The Role Of The Ghost In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Benjamin Marmaras Miss Windish English II 15 March 2017 Making People into Ghosts There are many ways of making people ghosts. This is how Boo Radley is portrayed in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In the book Atticus says, “there were other ways [besides physical incarceration] of making people into ghosts” (Lee 14). The book takes place during the great depression in the south. It follows the story of three children as they try to get a look at the mysterious figure that has not been seen for fifteen years. All they know about him is from local gossip. He has been made into a ghost by the rest of his family because they want people to forget about him after he stabbed his father and got in trouble with the police. Sometimes this can …show more content…

They viewed his behavior as shameful and wish to make him into a ghost by keeping him in the house all the time. They want the population to forget about what he did fifteen years ago. This is what Atticus means when he says this. To make someone into a ghost they don’t have to be the supernatural kind. They can be people who have disappeared from society for a long time. This can be out of shame, their family or others forcing them to stay away from society. Boo Radley has been forced to stay inside his house or he wants to stay inside his house because of what happened all those years ago. He hasn't been seen in so long the general population treats him as a phantom that haunts the town. This is what Atticus means when he says this. This can be applicable in real life when someone messes up. If you mess up and you are shameful about what happened, you may lock yourself in your room for a while. This is in a attempt to forget about what happened. It is also a attempt by yourself to let others forget about you for a while so that when you go back out they forget about it. It is you trying to hide from your

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