Boo Radley Character Analysis

When reading the book “How to Kill a Mockingbird,” Scout the main character’s father, Atticus Finch, tells Scout and her brother Jem that it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird. Metaphorically comparing a mockingbird to a powerless human being who does nothing wrong and does good things but some how is entwined in evil doings also to say to take advantage of a person that is frail and defenseless isn’t right in the eyes of any person.

When applying this metaphor to the characters in the book, only a few stick out like a sore thumb. Boo Radley, Atticus Finch and Tom Robinson are what we would call mockingbirds. Boo Radley, is the main character’s neighbor, he is quiet and does not harm anyone, but in the act of someone in need Boo Radley won’t hesitate. From covering Scout during a fire to coming to Scout and Jem’s rescue when Bob Ewell attacked them during the night to get back at atticus,boo found himself in evil doings when he killed bob Ewell in attempt to save the children. But despite his good will, and pure intentions he is suffering from the damage caused by his

abusive father.

Atticus Finch is a mocking bird because in the book he is where people go to do their unpleasant jobs.

Atticus is a lawyer and in the mix of teaching his children the way of life and the way of doing things he comes across a case that in which this time no white man of the law would ever consider taking. A black man named Tom Robinson was accused of rapeing a white woman. Atticus was intended to defend the black male in his case against Bob Ewells and Ewell’s daughter. In the mix he wanted to show his children to keep fighting for something even if the outcome is not to your liking. Atticus was not going to let the racism get to his case or his children, so atticus in his best defense defended the black man as if he would in any other case interfering with the cause. Showing us that in the mix of doing good by justice he also came across the path of evil, but he never let it get to

him.

Lastly Tom Robinson, Tom was a black male in the mix of being accused of rape and doing the right thing. Bob Ewells daughter had no help, being the kind hearted person Tom was, he felt bad for her due to the many encounters with her father and decided to help her with things around the house. In the act of doing good deeds Tom’s act of kindness was used against him in the case against Miss. Ewells. A false accusation by Bob Ewells ended with Tom Robinson’s death. Tom Robinson was a mockingbird because in all evil he was the fraile, misunderstood, and defenseless being, taken advantage of.
For people in 1933-1935 being a mockingbird wasn’t comin. In the middle of the Great depression people were hungry for money, and had no intentions of getting it the right way. Being black in this time was not to an advantage either, you were used and accused for everything going wrong. But in the struggle to be a mockingbird Tom, Atticus, and Boo where just that. The book then ends with the heroic memorable acts of the mockingbirds that end up being life lessons to Scout and Jem growing up.