Boo Radley Discrimination

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and dangerous. Boo Radley, a character from the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, is a shy man with an unfortunate past, who stays in his home all day due to the hurtful lies his neighbors tell. Two young children, Jean Louise “Scout” and Jem Finch believe the neighborhood gossip, and stay far away from Boo Radley, but after a turn of events they begin to see the real Boo Radley and realize that he is not the monster others portray him as. The children appreciate Boo Radley’s generosity

In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, the atmosphere of discrimination normalizes the use of slurs, and the ostracization of certain members of the community, for the children in the novel. To Kill A Mockingbird, written in 1960, set in the fictitious town of Maycomb, Alabama. This novel, from the perspective of the character Scout, is a tale of identity, injustice, and inequality in a time of heavy discrimination. In Lee’s novel, the use of slurs is a common occurrence in the town of Maycomb.

various primary forms of prejudice in the novel. There is a trial of Tom Robinson on which the story centers. Aunt Alexandra creates a controversy in the Finche household about Calpurnia, their cook and surrogate mother figure. Lastly, Boo Radley, subject of discrimination because he is a mystery to the children and to the town. Harper Lee shows throughout the novel how the severe the towns people are towards discriminating against innocent people. Lawyer and father, Atticus Finche has one of the

1) How would the novel be different if it were narrated from a different character’s perspective? Jem? Atticus? Calpurnia? Boo? What benefit does a child narrator provide? The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, would be drastically different if Scout was not the narrator. With Scout being the narrator, the reader sees everything through the opinion of an innocent young girl. The novel wouldn’t be as entertaining if Scout wasn’t the narrator. When Scout is the narrator you get to learn about her relationship

show this theme, like Tom Robinson, or Walter Cunningham, but Boo (Arthur) Radley is the only one that is subject to this misinformed gossip for the entire book. Through Boo, it can be seen that this custom of Maycomb’s should be expunged from their world and ours. In Maycomb County, Boo is thought of as disturbing at best and evil at worst. On page 16 of To Kill A Mockingbird, Jem gives Dill a description of what he thinks of Boo. “Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks;

take the case of Tom Robinson who is black and accused of rape. Along this path the Finch familly faces many instances prejudice and discrimination from the town. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows how reason and intelligence is overcome with prejudice and discrimination. This is shown against the characters Tom Robinson, Atticus Finch and Boo Radley. To begin with prejudice conquering reason is demonstrated against the character Tom Robinson. The trial of Tom Robinson favours the

Discrimination and perspective are ideas thoroughly developed in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” through the use of language techniques, particularly the use of symbolism and descriptive language. Lee explores the nature of society itself and unflinchingly exposes the rampant institutionalised and societal racism prevalent the 1930’s American South. The fact that the novel was written during the 1950’s civil rights movement is significant. Lee warns the reader of the poisonous nature of unchecked

In particular, the theme is prominent in the characters Arthur (Boo) Radley, Atticus Finch, and Tom Robinson. I will begin with Arthur (Boo) Radley. In the book, Boo Radley was faced with copious amounts of prejudice against him. I would classify his prejudice as neurological discrimination. Broadly defined as: "Attribution of low social status to those who do not conform to neurotypical expectations of personality and behaviour.” Boo is prejudiced because he does not fit with how everyone else acts

they look for, and hear what they listen for”(232). In To Kill a Mockingbird, by using imagery and point of view, Lee suggests that it is wrong for people to be treated differently based on stereotypes, which leads to discrimination. In the book, we have a character named Boo Radley who is judged a fair amount of times without actually getting to know his background. Also we have a man named Tom Robinson who is wrongfully convicted of a crime he did not commit based on the color of his skin, which