Boo Radley's Relationship

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What would happen if Dill, Jem, and Scout didn’t go and look for Arthur (Boo) Radley? Throughout the book “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Jem, Scout, and Dill build a subtle relationship with Boo. One of the reasons they have a connection is because every summer, Dill makes a plan to try and get a look at Boo Radley. To give an illustration, Boo Radley is seen as a boy who was locked up without a childhood and became a scary story in his neighborhood. The kids built up enough curiosity and tried to see Boo. In the first few chapters, Mr. Arthur is supposedly a bad man or a “creep” at night while looking through windows of his neighbors. Atticus then says, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until …show more content…

On the night, Scout, Jem, and Dill go to the Radley’s, they become befuddled when Jem went back and his overalls were nice and folded. After this happens, Boo shows little by little that he isn’t bad. Having said that, the theme for this part of Harpers story (Chapter 6) would be, “never judge a book by its cover.” The reason I believe this is the theme is because Boo Radley has been judged all throughout his life by everyone, however, he shows that he is good and the truth is what will make a change for him and the community. All things considered, many conflicts come across the story of Harper Lee leading to the theme of the book. When you look at the town of Maycomb, you see confused people. The theme can be whether people are essentially good or essentially evil. I agree with this theme because you’re either like Atticus (Good) or like Mr. Ewell (Bad). Atticus Finch tries to understand that most people have both good and bad qualities. After all, the important thing is to appreciate the good qualities and understand the bad ones by treating them with sympathy and seeing through their perspective of

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