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Boo Radley Symbolism

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“Boo was about six-and-a- half feet tall, judging 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 16). In the well- loved novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Boo Radley is one of the most interesting characters. As one can see Jem describes him as some sort of monster or zombie,when Jem and his sister Scout talk about Boo in the book they tell it in a thrilling and scary way. They have never seen him before so they do not quite believe he is real, and they feel free to make …show more content…

When Jem and Scout were coming home from the Halloween Party at the school, they were cutting through the playground when someone attacked them. That person was Bob Ewell, he wanted revenge because Atticus had exposed him during the trial of raping his daughter. No one was for sure what happened that night because it was dark and hard to see. There were 4 people involved and Scout could only think of three people, her, Jem, and Bob. So who was the third person? Who had saved them? Atticus and Scout though it was Jem who fought off Bob and killed him, but little did they know that it was Boo Radley. Atticus wanted to say that Jem was the one who killed Bob, but Mr. Tate the Sheriff and a good friend would not have it because he knew the real truth. Mr. Tate was going to say that Bob fell on his own knife and killed himself. “I have never heard tell that it’s against the law for a citizen to do his utmost to prevent a crime from being committed, which is exactly what he did, but maybe you’ll say it’s my duty to tell all about it and not hush it up” (Lee 369). Mr. Tate knew that if the town found out who saved the children they would be knocking down his door and bringing him angel food cakes. “To, my way of thinking’, Mr. Finch, taking the one man who’s done you and this town a great service and’ dragging’ him with his shy ways into the the limelight---- to me, that’s a sin” (Lee 370). Scout later then said it would be like shootin a mockingbird. Everyone was skeptical of Boo since he was a child because of all the rumors and fantasies that went around about him, he did not want to be made a hero. When Mr. Tate and Atticus were having the conversation about what they were going to say to the public, Boo could've easily spoke up and said that he would tell everyone that it was him and be made a hero. Boo didn’t want to be made a hero showing the meekness and humility of his

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