This was the perception of Boo Radley from the one of the children in Maycomb County. Boo Radley is the ghost of Maycomb County, or so the children believe. Most children run when they pass in front of the Radley home, fearing that Boo Radley will come and get them. ... He soon befriended Jem and Scout and it didn't take long for Dill to hear about Boo Radley. ... The Perception of Boo Radley greatly changed throughout the course of the novel. ...

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Arthur Radley, also known as Boo, and give him advice on ways to better himself, I would have much to say to him. ... Radley. Boo, First and foremost, I believe that you are, overall, a wonderful human being. ...

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Tom Robinson, Boo Radley and Mayella are all "mockingbirds". ... Boo Radley is also a mockingbird. Scout and Jem heard of their neighbor Boo and someone said he is very dangerous and he even used a pair of scissors to kill his father, so they risk the danger to see Boo many times. ... One day, Jem and Scout were on the way home and Bob Ewell tried to hurt them because Atticus helped Tom Robinson, but Boo saves them. ... Jem and Scout judge Boo Radley as a bad person. ...

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Throughout the book, a number of characters (Jem, Tom Robinson, Dill, and Boo Radley) can be identified as mockingbirds "innocents who have been injured or destroyed. ... Underwood compares his death to "the senseless slaughter of songbirds,"" and at the end of the book Scout thinks that hurting Boo Radley would be like "shootin' a mockingbird."" ... Similarly, when it is revealed that Boo Radley is the one who had killed Bob Ewell while saving the children's lives, Mr. Heck Tate refuses to hold him responsible because he feels that it would invite unnecessary attention to Boo...

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Boo Radley, Atticus, and the title represent three such things. ... Arthur "Boo" Radley plays an important role in the development of both Scout and Jem. ... Arthur Radley not only plays an important role in developing Scout and Jem, but helps in developing the novel. ... This "Mockingbird" is Arthur "Boo" Radley. ... Boo Radley and Atticus were very important characters, for both the developments of kids in the book and reader. ...

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Comparable to Scout is Boo Radley, the more obvious example, Boo was ostracized by society for simply being different. ... Radley locked Boo inside their house for years, not speaking to a single person outside of his home. ... Radley cares about Boo, he is still demonstrating that he does not want to let him go down the wrong path. ... Radley would believe that holding Boo at home would be the best way to show his care. ... A clear example of a character that reflects a mockingbird easily is Boo Radley. ...

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Walter Cunningham, Boo Radley, Tom Robinson, Mayella Ewell are outcasts who nevertheless gain sympathy in "To Kill a Mockingbird". ... Radley convinced the judge to release Boo because he thought it was a disgrace. " it was no prison and it was no disgrace. ... Radley didn't take him back, Boo would die from the mold from the damp. ... Radley that if he didn't take Boo back, Boo would die of mold from the damp." ... Radley covered the hole in the tree with cement, Boo couldn't leave items for Jem and Scout to find. ...

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The slaughter of a mockingbird can be likened to the bigoted treatment of Boo Radley and Tom Robinson. The children's obsession with Boo Radley brings dominance to his character. ... It is the inhumanity shown by white people towards the blacks and the inhumanity shown by the Maycomb community when they ridicule Boo Radley that give the title it's significance. ... As they pass the Radley house Jem believes Boo is not home as "high above us in the darkness a solitary mocker poured out his repertoire in blissful unawareness of whose tree he sat in" (p. 281). ... Boo Radley a...

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Jem's and Scout's mockingbird is the mysterious Boo Radley. ... Boo Radley saved their lives while risking his own. ... Just like Boo Radley, Tom never harmed a soul. ... Boo Radley and Tom Robinson would be the main mockingbirds in this story. It would be sinful to accuse Boo Radley of killing Bob Ewell. ...

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Nathan Radley owns the house and his brother Arthur "Boo" Radley has not been seen leaving the house in years. ... The next summer Dill returns and they start to act out what they think is the "Boo Radley story". Atticus puts a stop to their mischievous play, but they are compelled to find out more about Boo Radley and Nathan shoots at the three of them as they sneak back to the house in the dark. ... The children's unseen protector, Boo Radley intervenes saving the children from the vindictive Ewell, who is accidentally killed in the struggle. After carrying the wounded Jem home and...

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Boo Radley is overall an innocent and peaceful character. ... Boo is Maycomb's most talked about mystery. ... All the children in the town are afraid of him and the adults likewise, so much so that the children would run past the Radley's house every day and wouldn't even attempt to retrieve a ball that ventured into the Radley's yard. Rumors swirled around the schoolyard that if you ate a pecan fallen from the Radley's tree you would surely die. ... Calpurnia warns the neighborhood, even attempts to warn the Radley's and calls Atticus, who ends up shooting Tim. ...

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Arthur "Boo" Radley and Tom Robinson Tom Robinson plays a very important role in the story. ... Arthur "Boo" Radley is also symbolic of a mockingbird, but in other ways than Tom Robison. Boo stays to himself mostly, but he secretly helps out a lot. ... Boo Radley is innocent and likes to stay isolated, if they would've arrested him for the murder or told people he saved the kids that would have been just like killing a mockingbird. ... That Boo Radley likes to be alone and secretive, but secretly helps out many times, but helped the most at the end of the book by savi...

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Jem, Scout and Dill's fascination with Boo Radley and wanting to find out why this man hides in his home is well documented. Boo is a bit of an enigma to Jem, Scout and Dill. The Radley residence is scary to them but at the same time holds out a great fascination. They want to know what goes on behind the closed doors and get Boo to come out - he keeps himself to himself and never leaves the house and there are tales circulating from the gossip mongers as to what has gone on behind those doors. ... Their initial view is that there must be something evil about this man, but gradually th...

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Soon, their friend Dill visits and the three are suddenly obsessed with the idea of exploring the unnerving Radley lot and acting out stories about it's equally scary tenant, Boo Radley. ... A few seconds later, a mysterious man, later known to be Boo Radley, saves Scout and Jem and brings them to Atticus. After finding out that Boo Radley had saved their lives, they come to an important realization. ... Essentially, this book taught me the same lesson as Boo Radley unknowingly taught Scout and Jem. ... Similar to Tom Robinson and Boo Radley, people facing discrimination don't deserv...

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In chapter Scout, Jem, and Dill start playing the Boo Radley game and Atticus finds out about it. ... Scout and Jem learn this lesson well and stop playing the game and started being more respectful to Boo Radley. ... In the end, Scout sees Boo Radley as a human being. ...

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Nathan Radley owns the house and his brother Arthur "Boo" Radley has not been seen leaving the house in years. ... The next summer Dill returns and they start to act out what they think is the "Boo Radley story". Atticus puts a stop to their mischievous play, but they are compelled to find out more about Boo Radley and Nathan shoots at the three of them as they sneak back to the house in the dark. ... The children's unseen protector, Boo Radley intervenes saving the children from the vindictive Ewell, who is accidentally killed in the struggle. After carrying the wounded Jem home a...

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In the novel "To kill a Mockingbird" in my opinion the author had a special purpose in mind when she wrote the characters of Tom Robinson, and Aurthur "Boo" Radley, and the title. Throughout this essay, I will explore the relationship between the characters of Tom Robinson and Boo Radley. ... In the same way, if the Sheriff had have told the truth that Boo had killed Bob Ewell, it would have caused a lot of problems for Arthur Radley when he was just protecting the children, which in a sense would be the same as "killing a mockingbird." ... Tom Robinson had a nice little way of livi...

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One of Scout and Jem's favorite things to do during summer vacation was to explore their neighbor's, Boo Radley's, dilapidated house. In the beginning of To Kill A Mockingbird, Boo Radley was described as an infamous recluse of Maycomb. ... Boo's life remains an extreme mystery. ... This is just one of the many weird incidents that have made me believe that perhaps Boo Radley isn't a bad person despite the negative rumors. ... With the Finch children growing up, the Tom Robinson case moving along, and Boo Radley becoming even more mysterious, the story of the people of...

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Boo Radley has been cast away from society for what seems like an eternity. ... Boo Radley is practically enduring solitary confinement in his own home. Boo Radley has been locked up in his house since he was a kid, "Mr. ... Moreover, Boo Radley was portrayed in such a bad image by many Maycomb folks. ... Boo Radley is deserving of sympathy because of his lack of freedom. ...

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In the novel, the mockingbird symbolises Boo Radley and Tom Robinson, who were both peaceful people who never did any harm. ... At the end of the novel, Scout's interpretation of Boo Radley had changed dramatically. ... Persecuting Boo Radley would have truly been like "killing a mockingbird" as he had been innocent all his life. ... The people of Maycomb misunderstood both Arthur (Boo) Radley and Tom Robinson. Boo Radley was a misunderstood man who returned kindness from all the years of isolation and punishment he suffered. ...

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After hearing the gruesome tales of Boo Radley from Jem, Dill thinks up games about Boo. ... In the beginning, Boo represents the unknown. ... At one point, the children trespass the Radley property in hopes of finding some clue which will better explain Boo's character. ... Later on, Scout also realizes that she was the same towards Boo Radley. ... Her symbolism of the mockingbird in the book depicts people such as Boo Radley and Tom Robinson. ...

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The trio of playmates amuse themselves by spying on the mysterious "Boo" Radley, trying anything and everything to make the man the whole town gossips about to venture outside. ... Watching the assault from his window, Boo Radley finally comes outdoors, and stabs Ewell to death, then makes sure the children return safely home. Instead of reporting the actual facts, the sheriff exercises compassion for Boo Radley, and reports the death of Bob Ewell was accidental. ... Because Scout is somewhat of an outcast herself, like Boo Radley and the black members of Maycomb County, Mississip...

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The stereotypes of Boo Radley being a dreadfully scary man whom is feared by all have drifted all the way down to even the young children of Maycomb. Scout's description of the Radley's home is as if she knew for a fact that the devil himself lived there. ... Then there is the metaphor comparing the sunshine of Boo's life, Jem and Scout concerning the hole in the tree, to that being blocked out when Nathan filled it in with cement. ... Avery/Miss Stephanie, the Radleys", the Cunninghams", the Ewells", and on the very bottom the black community. ... From Boo Radley to the E...

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The extremity of his traumatic events according to Jem started, "The summer Dill came to us, when Dill first gave us the idea of making Boo Radley come out." page 1. ... P240 Jem realizes that the world has evil and hatred, and even more, why Boo Radley stays inside, stays away from the world. "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." p 224 Jem has to undergo all of this, but his run in with Bob Ewells clearly shows the evil in people that lives. ... Boo Radley is not the evil in Maycomb...

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After Scout walks Boo Radley home, she thinks about the past year from Boo Radley's point of view. ... Scout is seeing things through Boo Radley's eyes. ... Just standing on the Radley porch was enough." The reader knows that Scout has learned how to see things from other's position's because she has just reflected on the past year from Boo's point of view. ... She acknowledges that while she isn't Boo Radley himself and isn't inside his house, she can see things from his point of view. ...

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