Innocence to Experience, in Harper Lee's to Kill a Mockingbird

It can be interpreted that the writer wanted to show how as the children start to communicate with Boo and become more interested in him they start to realise that he too is just a human and they start to care for them after having some small

Scout and Jem have only heard rumors of Boo, prompting their curiosity to find out more, thus their actions lead to poking into Boo’s life on his property. Boo was falsely accused of being a monster, stabbing his father with scissors, all of which were gossip that spread like facts. The children and Maycomb itself blames Boo and secludes him based on rumors not experience. All in all Tom Robinson, Jem, and Boo displayed the victim archetype.

Every kid in Maycomb county was scared of him, even walking past his house was a scary task for some. Boo is portrayed as the bad guy in the book, but I believe he was the total opposite. One day he randomly decided to stab his father while he was cutting out paper, and he thought nothing of it. In the book, it never really mentions what his motives for doing this were, which can show that Boo was misunderstood. Even though he did not care for his father he still cared for other people. He left several gifts like gum and soap dolls in a tree trunk, which Jem and Scout found and kept for themselves. He also wrapped a blanket around Jem and Scout when Miss Maudie’s house caught on fire. One of the kindest things he did in the book was when he saved his neighbors, Jem and Scout, from being killed by Bob

In the beginning of the book we are introduce to several young children. People could say these children are rather rambunctious and wild. Scout and Jem are brother and sister who live with their father. Not to far from the beginning we are introduced to a boy named Dill. Dill was a boy who came in the summer to live with his aunt. These children eventually hear a story about a boy named Arthur Radley. Arthur's nickname that every would call him is Boo Radley. Boo would would never come out of his house and that inspired Scout, Jem, and Dill to mock and make fun of him.

As a young child hearing rumours and being told to stay away from there, kids develop ideas and thought on why the children can’t or shouldn’t be there. The boogie man will grab you if you are out alone, and kill you or the “monster” in the forest will haunt you down. Possibly, the house down the street is “haunted” or full of “crazy people.” Which leads into place of Boo Radleys reputation. The fear of Boo Radley is warranted. The fear of Boo is apparent when multiple fears of him, and his physiological problems in the first eight chapters in To Kill A Mockingbird of when the children could possibly be killed by him is mentioned multiple times during the book. Particularly when Jem and Dill are thinking

Boo had a million rumors spread about him that were never even true but he was so shy to show everyone the real him. So even though he was never seen he was always there keeping an eye out for Jem and Scout. Believe it or not Boo was actually a very caring and compassionate child but never had the nerve to express that part of him nor would anyone even get close to him. While Scout and Jem were walking home from Scout’s previous play at her school Jem thought he could hear someone following them, and he thought right. Mr. Bob Ewell the towns scum jumped out at Jem and Scout insanely drunk and nearly tried killing Jem he did brake jem’s arm and knock him unconscious but before he could do any more damage to Jem and any damage at all to Scout Boo Radley stepped in.

When he shows that he isn 't a bad person, it shows how gossip has affected him so much that he needs to prove them wrong and show the good of his heart. Jem and Scout are fascinated and long to see Boo, but Scout is not sad when she sees that Boo isn 't freakishly large and bloody, but is glad to see a human, that might of just saved her and Jem 's life.

what he looks like" (lee 13). Clearly, Scout, Jem< and Dill never seen Boo and want to get him out

(beginning of Chapter 22) Boo and his friends were wild and disrespectful, but nothing they had done warranted the abuse that was heaped upon Boo, year after year. When Boo's father dies, Nathan (Boo's brother) comes to town and continues as Boo's "jailer." Whoever Boo might have been is destroyed at the hands of his

Since Boo hadn’t left his house in many years, nobody knew what he looked like and if he was rich or poor, so many of the residents of Maycomb assumed the worst. They guessed that he lived in a messy, old house and was going to hurt or even kill anyone that got near where he lived. Some didn’t even think he was alive.

He is also the one to cover Scout with the blanket during the time Miss Maudie’s house goes up in flames. Boo showcases his affection for them numerous times without the kids even knowing that the person behind all of it was Boo. Even

She would see his shadow and just sit outside the window. Then she’d leave and she would come back the next days. She would sneak there at night and she seen a shadow but she didn’t know if it was Boo or not so that’s what triggered her to come back to see if she could see him. She has the courage in her heart to do that.

Many would assume that Boo keeps himself barricaded within the protective walls of his home due to his lack of innocence, but this isn't the case. Being that he has committed no major malfeasance, and that he has never intentionally harmed any living thing, you could say that Boo doesn’t have any sincere reason to feel culpability. So why is it that throughout the story Boo is presumed to be a blood thirsty ludicrous who peaks through windows and eats cats? Due to his truancy the populace believes that it is their right to discover why, whether this means spreading rumors about him or believing them. (For instance quote) But like a game of telephone, eventually things about every story were altered until Boo Radely was a metaphor of psychopath.

Throughout this journal, one can predict the kids will not meet Boo because he is locked up and they are scared of him. There is a multitude of possibilities why the kids will not meet

Lastly, Boo wants to secretly give Jem, Scout, and Dill some signs to show them that he is not afraid to communicate with them. He wants to show Scout, Jem and Dill that he is interested in learning more about them and the entire world. By doing this, Boo matures into a person who will begin to communicate and interact with the world.