Boo Radley Journal

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

They are, and have been, the rudest and most disrespectful family in Maycomb for three generations. An example of this would be Burris Ewell. When attending class on the first day, he frightens the teacher with his state of uncleanliness. Scout even states that he, “was the filthiest human I had ever seen…His neck was dark gray… his fingernails were black” (Lee 29). When the teacher tries to send him home to clean up, Burris meanly tells her that this is the one and only day that he is ever going to come to school, leaving her distraught and in tears. In addition to talking back, Burris and his family resist going to school. They only go on the first day because the truant lady threatens to report them to the police. The whole family seems to follow their own set of rules instead of society. Their dad, Bob Ewell, hunts in the winter, which is against the law, and gets away with it because his kids would starve otherwise. In addition, the Ewell family doesn’t have a mother to set them right, which is mostly why Burris and all of his siblings only show up for the first day of school, the rest of the year is spent “Living like animals” (Lee 33). I must say that I agree with Atticus when he says, “the Ewells had been the disgrace of Maycomb for three generations” (Lee 33). The family has been judged poorly by society for reasons such as disrespectfulness, and discourtesy to

Folks." Scout was trying to say that all people are created equal. No one, by nature, is superior to anybody else. This is a very contrary view to what most people believed at that time, especially in the South. There was prejudice between races and prejudice between families. The most obvious theme of the book is racism. Staged in the early 1930’s in southern Alabama, racism was still undeniably present. Even though the amendments which freed slaves and gave them rights were passed more than sixty years prior, the culture of the south intertwined with racism. Interracial marriages were illegal. Different races could not attend the same schools. It was the law that whites and blacks could not even be put together in the same jail cells. Looking at these things, one can only imagine the upheaval when a Negro was accused of raping a white woman: but did this stop Atticus from standing up for justice? No, it didn’t. He knew perfectly well how criticizing eyes would view the case; no matter how glaring the evidence was, the people wouldn’t accept an African American’s word over a white man’s. Atticus saw all people as equal, regardless of their skin color and he knew what was the right thing to do. He was a friend and ally to the African American community and they respected them for it. Another example is the Cunningham family. When Walter comes over for lunch, Scout criticizes him but

Another reason why the kids will not meet Boo is because the kids are scared of him. One reason why they are scared of him is that they are scared of the events that they have heard him do. As for them hearing that Boo Radley stabbed his father, they are a little apprehensive to the fact of seeing him. They do not want to be around a thirty-three year old man that may potentially hurt them. Furthermore, another reason why they are frightened by him is because they children think he kills animals. A quote to support this idea is “he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch” (Lee 16). As you can see with this explanation the children are quite frightened with the fact. Killing animals is a scary thing for the children, and there can be many rumors about the killing, which frightens the children. Jem, Scout and Dill are fearful of the Radleys for one more reason, they are not very enjoyable people to be around. When on the streets and the people pass Mr. Radley, he does not say hello, which is considered rude within a small town like

In How to Kill a Mockingbird the kids, Jem and Scout, obsess over this man named Boo Radley. Boo never came out of his house and

In part one of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, the reader is introduced to Scout, the narrator of the book, her family and other members of the community in which she lives. Scout and her older brother Jem are the children of Atticus Finch, a lawyer in Maycomb County, Alabama during the Great Depression. Scout and Jem meet Dill, a boy spending the summer with his Aunt Rachel. He is between Scout and Jem’s age and becomes a great friend and playmate. He, like Scout and Jem are enjoying the freedom of no school, using their imagination inventing, and playing games throughout the summer. Next door to Scout and Jem, lives a very curious individual whom they have never seen but heard rumors about. This individual has been kept isolated by his father because of some innocent pranks he was involved in over fifteen years ago. Arthur “Boo” Radley is a young man rumored to be root of all evil in the small town of Maycomb. Curiosity is a theme repeated throughout part one as the Scout, Jem, and Dill desire to know or learn more about life and Boo Radley.

Throughout this journal, I will predict that the kids will not meet Boo because he is locked up and they are scared of him. First off, Boo is locked up. One reason the kids think he is locked up is because Jem and

I predict that the kids will not meet Boo Radley. One reason they will not meet him is that he is locked up. He was locked away by his father, because of his troublesome gang. Boo’s gang locked a town member in the courthouse outhouse. For many, that was the last straw. They could not take anymore of the gang’s exasperating actions. The judge sentenced the gang to be sent to the state industrial school. Mr. Radley, a proud man, thought the sentence disgraceful. Instead, he decided to lock Boo inside the house as discipline. Also, the Radley family rarely goes out. Even before the incident, they rarely withdrew from their house. They kept their doors closed, all throughout the week. In Maycomb, having a closed door on Sunday is unheard of. The Radley family did not socialize either. Mr. Radley’s only response to the children’s morning greetings was a curt cough. The Radley house also had

When you crawl into their skin, you realize that Mr. Ewell hunts out of season so that he can feed his children, and the kids don’t always go to school so that they can try to do things in order to help the family, get jobs, hunt for food, etc. Another place where the reader and characters have to step into the Ewells’ shoes to understand their situation and not judge them, is with Mayella Ewell, when she is on trial. While she was on trial Scout began to comprehend that Mayella definitely has a different and more privileged life than Mayella does. This is shown in chapter 18, when Atticus is doing the cross examination for her testimony. When Atticus is just trying to be polite and refer to Mayella formally, she feels as if he is being rude and making fun of her.

I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and I am on page 208. The book is about a family living in the time of racism. In this journal I will be explaining and telling you about Atticus finch.

In the book To Kill a Mockingbird Boo Radley, a known monster in the neighborhood, lives near Scout, six, and Jem, ten. Boo Radley is known as monster because he has not been seen out of the house in years and it has been said he stabbed his dad in the leg. Jem and Scout have been finding gift left by Boo in the hole of a tree.

I predict that the kids in the story will not meet Boo Radley. The first reason I think they will not meet him is because he might be locked up. I believe he might be locked up because the doors are always closed, especially on Sunday. You are supposed to keep the door open for fresh air and to seem friendlier. In the town if your doors are closed, that means there is illness in the town or its cold outside.

Boo is like a monster to Dill, Jem and Scout throughout the beginning of the novel although once the children see that he leaves them gifts inside a knothole in the tree in between their houses. He is only seen on one occasion in the novel, although he is talked about many times because Scout and Jem take an interest in him once they start to find out who he really is as a person. Boo Radley never really left his house even when he could simply because

Throughout Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem, Scout, and Boo Radley played a meaningful and important role. As the novel progressed the relationship of Jem, Scout, and Boo Radley developed in a significant way. The children had a growing curiosity of Boo Radley in the first few chapters of the novel. Eventually the curiosity faded as the children became more mature and the novel lost its innocence. However, by the end of the novel the events caused Jem and Scout to obtain an amicable relationship with Boo Radley. The development of the relationship between Boo Radley and the children created a meaningful back story which allowed the novel to have a heartwarming touch on many people.

When predicting what will happen the reader can see that they will not meet Boo for two reasons. First, because he has been locked up and has not been seen for a really long time. He was locked in the court house for a while, but the his dad said that he would look after him. So his dad locked him in the house. The second reason The reader can see people do not like the family or the house they live in. The house looks run down and like nobody has lived there for a unquestionably long time. The family is the one family in all of Maycomb that does not attend church on Sundays of at all. Also the residents of Maycomb seem to not like the Radley family at all. When predicting the reader can see that in the end of the book that they will probably not see Boo Radley.