says, "People said 'Boo' Radley went out at night and peeped in people’s windows. That he breathed on flowers and they froze instantly. They said he committed little crimes in the night but not one ever saw him." This shows that Scout sees Boo as an object of fascination instead of a human being. She does not acknowledge that he has emotions or feelings, she just views him as a monster who does horrible things to people. Furthermore, we can learn that Boo is not a very loved or respected figure in the community due to his strange way of living. As the trial takes place Scout matures and her level of complex thinking increases, but it is not until October 24th that we see how her perception of Boo changes since in the trial she saw how badly they treated Tom Robinson and she directly connected it to Boo “I hugged him and said, “Yes, sir. Mr. Tate was right, it’d be sort of

did not allow anyone to visit him or have the slightest contact with him. Eventually Boo's mental state triggers him to stabbed his father with a pair of scissors. Boo's fathers causes Boo to suffer innocently by stealing his childhood experiences away from him. This indicates that Boo is a mockingbird because he did very little to deserve this torment and isolation that his father inflicted upon him. Then, Jem and Scout from the beginning of the story never fully understood Boo's past life at all, yet they judged him on things they hear about. They suspect he was basically an evil monster that never comes out of his house. Scout starts the stereotyping by creating a nickname “Boo” for the innocent Arthur Radley. This nickname robs Arthur of his true name and identity, causing him to suffer. Furthermore, Jem and Scout constantly pester Boo in an attempt to discover his actual identity. They tell their best friend Dill that Boo is like a zombie. Jem describes Boo as being: “About six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cat he could catch, that's why his hands were bloodstained-if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the blood off. There was a long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped, and he and he drooled most of the time” (Lee 13). The stereotypical image created by Jem completely robs Boo