Examples Of Arthur In To Kill A Mockingbird

Scout Understanding Other Characters From Their Point of View In “To Kill A Mockingbird” as Scout Finch comes of age, she starts to realize there is more to people than meets the eye.
In the beginning, of the book Scout sees Arthur as a monster; but as she matures, she is elucidated to find the real Arthur Radley. Scout first thought of Arthur as inhuman when Jem told her, “Boo was about six and a half feet tall… 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” (160). Although the children had never met or seen Arthur, they continuously portrayed him as a monster. The children were captured in their imagination and failed to treat him like a real human. Another example of this is in the first part of the book when the children call Arthur

Most people identify the word “boo” as being scary and it is usually used in a mischievous context; thus, it emphasizes the thoughts and imagination the kids had about Boo. Likewise, some of the adults fail to deteriorate the children’s depiction of Arthur; instead, they raise the kids imagination. An example of this is Stephanie Crawford when she claimed that “she woke up in the middle of the night one time and saw [Boo] looking straight through the window at her” (16). This add-on to the imagination Scout has about Arthur being a creeper and an animal. On the other hand, as the book progressed Scout stepped into his shoes and she realized Arthur was a kind gentleman who only wanted to be a normal human. Scout started to come to this realization when Jem and her found “treasures” in the tree by Arthur’s house. Likewise, when realized he put the blanket over her and again when he saved their lives. Once this happened Scout found respect for Arthur and realized what he had been through. Last she showed her respect when they walked to his home together and Scout “slipped [her] hand