Analysis Of Boo Radley In To Kill A Mockingbird

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

Boo Radley is portrayed as a crazy maniac due to the rumors spread about him and a trial he underwent as a teenager.(Scout) "So Jem received most of his information from Miss Stephanie Crawford, a neighborhood scold, who said she knew the whole thing. According to Miss Stephanie, Boo was sitting in the livingroom cutting some items from 'The Maycomb Tribune' to paste in his scrapbook. His father entered the room. As Mr. Radley passed by, Boo drove the scissors into his parent’s leg, pulled them out, wiped them on his pants, and resumed his activities."(pg 11)Scout and Jem look upon him with fear and suspicion from the stories that surround them from the time they were children. She gradually becomes aware that Boo is just lonely and wants

In the book, Scout and Jem are inadvertently deceived about Boo Radley. Boo is a shut-in whose reclusive lifestyle is viciously commented on by the residents of Maycomb. The gossip spurs Scout’s and Jem’s fascination with Boo Radley and drives them to incorporate Boo into their games and activities.

Scout, Jem, and Dill work many summers to try to get Boo to come out of the Radley house for the first time in many years. Jem had been told many things about Boo in his short years in Maycomb, and he tells his sister Scout about the ‘monster’, saying, “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—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 drooled most of the time” (chap. 1). Jem’s ideas about Boo are very biased toward rumors that can be heard around Maycomb. This shows how Maycomb’s people often judge before they know, seeing as no one has seen Boo Radley in over twenty years and people are prejudiced to believing the unknown is always bad. Prejudice and rumors can often not be trusted and Boo Radley is no exception. After Miss Maudie’s house catches fire and half the town rushes outside to watch it burn, Atticus tells Scout, “someday you should thank him for covering you up” then Scout asks, “Thank Who?” And gets a response from Atticus, “Boo Radley. You were too busy looking at the fire, you didn’t even notice when he put the blanket around you” (chap. 8). Boo Radley is not really a bad person, he

In To Kill a Mockingbird, there are several characters that appear to be alienated from society, but Arthur “Boo” Radley is the most important to the plot because he causes mystery and curiosity for Jem and Scout throughout most of the book, but the mystery is solved by the end of the book. Boo Radley was, according to the book, as very pale and sick looking with his clothes in very poor condition.

Locked in a dark house, never leaving, lives a man known as Boo Radley. In a small town in Alabama known as Maycomb, the narrator of “To Kill A Mockingbird” a young girl named Scout, her brother Jem, and best friend Dill’s, worlds’ revolved around the mysterious Radley house. Atticus, Jem and Scout’s father was bothered by their obsession with the character Boo Radley. Finally they did leave him alone when their world turned around when Atticus took a court case defending Tom Robinson, who was being tried for the rape of Mayella Ewell. Being a black man, Tom was bound to be found guilty, no matter the evidence. Atticus having good morals took it knowing he’d lose, because he knew he wouldn’t be able to live with himself without even defending

In Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, the author explores the issue of justice using the symbol of the mockingbird. Placed in, the 1930s, a time of great depression and inequality, the book presents injustice acts to the most kind yet blamed citizens of the town Maycomb. The symbolism of the mockingbird and the characters are essential for the message of Harper Lees novel because the kind, but African-American Tom Robinson is unfairly put on trial for the “rape” of Mayella Ewell. Also, Arthur “Boo” Radley is victimized by the rumors the towns people have created about him, forcing him to live alone inside his house with his brother, Nathan Radley. Lastly Atticus Finch, is known by the town for being a good human being and sticking

Boo Radley hates to create trouble, so he remains inside and lacks vitamin D causing him to be as white as a ghost. "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.” (page 259) The quote explains how Boo chooses to not interact with the outside world and not get in anyone’s business. The community speaks about Boo a lot and depicts him to be a juvenile delinquent. “Jem gave a reasonable description of Boo: Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks, he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch…” (page 14) Here Boo is characterized to be a wild animal and a monster even though there is no significant evidence to support Jem’s claim because of society’s influence Scout accepted it as being true. Boo in all these circumstances shows how he genuinely is a

Boo Radley had impacted Scouts learning and development throughout the story. This is because Boo Radley was once the scary man living in a haunted house to the man who had saved Scout’s life by Bob Ewell.Jem and Scout had gone through a traumatizing experience after sneaking around at the Radley place. when they try to get a glimpse at Boo, a man began to chase them with the shotgun. “ Jem leaped off the porch and galloped toward us. He flung open the gate, danced Dill and me through, and shoed us between two rows of swishing collards. Halfway through the collards I tripped, as I tripped the roar of a shotgun shattered the neighborhood” (Lee 53). Scout has just had conflict with someone at the Radley place. after this experience, she begins to make better decisions rather than acting childish. Later on in the text, she found out that food was never the antagonist. she had been saved by him and finally saw what he looks like. Scout begins to describe Boo . “ I looked from his hands to sand stained khaki pants; my eyes traveled up his thin frame to his torn denim shirt. His face was white as his hands, but for a shadow on his jutting chin. His cheeks were thin to hollowness; his temples, and his gray eyes were so colorless I thought he was blind” (Lee 270).She finally sees Boo after

He was someone who kept her imagination wild, and her childhood interesting. He was a mystery she never thought she would understand. She got a small hint about Boo from Jem earlier, an answer on why he stayed inside, “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). When he finally leaves his house, Boo instantly becomes a hero. He had saved the Finch children from the horrid villain, Bob Ewell, and got an injured Jem home safely. After seeing how he behaved and treated her and Jem, Scout finally understood him. “‘...he wouldn’t let you…’ I[Scout] found myself explaining… I was beginning to learn his body English. His hand tightened on mine and he indicated that he wanted to leave” (Lee 372). They’re both quotes that fill in the mystery of Boo, explaining why he lived the way he did. They were ways that Scout finally understood Mr. Arthur Radley.

Boo Radley is considered one of the minor characters that stands by the theme of the novel. To explain the mysterious character Scout says,“ inside the house lived a malevolent phantom. People said he existed, but jem and I had never seen him... Once the town was terrorized by a series of morbid nocturnal events: people’s chickens and household pets were found mutilated: although the culprit was Crazy Addie, who eventually downed himself in Barker’s Eddy, people still looked at the radley place, unwilling to discard their initial suspicions”(Lee pg). In the town of Maycomb people are quick to judge and fast to make rumors, Boo was described as psycho and typical recluse. The Scout finally gets to see his true nature in the very last chapter when she finally meets Boo, she stands on his porch reflecting on all of the events

Jem and Scout saw Boo Radley as a frightening man who was a childish superstition based off of the rumors from the town. As the children grew up the stories about Boo Radley caused them to become more fascinated than frightened by Boo. The Radley house intrigued them to the point where they snuck into the backyard to try to make Boo leave his house but that resulted in the children thinking that every sound they heard was Boo coming for revenge. In the first chapters, Jem describes how they pictured Boo, which 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…”. Logically it is understood just by Jem’s description that the children had no relationship with Boo Radley other than

In the book In To Kill a Mockingbird Scout was influenced by many situations throughout the book and Harper Lee was influenced to write the book based off of many events that had happened throughout this time. The book was made in 1960 which had many historical events included in it from around the 30´s to the 50´s. The book has touched base with segregation, racism, different trials and about the time period in general.

To Kill a Mockingbird, the novel written by Harper Lee deals with problems in the town of Maycomb that need someone to help solve and work through. Although this man was not physically present in most of the story, Boo Radley helps the kids in different ways that prove he is a hero. In the novel, Boo Radley is heroic because he was always trying to keep the children innocent by shielding them away from more mature problems happening in town and he is protective of them and would help them if it was necessary in a more physical aspect.

He is a character that is imagined by the stories made from the people living in Maycomb. He is judged because of the many stories that have been made up about him. People believe that he is an evil person because of the rumours that have been said about him. Even though he has never harmed anyone people have been judging him because of the stories about him. Boo is first introduced in the novel when Jem gives a clear description about him. "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 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 drooled most of the time." (Lee 13) This description makes everyone think that Boo Radley is a dangerous character that creates a feeling of fright. In the entire novel, Boo is seen as an evil character however his innocence is not proven until near the end of the story. Throughout the beginning of the story Boo was only known through the rumours rather than the true stories or his actual personality. However, during the last few chapters Scout begins to realize that Boo is actually an innocent person and the reason to why he has been staying in his house was to avoid all the rumours and everything the town has to say about him. This