“Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks, he dined on raw squirrels and any rats he could catch, that’s why his hands were blood stained.” Boo Radley shows up very little in the book and most of the time it is what people infer about him. People know very little about Boo but we know he is childish, caring and reserved. Boo did or had things put upon him that made him childish. “Boo was locked in the courthouse basement...Mr Radley employed to keep Boo out of sight.” When Boo is locked in a basement at a young age he will not develop like most people. And also when he is in a basement he will not develop social skills. “Scout, I think I’m beginning to understand something. I think I’m beginning to understand something. …show more content…
Boo has been very caring for Atticus children. “When I went back, they were folded across the fence like they were expectin me...And somethin else- Jem’s voice was flat, show you when we get home. They’d been sewed up. Not like a lady sewed em like somethin I’d try to do. All crooked.” Boo appears to be very caring and genuinely concerned about jem. If Boo did not care about Jem then why would he do that, and who else would have done that. Boo was surprisingly caring for Jem and Scout he admired them from afar and always helped them in times in need, but always in a reserved …show more content…
“Every move he made was uncertain as if he were not sure his hands, and feet could make proper contact with the things he touched.” Being isolated for so long changed him to be uncertain of his surroundings. It was almost like he was scared to touch the things because he did not know if it was alright to. “Boo had drifted to a corner of the room. Where he stood with his chin up, peering from a distance at Jem. Boo was scared to get too involved in the accident. He did not want to have a trial for killing Bob Ewell because Maycomb just went through a big one. “Will you go home with me? He almost whispered it in the voice of a child afraid of the dark.” Boo was afraid to walk home alone because he was isolated for so long. He didn’t know what will happen when he walks alone in the dark. Boo was very reserved it was only because he was in a basement for years he has not talked to people for years, he did not know the right for the wrong thing to