To Kill A Mockingbird Boundary Analysis

There are several physical boundaries of the novel. To begin, Scout & Jem, the two children of a well-known lawyer of the county, break the segregation boundary when the children joined Calpurnia, their African-American housekeeper, to the African-American church. This boundary is broken due to the fact that the children were white and they had been brought to a African-American church. They were harassed there by a lady named Lula. The lady said to Cal: “You ain’t got no business bringin’ white chillun here-they got their church, we got our’n.” Cal defends the children when she says, “It’s the same God, ain’t it?” showing truly how much she cares about them, defending the children from her own kind. This also shows that although people back

One being when they had snuck out to listen to the trail. The children knew it was not the wisest choice to go knowing their father wouldn’t be impressed. However, they were eager to see what would occur at a rape trail between a black and a white. Once at the trail, the kids had sat in the balcony, alongside Rev. Sykes, the reverent of the ME church, so they would not be spotted. Though they could not understand much of what was going on, they stayed seated until Calpurnia showed up. She gave Atticus a note, not knowing the kids were at the trail, which read that they were gone. Once the kids had been seen, they had been given a shock from their father; the permission to come back for the jury's verdict after they had dinner. This also shows exactly what kind of man Atticus is. Any ordinary father would not have been that calm, instead would have asked for them to not return alongside some severe consequences. ( N.Q.F.B) Again, this boundary had been broken when the children decided to follow their father one day after he had left home. They had followed Atticus to the jail where he was present with Walter Cunningham and his

Cunningham to acknowledge that he does not need this mob mentality. This is one of the times the children have broken boundaries for a positive outcome. Atticus is angered that his children did in fact follow him, but also relieved that they are the reason he is still alive. (N.Q.F.B) Lastly, a boundary that is seen constantly from start from start to end, Boo Radley’s of being trapped in his own house. This all began years ago when Boo was caught hanging around a gang at the wrong time. The whole gang was caught and sent to institutions except Boo due to his father not wanting a Radley to go to any sort of place. He decided to lock his own child in his house and the rest is history. He ended up stabbing his father once with scissors, scared Jem, Scout and Dill, and more. Scout constantly wonders why he does not just get up and leave, being 33 years old. However, Dill is able to explain why: “He does not leave his house because he has nowhere else to go to.” He breaks this boundary of being imprisoned one night when he does not see the children walking back home, knowing something had gone wrong. He then proceeded to notice a child’s scream, making him leave his house alongside a kitchen