Essay Innocents in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Boo Radley is a representation of the mockingbird because of his innocence and acts of kindness. While Miss Maudie's house was burning down, Boo Radley secretly wrapped a blanket around Scout. " 'Boo Radley. You were so busy looking at the fire you didn't know it when he put the blanket around you' " (Lee 60). Scout realizes that Boo Radley is a kind man who wants to protect and take care of her. The residents of Maycomb County know very little about him, but still spread rumors and view

Boo! Boo! Such a word is often used to scare siblings, or hung up on houses around Halloween. However, in the book To Kill A Mockingbird, Boo is something regularly discussed, but not as a word. No, Boo is a nickname for the furtive Arthur Radley, the neighbor to the Finches. Throughout the novel, Boo is regarded as something of a Boogieman, a story used by Jem to frighten Scout and Dill.

In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Boo Radley is known among the people of Maycomb as a violent, mysterious phantom of a man; someone who started a gang, someone who stabbed his own father, and someone who was rumoured to eat live animals. Every crime was his doing, and to make all of this even more ominous, he only comes out of his droopy, sick, house at night to peer into people’s windows. As the children have never seen him, he is not viewed as a human being, but as some sort of monster. The children’s fear is reasonable as he has only been described as villainous.

He was someone who kept her imagination wild, and her childhood interesting. He was a mystery she never thought she would understand. She got a small hint about Boo from Jem earlier, an answer on why he stayed inside, “I’m beginning to understand why Boo Radley’s stayed shut up in the house all this time… it’s because he wants to stay inside” (Lee 304). When he finally leaves his house, Boo instantly becomes a hero. He had saved the Finch children from the horrid villain, Bob Ewell, and got an injured Jem home safely. After seeing how he behaved and treated her and Jem, Scout finally understood him. “‘...he wouldn’t let you…’ I[Scout] found myself explaining… I was beginning to learn his body English. His hand tightened on mine and he indicated that he wanted to leave” (Lee 372). They’re both quotes that fill in the mystery of Boo, explaining why he lived the way he did. They were ways that Scout finally understood Mr. Arthur Radley.

Boo Radley is the mockingbird because the town feels the need to bother him even though he has done nothing wrong. That shows prejudice because they are judging without knowing the facts. When Dill asks about Boo Radley, Jem and Scout tells him about the rumors they’ve heard about Boo Radley, assuming they are true. Scout as

He is considered a myth in the town of Maycomb. Scout and Jem were always attempting to get a good look at Boo Radley. In my opinion this takes a lot of courage because of Boo’s father. Boo’s father is a foot washington baptist; this means that he is heavily religious and he will not let Boo leave the house and not interact with other people, but thats the not the only reason. There is a reason why Mr. Radley is hiding Boo from everyone else, and thats what Jem and Scout want to find out who the man and the mystery is. So Scout has to face her fears with Jem to go onto their property and try not to get

After Atticus gave Scout and Jem air rifles for Christmas, he told them that if they were going to shoot birds, they must not shoot mockingbirds. Scout asked Miss Maudie what she thought about Atticus’s order, and she agreed. Mockingbirds are innocent and only do good for humans. They sing and do not deserve to die senselessly. Throughout the novel “To Kill a Mockingird,” the mockingbird serves as a symbol of innocence.

Arthur “Boo” Radley is a very mysterious character in the way that not a lot has been know about him, even from the beginning of the novel. Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, we continue to learn a little more about him. People in Maycomb fear the unknown properties of Boo. They created horrible rumors about him in order to answer their questions about him. For example, they claimed that he was dead and stuffed into the chimney, that he eats cats and dogs, and sneaks out during the night to look into people’s windows. Despite all of these horrible rumors, Boo Radley is a rather friendly character in To Kill a Mockingbird.

Arthur “Boo” Radley was from a recluse family in Maycomb County called the Radleys. At the beginning of the book (page 10), he was described as a “malevolent phantom”. For every little thing that went wrong in the town, Boo was thought to be the culprit. As time went on, however, Boo began to show his true colors. On the last page of the book, Scout described him as nice.(376)

Throughout the novel, the author treats Boo with respect even through the things that people say about him or think about him. This is true because the action of Boo saving the children was a heroic act that was not expected from Boo by the other characters. This shows that the author thought of Boo as a person, that even through the harsh environment that surrounded him, could do the right thing for the people of Maycomb even though he was treated harshly by them. But, unlike the character’s, the author thought this way about Boo throughout the whole

The title, To Kill a Mockingbird, poses no literal connection with the plot, however it's the single most important symbol of the novel. The mockingbird carries tons of symbolic weight, representing the people harmed or destroyed by evil and prejudices, in spite of their innocence. When a mockingbird is killed, innocence is destroyed. As Miss Maudie states, "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy... That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee 90). Throughout the book, at least three characters can be considered mockingbirds: Tom Robinson, Dolphus Raymond, and Boo Radley.

Boo radley through the whole book is thought to be weird and mysterious, this is seen when jem explains boo radleys characteristics ‘’Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats’’ this quote is important because it shows how mysterious boo radley is because no one has seen him before. Boo radley is also very kind and appealing to the kids, boo shows his kindness when he wraps the blanket around scout. ‘’ you were so busy looking at the fire you didn't

Boo Radley is one of the mockingbirds in this book. He is innocent but this wasn’t recognized by everyone. Scout understood

According to Ruby Wall, who was raised in the Great Depression, “A mockingbird represents communication, being joyful, unity, security, and even purity.” Arthur “Boo” Radley is depicted as a mockingbird in the novel. Accusations of murder constantly spread around about Boo. In reality, Boo never harmed anyone or anything and remains pure. Following the image of a mockingbird, Boo merely wanted to fit into society by being like others. Although he is isolated, Boo continuously tries to benefit others rather than himself. Boo’s selflessness can be seen when he leaves presents for the children as well as when he mends Jem’s pants and leaves them for him on the fence. Another example is when Miss Maudie’s house catches on fire. During the incident, he places a blanket on Scout to ensure a sense of security and warmth for her. Similarly, the other mockingbirds in the novel are merely

Radley. Boo Radley is a mockingbird because in all his life he had not done anything wrong and was revealed to be a caring soul. His innocence stems from the fact that he never had the opportunity to do anything wrong due to the solitary fact we as always in his house. And that is where Boo felt most comfortable. For example when Atticus Finch and Sheriff Heck Tate were discussing the death of Bob Ewell, “I never heard tell that it’s against the law for a citizen to do his utmost to prevent a crime from being committed, which he did. Know what’d happen then? All the ladies in Maycomb includin‘ my wife’d be knocking on his