Boo Radley Trial For To Kill A Mockingbird

Arthur “Boo” Radley had rarely faced any real danger except in his childhood when he was “mixed up with the wrong crowd”, after that his father kept him inside most of his life so he could be protected from the outside world. The people of Maycomb didn’t know that was the reason he stayed

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 a ‘malevolent phantom’ and a character that has been shaped by gossips and sustained by children’s imaginations. “Stephanie Crawford, a neighbourhood scold… said she woke up in the middle of the night and saw him looking straight through the window at her.” This dialogue is an example of the gossips and how the legend of Boo Radley developed, lies that persecute his innocence. Setting is used to develop Boo’s surroundings and to summon an eerie atmosphere giving Maycomb reason enough to reject and victimise him for being different. “…rain rotten shingles drooped… oak trees kept the sun away and the remains of a picket fence drunkenly guarded the front yard.” The Radley house has been established as a neglected, out of place and isolated home through Harper Lee’s use of connotative words. This evokes within the reader the same view of Boo as the rest of the town and allows us to understand where the misunderstanding comes from before we

Everyone in Maycomb believes that the Radleys are dangerous and no one dares to really talk to them. They don’t follow the unwritten social rules that everyone else follows, and that is weird and mysterious to people. The community is mostly suspicious of Arthur Radley, also known as Boo Radley. People believe he is hostile because when he was a teen, he got in with the wrong crow and was arrested. Fifteen years later, he had another incident.

People in Maycomb are stereotyped and discriminated against based on their race. When Jem, Scout and Dill are in Nathan Radley’s backyard, they see a shadow, the shadow scares them so they run out of the backyard which drew Nathan Radley’s attention. Nathan Radley shoots his shotgun in the air. The sound of the shotgun attracts Nathan’s neighbours, they all gather up in front of his house to find out what is going on then Miss Maudie says “Mr.Radley shot at a negro in his collard patch”(72). Miss Maudie was not even there when the shot was fired, neither does she have any other information about the situation nor does she see anyone run away yet she thinks the person who Nathan Radley shot at is black and no one even questions her statement about Nathan shooting a black person, everyone believes her. This shows that

Gunshots heard in Maycomb’s Neighborhood - Just last night, Nathan Radley was found firing at an unidentified negro lurking in his backyard.

Throughout this journal, one can predict the kids will not meet Boo because he is locked up and they are scared of him. One reason why the kids will not meet Boo is because he is locked up. A reason to support this is because he stabbed his father with a pair of scissors. One quote from the book to give you a visualization is “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” (Lee 13). As you can see Boo can not think through his actions before doing them. He does not see that what he does deeply affects others around him. Next, another reason he is locked up is nobody sees a lot of activity coming in and out of the Radley household. Maycomb is a quiet

Backtracking years, even decades, one will find the origin of Boo Radley’s knack for violence. It started when he was just a teenager. Fitting in with the wrong crowd, he befriended the Cunninghams. The closest thing to a gang Maycomb ever had, they went around causing, not too much mayhem at first, but soon became more and more violent. The first serious offense they committed was locking poor old Mr. Conner, Maycomb’s beadle, in the courthouse outhouse after they resisted arrest. Now one might be thinking, Oh, that was a long time ago. Boo’s changed. Well, he hasn’t. He’s only become worse since then. Not even thirteen years ago, the town saw Boo for the first time in fifteen years, when he drove a pair of scissors into his father’s leg. Every single person in the town knows the truth; Boo Radley is lethal. This is proof that he has kept his violent nature over the years, perhaps practicing for when a racist pig of a man attacks two children. That is, two children he has been stalking.

While many examples of unjust acts exist through the book, the treatment of Boo Radley, more than any other example, clearly shows intolerance and unfair judgement. Even though they know little about Mr. Radley, the people of Maycomb harshly criticize and gossip about him. “The more we told Dill about the Radleys, the more he wanted to know, the longer he would stand hugging the light-pole on the corner, the more he would wonder” (Chapter 1). After hearing much gossip about Boo, in their innocence, the kids assume all they hear as the truth, and the community does not realize the unfair judgement and

In the novel “To Kill A Mockingbird”, there was a very unique, distinct, and important character; Arthur Radley, also known as Boo Radley. Arthur Radley has a very suspicious and unique past and way of living, which brought up a lot of different opinions and theories; especially when it came to Jean Louise Finch, Jeremy Finch, and Dill Harris. In this essay, you will be read about the progression of the different theories and rumours that were made about Arthur Radley.

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

Boo Radley is labeled an outcast and an outsider by the society of Maycomb because of the rumors and myths that have surrounded him through the years of being confined to his brother’s home. For over twenty-five years, Boo Radley has been restricted to the indoor limits of the Radley house suppressing him further from the Maycomb community. Arthur “Boo” Radley was a troublesome child who sadly continued to make wrong choices once he became

Racism is a big contributor to the disorder and dysfunction that occurs in the small town Maycomb. For example, when Calpurnia, the Finch's cook, brings Jem and Scout to her church that mainly consists of African Americans, someone at the door says, “I wants to know why you bringin white chillun to nigger church” (Lee 135). People were expected to go to church with someone of the same race during this time; if this did not happen, then they were treated differently. Boo Radley, a neighbor to the Finch’s, stabbed his father, Mr. Radley, in the leg with scissors in the beginning of the story, and “The Sheriff hadn’t the heart to put him in jail alongside Negroes, so Boo was locked in the courthouse basement”(Lee 12). Whites and Blacks did not even want to be in the same vicinity as the other color. When Tom Robinson was brought to trial, Dill became really upset when Mr. GIlmer “called him ‘boy’ all the time and sneered at him, an’ looked around at the jury every time he answered” (Lee 226). Mr. Gilmer did not show Tom Robinson any respect when he should have because people in their society had no respect for blacks. Since racism causes a big trial towards the end of the story, it causes the loss of life of an innocent man.

There were pretty significant moments in this novel about the trial. People that took part in the trial had different testimonies such as Tom Robinson, Mayella Ewell, Bob Ewell, and Heck Tate. Heck claimed that after being contacted by Bob Ewell,he went to visit the Ewell home to find Mayella on the floor beaten. He said that he saw the right side of her face badly beaten with bruises near her neck. Bob claimed that he heard Mayella screaming within the Ewell house, and when he came inside, he saw Tom run away after seeing Bob. During Atticus' cross examination, furthermore, Bob consent with a request for Tom to write his name, which he did with his left hand. Mayella claimed that she offered Tom Robinson a nickel to ”bust up the chiffarobe,”

One particular warm summer day, just a few hours after noon in the “tired old town” of Maycomb, the Finch household was unusually quiet(6. Lee). So quiet you can hear a pin drop1. Atticus had gone out, the children were nowhere to be seen, and even Calpurnia was away visiting family claiming they could live a day without her. That left ”Aunt” Alexandra Hancock in the house all alone.