Arthur Radley Innocence Quotes

Boo Radley is another example of a character who symbolizes the mockingbird. Boo Radley is and innocent and harmless man who was accused of things he didn’t do. He did not mutilate animals or eat them raw, and he didn’t poison pecans. In the early chapters of the book he is thought to be a monster by most of Maycomb. Jem and Scout never saw that part of him. Boo gives the children gifts and even save their lives when they are attacked by Bob Ewell.

I am reading the book, To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. This book is about a girl named Scout Finch who lives with her brother, Jem, and her father, Atticus, during the Great Depression. They live in a small town called Maycomb, Alabama. Maycomb is a town where everybody knows everybody. There is currently a trial taking place; Mayella vs. Tom Robinson. Tom has been accused of rapeing Mayella. Tom has pleaded not guilty for the crime he has been accused of. In this journal I will be evaluating Tom’s character and questioning why the Ewells may be lying.

The title “To Kill A Mockingbird” is taken from a quote in the book, where Atticus says "Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." (lee Later, Miss Maudie Atkinson states that "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy." (p.177). This shows that mocking birds are innocent, and that is why Atticus strongly forbids his children to kill them. To Kill a Mockingbird novels theme is how prejudice affects the town of maycomb,alabama. Also, the mockingbird symbolizes innocence. All the birds do is sing for you and give you pleasure in what is natural and enjoyment to them (singing for you). Theydont harm,. They are fragile,loveable, weak, and helpless birds. In the

Arthur Radley is left in isolation in his home, which cause his form of discrimination. Bloodstained hands, scar across the face, eats cats and squirrels: all of these are myths old throughout the story about him. Boo Radley lives in Scout’s neighborhood and is forced to stay inside his house, without contact from the outside world due to his infamous past. Boo’s absence leads to many theories and tall tales about his appearance and his actions. “Facts” on Boo included yellow, decaying teeth, his eyes popped, drooling most of the time, and even Miss Stephanie claims that he looked at her through her window one night. Scout, Jem, and Dill spend their summers trying to contact and communicate with Boo. They are obsessed with his story and are curious about the man behind the legend. By the end of the story, Scout reaches their goal by meeting Boo Radley when he brought Jem home from the

     In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, through a child's eyes Haper Lee develops a character named Arthur Radley. Arthur is know to the children simply as Boo . The name they have given him, depicts the way the children views him. Throughout the town of Maycomb, people twisted Boo’s personality and character into a terrible person. As the novel unfolds, the children finally discover the true character of Boo. But, because Arthur Radley lived in the shadows of society, the creation of the myth of the monster Boo Radley thrived.

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is the story of a young girl living in a fictional town known as Maycomb. This town suffers through a lot of adversity throughout the story, but the young girl stays true to herself through it all. The title as many meaning to it, but the main one is about the metaphorical death of Boo Radley in the story. He is the mockingbird because of very specific pages, 119, 323, and 370. Harper Lee clearly tells the reader what a mockingbird is. According to the book, a mockingbird is innocent, it’s a sin to kill one, and they sing plenty of songs for everyone to enjoy. Obviously, Boo Radley would have to be the mockingbird because he fits all of the actions an ordinary mockingbird does.

Tom Robinson lived a normal life for a young black man. He walked to work every day and helped others when they needed it, but one day on his way to work, Mayella Ewell asked him for help and took advantage of him. But she blamed it on him and he was sent to court to be found guilty or not guilty. “But you weren’t in a fix- you just testified that you were resisting Miss Mayella Ewell. Were you so scared that she’d hurt you, you ran, a big buck like you? No suh, I’s scared I’d be in court, just like I am now.” (Lee 167) This relates to the thesis because they thought that just because he is a colored man that he was supposed to stronger than Mayella. But due to his respect, he was looked down upon and lost his innocence trying to show that he did nothing

The killing of the mockingbird is seen as a sin.  Atticus tells the kids they are not allowed to kill any mockingbirds but they can kill all the bluejays they want.  “I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you’ll go after

In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Tom Robinson has been accused of beating and raping Mayella Ewell. Tom was married and has three kids. He works for Link Deas picking cotton, pecans, and doing work around the yard for him. Tom acquired an injury one day in Mr. Dolphus Raymond’s cotton gin when he was little. Tom passes by the Ewell place every day to get to work. Tom is put on trial for his life because the claim made by the Ewells of rape. The case is basically the Ewell’s word verses Toms. During the case Mayella slips up on what really happen. Because of the type of injury Tom has, Mayella’s slips up on the stand, and the fact that Tom was already married, the jury should acquit Tom- finding him not guilty.

However, Tom Robinson is not the only mockingbird in the story. Boo Radley is another harmless creature who falls victim of cruelty. He is unjustly regarded as an evil person and used as the scapegoat for all the bad happenings around town. Women are afraid of him and so are children. When the sheriff decided that he would not arrest Boo Radley for killing Bob Ewell and that would present his death as an accident, Atticus asked Scout if she understood the meaning of this decision. Scout replied that she did. Her exact words were: "Well, it'd be sort of like shootin' a mockingbird, wouldn't it?" (282). Boo here is also compared to the gentle bird and again it would be a 'sin' to punish him. The symbol of the mockingbird can be applied to Boo Radley from another point of view as well. The mockingbird has no song of its own. It just imitates other birds. Therefore it makes itself present and is seen through other birds. In the same way, Boo Radley is seen through the eyes of other people. He does not have a character of his own. What the reader knows about him is what other people say. He is believed to " dine on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, his hands were

Mayella is the daughter to Mr. Ewell who testified against Tom. Even though it was obvious Tom was not guilty, the jury still found him guilty, because he was black. First of all, Tom Robinson had no muscle in his left hand because he got it caught in a cotton gin (Foote 61). Mayella's injuries were on the right side of her face, so Tom wouldn’t have been able to do that damage with a bad left hand. Second, Mayella’s stories were bad and she hesitated as she was asked the question “Do you remember him beating about the face?” (Foote 60). With this evidence any white man would have been not guilty, but people falsely accused him because he was black. Sadly, after Tom was found guilty he was shot dead trying to run away. Tom Robinson who was an innocent man, died because of the color of his skin and the assumption of his

Harper Lee did not name the title solely off of Tom Robinson. There are many characters Mockingbirds that symbolize innocence in Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” are the characters Boo Radley and Dolphus Raymond. During the story, Boo Radley is made out as a mysterious creature. Over the years, rumors have spread about how dangerous and crazy he is. At first, Scout thought these rumors as true, that is, until she met him.

Mayella Ewell is a white woman claiming that Tom Robinson raped her. During the Jim Crow era the Jim Crow laws did not give black people many rights. Since Tom was black and

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.

Arthur Radley, while watching Scout enjoy herself, was having fun himself. Since he never had the best childhood, Arthur Radley was entertained. He also teaches Scout that she can not always believe what she hears or else she will end up believing false information. What Scout thought was reality was actually an illusion. She has heard various comments about Arthur Radley (Boo), but has never saw him before. He teaches Scout not to judge anyone before you meet them for who they truly are. This represents the them Deceptive Appearances. In the novel it states,