Essay About Boo Radley And Important Role

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To Kill a Mockingbird is definitely an excellent novel in that
it portrays life and the role of racism in the 1930s. A reader may
not interpret several aspects in and of the book through just the
plain text. Boo Radley, Atticus, and the title represent three such
things.
Not really disclosed to the reader until the end of the book,
Arthur “Boo” Radley plays an important role in the development of
both Scout and Jem. In the beginning of the story, Jem, Scout, and
Dill fabricate horror stories about Boo. They find Boo as a character
of their amusement, and one who has no feelings whatsoever. They
tried to get a peep at him, just to see what Boo looked like. Scout
connects Boo with the Mockingbird. Mrs. Maudie defines a mockingbird
as one who “Ðdont do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They
dont eat up peoples gardens, dont nest in corncribs, they dont do
one thing but sing their hearts out for us” (94). Boo is exactly
that. Boo is the person who put a blanket around Scout and Jem when
it was cold. Boo was the one putting “gifts” in the tree. Boo even
sewed up Jems pants that tore on Dills last night. Boo was the one
who saved their lives. On the contrary to Scouts primary belief, Boo
never harms anyone. Scout also realizes that she wrongfully treated
Boo when she thinks about the gifts in the tree. She never gave
anything back to Boo, except love at the end. When Scout escorts
Arthur home and stands on his front porch, she sees the same street
she saw, just from an entirely different perspective. Scout learns
what a Mockingbird is, and who represents one.
Arthur Radley not only plays an important role in developing
Scout and Jem, but helps in developing the novel. Boo can be divided
into three stages. Primitively, Boo is Scouts worst nightmare.
However, the author hints at Boo actually existing as a nice person
when he places things in the tree. The secondary stage is when Mrs.
Maudies house burned to the ground. As Scout and Jem were standing
near Boos house, it must have been rather cold. So, Boo places a
warm and snug blanket around Scout and Jem, to keep them warm. This
scene shows Boos more sensitive and caring side of him, and shows
that he really has changed after stabbing his father. The last and
definitely most important stage is when he kills Bob Ewell to save
Scout and Jem. This stage portrays Boo as the hero and one who has
indefinitely changed his personality and attitudes. After the final
stage, Boo does not deserve to be locked up inside his house.
Atticus Finch is a man of strong morals. He follows them
exclusively, and does not hold up to the Finch family name, as defined
by Aunt Alexandria. Atticus is the most pure and good-hearted person
one may ever `see.` Although it does not seem like it, Scout will
evolve into her father; Jem will not. Scout finally understand all
the things he says. For example, in the beginning Atticus tells
Scout, “You never really understand a person until you consider things
from his point of viewÐ…until you climb into his skin and walk around
in it” (34). She then realizes that Mrs. Caroline did not know
Maycomb, and could not just learn it in one day. Scout comes to terms
that it was wrong to become upset with Mrs. Caroline. Scout learns
several other lessons. For example, on page 94, Atticus says his
most important line in the book, “Ð…remember its a sin to kill a
mockingbird.” Through clarifications from Mrs. Maudie, Scout accepts
her fathers words. Atticus also teaches his kids a lesson when he
defends