spirit that enables a person to face difficulty‚ danger‚ pain etc.‚ without fear; bravery. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ both Atticus and Boo Radley are both courageous through the challenges they are faced with. Both of these men are citizens of Maycomb and create change within their town. Although Atticus and Boo Radley are very different people‚ they prove to be similar through their acts of courage. Though their acts of courage are similar‚ they both generate change to different
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The many sides of Boo Radley Personality‚ or popularity of a person can make or break them. Those whom we know to be silly or a favorite among people are quite hard to forget. We also have those who never say much and let their work or actions speak for them. However‚ the people we never seem to notice are the ones who truly amaze us the most; such as the veiled character of Boo Radley in the book (To Kill A Mocking Bird). He was always mentioned in the book and never seen‚ yet‚ he intimidated and
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I think that Boo Radley should be locked up in jail‚ he is reckless and dangerous. Who knows what he gets up to during the night while we’re all sleepin’! His brother says he stays in the house‚ but we don’t know that for sure‚ now do we. Let me tell you a lil’ somethin’ about Boo Radley‚ he is a maniac. One night I awoke to see Boo Radley starin’ right through my window at me‚ oh and I know that if I hadn’t woken and seen him‚ he would’ve tried to kill me in my sleep! It is unsafe to have such a
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In the book To Kill a Mockingbird‚ there is a character named Boo Radley. The children believe Boo is an evil being who goes around the town at night making flowers die and slaughtering chickens‚ even though it was proven that it was not him. One reason they believe Boo is evil is because he is locked up and never actually leaves the house. Boo is locked up because he started the closest thing to a gang ever seen in their small town. He also apparently stabbed his father in the leg with a pair of
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In my opion Boo Radley resembles the perfect mockingbird. I believe this because Boo throughout the book never does anything‚ but help Jem and Scout. Boo was always there to help and protect Jem and Scout. For example when Jem‚ Dill‚ and Scout were caught at the Radley place. Boo had sewed back together Jem’s pants and folded them for him to get. When Boo was a teenager he was the local trouble maker. He was always in trouble with the people in Maycomb or even with the law. When Boo was a little
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Arthur "Boo" Radley is an enigmatic character in To Kill A Mocking bird who is shut up in his house throughout the novel. Although he was described as a monster who eats cats and squirrels‚ that was not the case. He is one of the "mockingbirds" in the novel‚ a kind man injured by the evil of mankind. The writer dropped many little hints that proved that he is an innocent‚ misunderstood and victimize person‚ structuring him into a "mockingbird". Arthur "Boo" Radley was discriminated and mocked
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make generalizations about a person”. Boo Radley‚ a character of To Kill A Mockingbird‚ often keeps to himself in his house. He is barely outside the house and the people of Maycomb County have the fallacy of him being a monster to scare the town. Jem describes Boo as‚ ”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” (Lee 14). Not a lot of people have seen Boo or gotten to know him‚ so it is easy
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and any cats he can reach!” “No wonder‚ I heard his hands were always blood stained! You know what they say once you ate a raw animal the blood will never wash off.” “Well‚ that’s Boo Radley for ya!” *laughs heard from gossip people* The name’s Arthur Radley‚ but for some reason most people know me as “Boo Radley”. I’ve always pondered why the folks call me that‚ do they think of me as some sort of a monster‚ a ghost maybe? Do they really believe I don’t actually exist that I’m just a fragment
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the idea that you can’t understand someone because you can’t always see through their point of view. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Jem talks about Boo Radley‚ stating‚ “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” (Lee 16). Scout and Jem judge who Boo Radley based off of rumors. They never really get to understand who he is as a person. People perceive things differently and view situations
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prejudice. All folks are created equal but prejudice is dividing them‚ but Scout and Jem are too innocent to realize it. Jem being older realizes something about Boo Radley‚ who hasn’t been seen outside of his house since he was a teenager.“Scout‚ I think I’m beginning to understand something. I think 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 227) The lightbulb that goes off in Jem’s mind is his transition
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