Why Is Mr Radley Finch So Useful

1. “…He was about six-and-a-half feet tall with hands that were permanently bloodstained… and a long jagged scar ran across his face… What teeth he had were yellow and rotten and his eyes bulged out of their sockets! (Pause). That was the initial gruesome description we were given for the harmless Arthur ‘Boo’ Radley, but did any of those horrific features actually appear reasonable to you? (Pause) I didn’t think so! When a mature reader reads this extract from the novel ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’, they would immediately recognise that the description of ‘Boo’ is only a result of Jem Finch’s overactive imagination.

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.

Boo Radley is a reverent hero. He saved Jem And Scout when they were being attacked by Mr. Ewell. He stepped in and stabbed Mr. Ewell with a knife. He then carried Jem home to safety where he was looked at by a doctor (Foote 75). However he is still merely looked at as a threat. Everybody knows him for attempting to kill his dad or for being chained up in his basement

This leads to the conclusion that in Atticus' eyes the Radley's are not bad people. This creates tension in the novel because of the different views

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

In part one of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, the reader is introduced to Scout, the narrator of the book, her family and other members of the community in which she lives. Scout and her older brother Jem are the children of Atticus Finch, a lawyer in Maycomb County, Alabama during the Great Depression. Scout and Jem meet Dill, a boy spending the summer with his Aunt Rachel. He is between Scout and Jem’s age and becomes a great friend and playmate. He, like Scout and Jem are enjoying the freedom of no school, using their imagination inventing, and playing games throughout the summer. Next door to Scout and Jem, lives a very curious individual whom they have never seen but heard rumors about. This individual has been kept isolated by his father because of some innocent pranks he was involved in over fifteen years ago. Arthur “Boo” Radley is a young man rumored to be root of all evil in the small town of Maycomb. Curiosity is a theme repeated throughout part one as the Scout, Jem, and Dill desire to know or learn more about life and Boo Radley.

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.

Scout, Jem, and Dill work many summers to try to get Boo to come out of the Radley house for the first time in many years. Jem had been told many things about Boo in his short years in Maycomb, and he tells his sister Scout about the ‘monster’, saying, “Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from 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” (chap. 1). Jem’s ideas about Boo are very biased toward rumors that can be heard around Maycomb. This shows how Maycomb’s people often judge before they know, seeing as no one has seen Boo Radley in over twenty years and people are prejudiced to believing the unknown is always bad. Prejudice and rumors can often not be trusted and Boo Radley is no exception. After Miss Maudie’s house catches fire and half the town rushes outside to watch it burn, Atticus tells Scout, “someday you should thank him for covering you up” then Scout asks, “Thank Who?” And gets a response from Atticus, “Boo Radley. You were too busy looking at the fire, you didn’t even notice when he put the blanket around you” (chap. 8). Boo Radley is not really a bad person, he

In Harper Lee’s iconic and influential novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, many characters are brought to the reader, several of which display heroic actions throughout the book. The most prominent of these characters is Atticus Finch. In contrast, other opinions may believe that Boo Radley has a greater effect on the overall message of the story. However, Atticus’s thoughtful right-doings have a preponderant influence, due to his characteristics of being a respected and affectionate person, and how he fights for equal rights.

In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, the mockingbird is treated as sacred. It is considered a sin to kill a mockingbird in Maycomb County, Alabama. The mockingbird does not bothered anybody or harm anyone. Throughout the story we see different characters showcasing the characteristics of a mockingbird. All these characters do not bother anyone in society, but are still being brought down.

*Be sure to include page numbers and quotes from the novel, when appropriate, to ensure a complete answer and full credit.

Within this world, good and evil coincide with one another. Harper Lee was able to show that in her Pulitzer Prize for Literature winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Arthur “Boo” Radley, who the readers meet early on, is seen as someone people appear to be afraid of. However, if the people of Maycomb County, Alabama would have gotten to know Boo they would have had a different perception of him.

In To Kill a Mockingbird we get introduced to a few characters that have a life that is never fully understood and explained in the novel. One of those characters is Boo Radley a man that is portrayed as evil by the town, but in fact just a victim of abuse and neglect. We find out that Boo Radley had stabbed his father years ago, and when the town suggested he go to an insane asylum, Mr Radley refused to keep his son locked away in the basement for years deteriorating any sanity left in him.

“To Kill a Mockingbird” is a famous award winning best seller published in 1960 and has became a classic novel in modern American Literature. A work by Harper Lee that was translated in more than 40 languages. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the reader discovers the good and evil through an innocent child’s eyes; which demonstrates the fault in our society, as seen by Scout, Jem, Dill and the famous Boo Radley. To begin, for as long as they can remember, Boo Radley has been locked up in his house; even though they have never seen him, the children love to invent stories about him in order to satisfy their imagination and play, however their opinion about him soon changes just as they learn about the faults in our society.

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