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Boo Radley's Story

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First of all, to the children in Maycomb, Boo Radley is very mysterious, they are scared but want to learn more about him. Telling a story or a myth to a child is not like telling it to an adult, children will listen and assume it is true even if it is a lie. Miss Stephanie tried to trick the kids by telling them, “Boo drove the scissors into his parent’s leg, pulled them out, wiped them on his pants, and resumed his activities” (Lee 11). By telling the kids he drove the scissors in his parent’s leg made them scared of Boo and it makes him look crazy. Miss Stephanie’s plan worked, it made them scared, but it made them even more interested to look for him. Myths do not make Boo fit in or make him seem real, but the kids still think that everything

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