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

book hits include Tom Robinson's trial, Boo Radley, and even women in society.

2 Adults view on world and boo
2 Throughout the book, the adults have many different opinions on things, including Tom Robinson's trial, Boo Radley, and even the role of women in society.

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.

Link Deas rose from the audience and announced: “I just want the whole lot of you to know one thing right now. That boy’s worked for me eight years an‘ I ain’t had a speck of trouble outa him. Not a speck.” “Shut your mouth, sir!” Judge Taylor was wide awake and roaring. He was also pink in the face. His speech was miraculously unimpaired by his cigar. “Link Deas,” he yelled, “if you have anything you want to say you can say it under oath and at the proper time, but until then you get out of this room, you hear me? Get out of this room, sir, you hear me? I’ll be damned if I’ll listen to this case again!”” Everyday on his way home Tom Robinson would pass the Ewell’s house, and one day Mayella the daughter of Mr. Ewell took advantage of him. She led him into her yard claiming she had some chiffarobe for him to bust up, then claiming that it was inside. As she led him inside she had him stand on the chair to grab it from atop the dresser, as he climbed up she grabbed him from behind and kissed him. It just so happened that Mr. Ewell was coming home and witnessed this, many believe that he beat and raped his daughter afterward and that's where her injuries came from. During the case Atticus does not directly state this, but in some way indirectly states that all the evidence proved that he beat and raped her, not Tom Robinson. Throughout the book Atticus is one of the best role models the children could have, teaching them respect and kindness. Other than this he shows them to look at things through different perspectives, thinking about things as if you were them and not you. “ “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view … until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”” He shows them that they shouldn't be quick to judge, and that they should be thoughtful. Miss Stephanie Crawford has a very different perspective of right and wrong in this book though, she is like the neighborhood gossip girl. More than once she gossips to the kids about Arthur Radley and the Tom Robinson trial. She was a very bad influence because she was raised to think these ways. When they are talking about Boo in the book she gossips about how he stabbed his father and was thrown into jail, and she constantly told the children about horrible things that he had supposedly done. “"So Jem received most of his information from Miss Stephanie Crawford, a neighborhood scold, who said she knew the whole thing. According to Miss Stephanie, Boo was sitting in the livingroom cutting some items from 'The Maycomb Tribune' to paste in his scrapbook. His father entered the room. As Mr. Radley passed by, Boo drove the scissors into his parent’s leg, pulled them out, wiped them on his pants, and resumed his activities."“ She was always seen getting into others business, she tried to hide her curiosity but it was often obvious that she was listening for things to gossip about. ““And where are you going, Stephanie?” inquired Miss Maudie. “To the Jitney Jungle.” Miss Maudie said she’d never seen Miss Stephanie go to the Jitney Jungle in a hat in her life. “Well,” said Miss Stephanie, “I thought I might just look in at the courthouse, to see what Atticus’s up to.” “Better be careful he doesn’t hand you a subpoena.” We asked Miss Maudie to elucidate: she said Miss Stephanie seemed to know so much about the case she might as well be called on to testify.”” She doesn't say much about Tom Robinson or his trial, but there are many parts in the book where it can be interpreted what she means. One of her other favorite things to gossip about is on Atticus defending Tom, and Scouts unwillingness to be a proper lady. She tells her many times that she is not allowed to act like boys and that she needs to be more like a lady, she also makes fun of her in a way and tells her to wear dresses more often.

3 Scouts views of boo
3 In the beginning of the book Scout is almost six years old, and is very innocent in the ways of the world.

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

bloodstained—if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the blood off. There was a long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten, his eyes popped, and he drooled most of the time.” She thinks of him as a monster, and often doesn't want to go to the house with Jem, until he offends her by calling her a girl. Tom Robinson, the black man accused of rape, also affects her. She is challenged in school and the nieghborhood when her father is constanlty made fun of and called a “Negro lover”.

4 How her views change
4 Throughout the book many of the adults help to push her to understand things, and look at the world from a different perspective. One of the first big events that occurs, is the roles of women. Women were expected to wear dresses, be in the kitchen, and be perfect little ladies. Men were allowed to do almost anything they wanted, and if you were white you could even get away with murder. Many of the women of the town, including Miss Stephanie, Aunt Alexandra, and even Miss Rachel Dills aunt tell Scoutb to be more girly. In the book her brother Jem constantly tells her how terrible girls are, how they are whiny, annoying, and boring. This must've been very confusing for Scout because her brother who she is very close to is telling her not to be a girl, but then she is judged for being like a boy by all the adults. One of the most important people that helps her, is her father Atticus. Unlike all of the other people that attempt to change and restrain her, Atticus loves her for who she is and accepts her. This causes her to realize that she doesn't need to change, because she grew up to be the girl that makes her father proud, not by acting like a little lady, but by being empathetic and kind to everyone. The case of Tom Robinson helps her to develop because it teaches her that life isnt always fair, and it shows her that people can be cruel. This shows her to be kind, which is one of the things that makes her father so proud. The last thing that really develops Scout is Boo Radley. He shows her that neighbors give back to each other, and was very upset when she realized she had not yet been doing this. “Boo was our neighbor... But neighbors give in return. We never put back into the tree what we took out of it: we had given him nothing, and it made me sad.” He also shows