Similarities Between Boo Radley And To Kill A Mockingbird

different backgrounds and their circumstances are unique in its own way. Lee hints that Boo is unsteady mentally, having been kept in isolation for so long and the community rumors spread about him was the basis of his discrimination. “According to Miss Stephanie Boo was sitting in the living room cutting some items… As Mr. Radley passed by, drove the scissors into his parent’s leg” (Lee 13). Due to the violent rumors, that are known to be false, the children in the town of Maycomb feared him and distanced themselves. As the story transgresses we begin to develop an attraction to Boo through his heroic and kind acts (saving the finches). However, Boo Radley never had a chance, he was looked down upon by his own kind. He may have been different

Everyone knows that he’s innocent due to the amount of evidence or lack thereof, though he’s still convicted due to his race. Both men share similarities in how they were falsely associated with actions that couldn’t be validated, though they differed in race. They were seen by their outward appearances and in truth they were both generally good people both shot down by society. Nevertheless through their contrast, Lee makes a critical point to demonstrating that justice expands beyond who’s right or wrong as well as discrimination not extending to only those of color on the sole basis of

Lee utilized them both to show two contrasting ways in which they demonstrated what being female looks like. Aunt Alexandra’s main concern for her niece was to get her to “act like a lady” through harsh demeanor. This is seen where Scout states “Aunt Alexandria was fanatical on the subject of my attire. I could not possibly hope to be a lady if I wore breeches; when I said I could do nothing in a dress, she said I wasn’t supposed to be doing things that required pants” (Lee 108). Here one can see that aunt Alexandra believed in passing on the stereotypical mannerisms of society. Regardless of what Scout liked she continued to pressure her out of her tomboyish ways though her conduct seems to come off as judgmental. Aunt Alexandra lacks the ability to understand and how to talk to children It can be seen when Scout says “Aunty said that one had to behave like a sunbeam, that I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year, she hurt my feelings (Lee