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    Who Is Boo Radley

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    On July 11, 1960, Harper Lee published a novel titled To Kill A Mockingbird. This book is written from the point of view of a little girl, Jean Louise “Scout” Finch. The book is well written and filled with many wonderful characters, but one of my favorites is Boo Radley. 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

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    To Kill A Mockingbird

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    this novel when I get older, because it is the way that Harper Lee wrote it and which choices she made. Harper Lee made it so memorable that even my mom remembers reading it in High School. To Kill a Mockingbird has been talked about by some other famous people too, such as Oprah Winfrey. From Scout, Atticus, and Boo by Mary McDonagh Murphy, Oprah Winfrey talks about getting to have lunch with Harper Lee. During the lunch, Harper Lee says that she is like Boo Radley and does not like interviews.

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    Atticus Finch Integrity

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    Atticus Finch is a lawyer and father of two children, Jem and Scout, in Maycomb County, in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus has a difficult case about a black man named Tom Robinson, who is accused of raping a white girl. Everyone has one case in their life that affects them, and this is his case. It made sense for Atticus to take a stand because he is a man of integrity and he believes in equality and justice. Atticus took a stand for Tom Robinson is because he is a man of integrity

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    However, white men could be with black women it was not recommended but it still happened. Tom Robinson has been falsely accused of raping Mayella Ewell. Mr. Ewell says, “I seen that black nigger yonder ruttin' on my Mayella!” (Lee 231). This accusation from Mr. Ewell had got the courtroom all going crazy. Bob Ewell never used Tom Robinson’s name and had put his race over everything. With no strong evidence against Tom Robinson just white people saying that they saw Tom Robinson

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    inspiring change. Judge Taylor assigned the Tom Robinson case to Atticus due to his trust in him to fight for justice. “Whether Maycomb knows it or not, we’re paying the highest tribute we can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It’s that simple” (Lee 240). Even though most of the town treated Atticus fairly, they knew that Atticus is quite different. As Miss. Maudie explains to Aunt Alexandra why the town chose Atticus to defend Tom Robinson, it is clear that the case has taken a toll on all of

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    The Help, a compulsive 2011 movie adapted from Kathryn Stockett’s novel . The quote that I want to direct you to is : "You know, courage seemed to skip a generation. Thank you for bringing it back to our family". This quote I think can refer to the theme courage and how it seems to skip a generation. In this essay, I will explain Courage in general, how we can relate this to the book, and how we can relate this to our current world. How can courage defined? By power? By strength? No, my definition

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    Boo Radley Relationship

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    Boo Radley and the children’s Gradual Relationship Maycomb County is a small, fictional town in Alabama, whose people are known to quickly jump to conclusions and judge others strictly because of one's appearance. Harper Lee portrays her fictional character of Boo Radley, as multidimensional; same as us people living in the real world. We all have different sides to our personality and some of it may not always be shown on the surface. What we observe, think or judge about someone based off their

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    Is Boo Radley Insane

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    community of Maycomb, in south Alabama during the 1930s, a compassionate man is misjudged and treated unkindly because rumors spread about him portraying him as insane and dangerous. Boo Radley, a character from the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, is a shy man with an unfortunate past, who stays in his home all day due to the hurtful lies his neighbors tell. Two young children, Jean Louise “Scout” and Jem Finch believe the neighborhood gossip, and stay far away from Boo Radley, but after a

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    Cristobal Escobar There are a lot of event that made Scout and Jem admire and value their dad Atticus. There are some good and bad events that I think has changed both Jem and Scouts mind about their father Atticus. Although they may not have felt those feelings of value and admiration at the start of the story they slowly began to get them. I think the first event where Scout and Jem began to admire and value their dad was when Atticus shot the dog with the gun. Scout and Jem were shocked that Atticus

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    What is courage? Courage is the ability to do something difficult even when there’s a risk. It’s not about bravery it’s about perseverance. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird Lee teaches readers about what real courage is from her perspective. A few examples are when Jem confuses courage with strength or when Mrs Dubose was fighting her morphine addiction, when Atticus shoots the rabies infected dog,when Boo saves Jem and Scout and sneaks out the Radley house to give gifts to the kids and

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