Boo Radley Reclusive Analysis

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Arthur ( Boo) Radley is a reclusive man. Throughout the novel, Arthur (Boo) Radley was shown as reclusive, staying in his house all the time. “What reasonable recluse wants children peeping through his shutters..,”(324). This quotation says, literally in the text, that he is a recluse. Also, Boo is said to be psycho, this is a reason to become a recluse.

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