it portrays life and the role of racism in the 1930's. A reader may

not interpret several aspects in and of the book through just the

plain text. Boo Radley, Atticus, and the title represent such things.

At the end of the novel, Arthur "Boo" Radley clearly plays an

important role in the development of both Scout and Jem.

In the beginning of the story, Jem, Scout, and Dill fabricate

horror stories about Boo. They find Boo as a character

of their amusement, and one who has no feelings whatsoever. They

tried to get a peep at him, just to see what Boo looked like. Scout

connects Boo with the Mockingbird. Mrs. Maudie defines a mockingbird

as one who "...don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They

don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do

one thing but sing their hearts out for us" (94). Boo is exactly

that. Boo is the person who put a blanket around Scout and Jem when

it was cold. Boo was the one putting "gifts" in the tree. Boo even

sewed up Jem's pants that tore on Dill's last night. Boo was the one

have, had she lived with the Finches.

indefinitely changed his personality and attitudes. After the final

anything back to Boo, except love at the end. When Scout escorts

mockingbird." Through clarifications from Mrs. Maudie, Scout accepts

most important line in the book, "...remember it's a sin to kill a

near Boo's house, it must have been rather cold. So, Boo places a

when he places things in the tree. The secondary stage is when Mrs.

Arthur Radley not only plays an important role in developing

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Approximate Word count = 768
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)