How Does Boo Radley Change In To Kill A Mockingbird

According to the reading, “Scout, I think I am beginning to understand something. 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 304). The quote shows that Boo really isn’t that mean, senseless monster, but maybe a wise man. Boo staying in his house affects Jem’s thinking of Maycomb and its equality, where Jem understands Boo’s incentives. Jem thinks, maybe Boo believes our society is not right because earlier in the book Jem states, “If there’s just one kind of folks, why can’t they get along with each other? If they’re all alike, why do they go out of their way to despise each other?” (Lee 304). This shows that Jem is beginning to understand that the belief of whites and blacks being completely different isn’t right. Boo’s wanting to stay inside is caused by the messed up environment around him, and now Jem is starting to understand his reasons too. This quote shows that Boo is smart, and that Jem and Scout have a completely new view of

Why do people change? What causes people to create a new goal in life? In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem Finch and Boo Radley progressively evolve into following a new path of life when society gives them an opportunity to change their worldly views in the Depression-era, small, southern town of Maycomb County. Throughout the story Jem Finch starts to mature and grow up as he begins to view his father’s controversial case in a whole new light. Affected by terrible rumors about him, Boo Radley is a scared, misunderstood, agoraphobic man who displays his true colors using bravery, kindness, and curiosity through his actions towards Scout, the Finches, and the outside world. During the course of the novel, Jem and Boo change mentally,

When real life problems are seen from the perspective of a child, they often change the child in dramatic ways. Such is the case in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, a story narrated by a young girl living in Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression. The young girl, Scout, lives with her brother and father, a lawyer who is defending a black man accused of raping a woman from town. In the beginning of the story Scout spends her time playing silly games around the house and yard with her brother Jem and neighbor Dill. As she becomes more aware of the social bias and racial tensions that are building in the small town, Scout and her world begin to change. Although Scout may not fully understand the ins and outs of the real world, she

Have you ever judged someone before you've met them, and then once you have met them you wonder if your judgments were correct? This is just what happens to Boo Radley in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird .I think that it is hard to determine whether Boo Radley changed or remained the same in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird because we do not see much of him throughout the story, but we do know that he changes in his amount of public appearances and his behavior but his personality may not change based on Miss Maudie's record. At the beginning of the story, Boo Radley would never come out of the house under any circumstances and the children had never once seen him leave the house, but by the end of the book he came out enough to save

I think that society shaped Scout because of all the hatred and stereotypes for one and another that she grew up around and that she lived around. For example on page 218, Scout says “I raised my head and stared at the Radley place steps in front of me. I froze”. In other words this quote shows how Scout sees the Radley’s as very bad people and in a negative way towards Boo Radley because of all the gossip she has heard around. From this I can infer that Scout seemed very scared approaching the Radley Manor in the beginning of the book.

In To Kill A Mockingbird, one of the characters in the book, Boo Radley, is perceived as a very violent and unintelligent individual compared to the average Maycomb citizen. Boo is labeled with this classification because when he was 33, he was using scissors to cut out newspaper articles and he suddenly stabbed his father, Mr. Radley, in the leg and went back to cutting the paper immediately after. After more consideration of the book, however, Boo could be depicted by numerous people as a nice person and just distressed by his current home situation. The motive for his unexpected aggression possibly was not because he was crazy, but because he had been locked away in his house for years as a consequence of a minor incident with the law

Scout is the narrator of the story. She is a smart tomboy. She thought that Boo Radley was nice guy because he quietly gave her candy. She hated her school because she could read. She felt bored about her class and her teacher.

Scout struggles, with varying degrees of success, to put Atticus’s advice into practice and to live with understanding toward others. She doesn’t turn away from Walter Cunningham Jr. just because he is poor and made her get in trouble. At the end of the book, Scout succeeds in comprehending Boo Radley’s perspective. After she drops him off at his house, Scout takes a moment to survey the rest of the world from the Radley porch. “...Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough.” Scout imagines many of the events of the story (Atticus shooting the mad dog, the children finding Boo’s presents in the oak tree) as they must have looked to Boo. She finally realizes the love and protection that he has silently offered her and Jem from the beginning.

Firstly, Scout realizes that things are not always as they seem. For instance, Boo Radley is seen as an evil monster, but as the story advances, Scout soon realizes Boo is not an evil monster, as he is the one who is giving them gifts and protects them from Bob Ewell’s violence. Jem warns Scout about “Boo was

Scout and Jem learned many lessons from Atticus. One lesson that Scout learned was to climb into someone else’s skin and see things from their perspective. Scout understood this lesson when she was walking Boo home then standing on his porch looking over Maycomb and understanding how Boo really feels. Jem also

Try fighting with your head for a change. its a good one, even if it does resist learning,” (Lee 87). This shows that Atticus encourages them to not let anyone get to them, to do the right thing, and to think for themselves, instead of just agreeing with everybody else just because. This proves that Atticus is a good role model for Jem and Scout, which also makes him a good father, because he tries and teaches them what’s good and what’s bad. It helps them be better people, which is what a great parent should do for their kids.

Atticus teaches Jem and Scout to act courageously by modelling that type of behaviour. By defending Tom Robinson Atticus puts himself in the middle of the conflict. Tom Robinson and

Those who expect moments of change to be comfortable and free of conflict have not learned their history.(Scott)This quote relates to the story To Kill a Mockingbird in a very special way because Boo,Jem ,and Mayella Ewell lives were greatly affected by changes. For example Jem when he went to the court to watch the case of Tom Robinson he left not having the same respect for his town just like how everyone else had these types of experiences in their own life. Boo-Radley’s life started out just as simple as everyone else like Jem,Scout,Dill they all would go to school just waiting for one happy summer. That was until Boo-Radley decided to move in with the wrong crowd of people,he started swearing at the women and doing all sorts of bad things. Then

Throughout the novel, Atticus teaches his children the importance of respect and acceptance of individual differences through daily conversations and his own actions. His words of wisdom expand his children’s empathy and equip them with a broader view of mankind. These teachings are progressively exemplified as both Jem and Scout experience coming of age. During their early years, when summer was dependent on the arrival of Dill, Atticus warns the children to stop playing the “Boo Radley game”. It is then that he first introduces the idea of “climbing into his skin and walking around in it” (Lee pg#).

Jem and Scout learned valuable lessons from Atticus that will forever change their