How Is Boo Radley Portrayed In To Kill A Mockingbird

During this time, Scout was able to see how unfairly some people were treated. She was able to see how a white persons word almost always was greater than a black persons word. I think being able to sit through the trial; Scout was able to see how racists some people were acting and how some adults were acting. Scout learns to deal with others and that some things aren’t always going to go the way she intends. Scout was always taught from her father, Atticus, that you should treat everyone with respect and you should tolerate everyone. Even though you may not like someone or they may not be your best friends you should still treat them just like anyone else and be fair towards

Despite the early introduction to this lesson, Scout doesn’t fully understand it, or at least learn it, until the very last chapter when she finally meets Boo Radley, and stands on his porch thinking about the compilation of events which make up the book, from Boo’s point of view, “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.” This shows the understanding Scout has finally had of the way people are perceived and the way they actually are. It shows that she has learnt what many

She’s just escorted the infamous Boo Radley to his house and standing on his front porch gets her reminiscing about what she’s gone through lately, but from Arthur’s perspective. “In my mind the night faded. It was daytime and the neighborhood was busy” (Lee, 373). That’s her slipping into her memories. After reliving her recent past Scout says to herself, “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” (Lee, 374). This last quote indicates that her walk down memory lane has changed her view on Arthur Radley for the better. For being the main character who’s supposed to oppose the ignorance and prejudice that’s all around her, Scout was quite the hypocrite for much of the book. She always going on nothing but the gossip and rumor she was fed to judge Arthur’s character. That is, until this point. Scout take Atticus’s words to heart and sees the error of her ways, no longer just ready to accept everything anyone else says about others. This is Scout seeing the readers off with a flashback that guides her towards her own resolution.

Everyone changes over time. Whether you are introduced to a new group of people or go through a new situation, we all change. In "To Kill A Mockingbird," Scout goes through many changes throughout the course of the book. She experiences what life is like with bullying, racism, and our legal system. Scout watches as a man goes on trial for sexual assault and her father gets harassed for becoming his defense attorney in rural, racist Alabama.

Similar to the story, Scout finds out that Boo is actually a generous and friendly individual. In the end, Scout changes to be an accepting person from because of ArthurBoo Radley.She learns not to judge Boo, by having the courage to go against the society that discriminates people who are different. Once she spends time with Boo, develops empathy for him, and focuses on what they have in common, then she begins to understand and accept him. Through Boo Radley, Scout becomes an accepting person by learning to not to judge someone just based on rumors that have a high probability of being wrong.

The title of the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee holds a great deal of symbolism with several of the characters in the story acting as mockingbirds, characters who don’t do anything to bother the people around them. Harper Lee explains to the reader what a mockingbird is by making Atticus, and then Mrs. Maudie explains it to Scout. “Atticus said to Jem one day, ‘I’d rather you shoot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you’ll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.’ That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. ‘Your fathers right,’ she said. ‘Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music

After Scout fights with Cecil Jacobs at her school for calling Atticus a ‘nigger-lover’, she is told by her father to “ just hold your head high and keep those fists down.” (Lee, 76) Atticus is expressing that one should not let others get to them and stand up for themselves. She takes up the courage to do so the next time she is yelled at by the boy, although with much difficulty. Through this account, Scout’s willingness to learn and grow is portrayed. Also, Scout is able to stand by her morals when she confronts the mob with Jem and Dill. She demonstrates this by kicking the man who harmed Jem and eventually repressing the mob to leave the county jail, in order to protect her brother and Atticus. The ultimate fear Scout conquers was her unease of ‘Boo’ or Arthur Radley. In the beginning, she identifies Arthur as a mysterious and frightening person who lives on the other side of the street. After Arthur saves Scout and Jem from Bob Ewell’s attack, she realizes that Arthur wasn’t so frightening anymore and learns to embrace her fear. She does so by walking Arthur home and when she stands on his porch for the second time, not with fear, but with understanding. Scout was able to progress as an individual, stand up for her beliefs, and embrace her fears throughout the

In the beginning of the book Scout is 5 years old and has very little exposure and sympathy towards people different from her. For example, Scout and her brother Jem are extremely judgmental towards Arthur “Boo” Radley. They call him “About six and a half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw and any cats he could catch, That’s why his hands were bloodstained” (16). This truly gruesome quote is a terrible thing to assume when they have clearly not met Boo.

Scout realizes through the book that Boo Radley is not the bad person he is made out to be. At the end of the story, Scout knows that Boo saved them and yes he’s a shy and withdrawn person, but the courage to protect the kids shows her his real side, In the novel Scout says, “Well, it’d sort of be like shootin’ a mockingbird, wouldn’t it”(Lee 317)? Scout knows that Boo is a good person, but putting him into the limelight would destroy him because of his shyness. Scout’s outlook on society changes throughout the novel as she sees what happens and she notices the courage that people have and it shapes her into a more mature kid.

Scout usually never defends someone unless it’s family or Dill. After this conversation it shows that Scout learned to treat people better. She doesn’t care about class or how other people live. She justs wants a friend to play with. Later on in the book Scout becomes friends with the people she fights

through Boo Radley. Her transformation can be seen when comparing her mindset at the beginning and end of the story. In chapter 3 Atticus tries to teach her about this topic in which he says: "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." (pg. 30). Atticus explains to Scout that she needs to try and see things from another's viewpoint even when they don’t see eye to eye. In Scout’s case, she learns to not judge people before she has a chance to see thing from their perspective. At the end of the book, Scout finally learns this lesson, as she says: "Atticus, he was real nice" which indicates her realization that some people are not what rumors say they are. Atticus the replies to her: "Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them." (pg.376).

Scout learns 3 important things about life in the book. One thing she learns is that life is unfair. She experiences this in a court case with her dad defending a black man named Tom Robinson who is accused for raping Mayella Ewell the daughter of Bob Ewell. Mr. Atticus had very good reasons on why Tom should not be accused of rape and everyone in the court including the jury and judge were sure that he would win but at the end of the case the jury decided

The symbol of a Mockingbird According to merriam-webster.com innocence is freedom from illegal guilt of a particular crime or offense and the word helpful means to be of service or assistance. These two words are very important in this novel. The words innocent and helpful are very special to this novel because the author Harper Lee chooses two characters which are Tom Robinson and Boo Radley to represent a major symbol in the story that shows innocent and helpfulness. The symbol of a Mockingbird is shown through Tom Robinson and Boo Radley in the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee because she shows how anybody can be judged by fake evidence even though they are innocent and very helpful to others in the town. To start off, the symbol of a Mockingbird is

After Scout is able to see the town from a perspective she had never seen before-- the Radley’s porch-- she can finally understand a loaded and deep piece of advice from Atticus. An outgrowth of her change is the growth of her character and her mind. Although Scout’s ignorance pops up all over the plot of To Kill a Mockingbird, she is able to make significant strides towards changing it. However, Scout was aided in her endeavors to change by outside

After making fun of her teacher and being racist towards African Americans, Scout learns a tough lesson from her father. He takes her to the porch and sits her down, and shares his firm lesson with his daughter. "You never really understand a person until you really consider things from his point of view... until you climb into his shoes" (Lee 39). Atticus, quite plainly, stresses how important it is to not judge one on their appearance or on their position within the social classes. This makes Scout think more before she acts, and it puts their actions into perspective. A small town’s gossip and the power of assumption can change someone’s life in an awful way in some scenarios. One character in example, is Boo Radley. Everyone assumes he