How Is Boo Radley Portrayed In The 1940s

Throughout time, discrimination against others has influenced world history. Whether it may be gender, race or religion, due to insecurity and quickness to judge, humankind will continue to do so until the end of time. In Harper Lee’s, To Kill A Mockingbird she emphasizes the prevalence of discriminatory actions specifically in the 1940s, that leads to people to follow a certain circumscription of how to act based on a society's norm. Lee highlights boundaries that characters set up and break down to enunciate the widespread of common stereotypes set up in that time and what the effect of one person's willpower to stand up can have on society.

The 1940s was a time where discriminatory opinions and judgements manipulated people's behavior. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Aunt Alexandra articulates the definitive ways a woman should act predominantly to

The small, uncultured town of Maycomb is very eager to judge anyone and everyone. Boo Radley is another victim of Maycomb's harsh opinionated wrath. They portray him as some sort of monster, “he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch.”(Lee 16). But Boo is the one who essentially saves Jem and Scout from the town scum Bob Ewell. Scout soon becomes enlightened of what a kind, amazing person Boo truly is, and that his reputation has been utterly annihilated because of petty rumors that the town had spread.(Shackelford) Even by leaving his house alone, Boo breaks a boundary that one can only do with the utmost courage. Scout’s capability to look past all of the rumors that she has been fed her entire life and to treat Boo with respect resonates others to do the same. Scout may not know it but she is an extremely influential character in the novel. As Atticus’s daughter and proven through her unbiased actions, Scout makes the people around her want to be better. She is the antidote for Maycomb's discriminatory