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How Does Boo Radley Show Innocence

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om. In the other hand, Boo Radley demonstrates innocence throughout the novel. Boo Radley expresses a symbolic mockingbird in To Kill A Mockingbird. Evil seems to threaten Boo Radley’s image. Rather than being the monster that the town seems to portray him as. Boo Radley testify to be a affable character. Boo Radley exhibits his various acts of secret compassion by leaving gifts under the tree for Scout and Jem. “He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives” (Lee 373). “Having been so accustomed to his absence, I found it incredible that he had been sitting beside me all this time, present. He had not made a sound” (Lee 371). Which shows that Boo Radley not being present in the children’s life,

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