Similarities Between Boo Radley And To Kill A Mockingbird

There are many similarities between Harper Lee’s life and the characters in her book, To Kill A Mockingbird. She grew up in Monroeville, Alabama, and the story took place in the fictional county of Maycomb, Alabama. Also, when Lee was growing up her father was a lawyer and in the legislature, just like Atticus Finch. Lee’s mother had a mental illness and would rarely leave the house, while in the book, Scout did not have a mother and her neighbor Boo Radley seemed to have a mental illness and also rarely left the house. Two pivotal characters in the book are Boo Radley and Atticus Finch. Throughout the book, Boo sparked Jem’s, Dill’s, and Scout’s curiosity in a way of fear and wanting to get to know him, while Atticus told them to look at things from Boo’s perspective. On page 283 Scout discovered that her fear about Boo was undeserved. As Scout stood on Boo Radley's porch after walking him home after a scary encounter with Bob Ewell, she could finally see his perspective. “Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in this shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough.” This whole night really shifts Scouts perspective on Boo; she sees him in a new light of kindness. While on the porch she is recalling the past few years

Three years pass as we see Scout growing in her understanding of the world as people change. Some parts of book tied all three of these themes together. For example, on page 79, Atticus talks to Scout about the racism in town and how people have been calling him names since he agreed to defend Tom Robinson in court. “This time we aren’t fighting the Yankees, we’re fighting our friends. But remember this, no matter how bitter things get, they’re still our friends and this is still our home”. Scout has to take this to heart and really think about it and understand when people become bitter it should not change who she is and what she