Character Analysis Boo Radley

In the beginning of the book the children see Boo radley as a monster and are very intrigued as well as intimidated by him, but they slowly realize he is like their friend. In the end, they understand that he is both their friend and hero, and not the monster that the stories have made him out to be. They see the whole world through their understanding and views, so everything is very difficult for them to understand. As they change the way they see things, looking from other people's perspectives, they have a better understanding of the world and what is going on. It is however, not all about the children's views, there are some points in the book where they include very important opinions of the adults. Some of the main topics that this

Throughout the book Atticus tells the children to leave the poor man alone, talking about Arthur Radley. "Son,...I'm going to tell you something and tell you one time: stop tormenting that man. That goes for the other two of you." Atticus, like many of the townsfolk know what happened with Boo Radley. He continuously has to tell them to leave the man alone, because they are being quite crude in acting out his life. Atticus is a very respectful person who is very considerate of other people and their business. He believes that everyone is equal and the social status needs to be corrected. Everyone in the town knows that Atticus treats everyone as equal, and this is one of the major reasons for the judge picking him to defend Tom Robinson. The Judge knows that Atticus will treat this as any other case, and will try his best to defend Tom, and this is the reason that the case actually lasts a long time. Tom Robinson was a very respectful black man who worked for Mr. Link Deas. “Mr. Gilmer was making his way to the witness stand, but before he got there Mr.

She does not realize that people can be so cruel at first, and she doesn't understand how adults think. Throughout this she is challenged to understand and start acting the way that her society requires. One of the first problems she runs into is being a women, which she has trouble with. Her brother Jem is constantly telling her about how all the girls are annoying, and tells her to stop acting like a girl because they are horrible. He also tells her that if she keeps acting like that she will turn into a girl, and this is sad because she cannot help being a girl. “I was not so sure, but Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always imagined things, that's why other people hated them so, and if I started behaving like one I could just go off and find some to play with.” Jem saying things like this really gets into her head, and she believes that girls are bad and she shouldn't act like one even though she is one. Boo Radley was another one of the main topics that affects Scout and challenges her way of thinking. She has heard many stories of the horrible things that Boo Radley has done, and that he is a monster. She believes the stories that he eats animals raw and sneaks around at night, killing people who are out. “ “Boo was 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