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Boo Radley Relationship

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To kill a Mockingbird The relationship between Boo radley and the children have always been a bit bizarre as it may seem. At first Jem, Scout, and Dill have their assumptions about Boo Radley, which of course none of them turn out to be correct at the end of the story.Like the famous quote says “Do not judge a book by it's cover,” in this situation Boo’s rumor’s is the book cover and the sory behind the cover is Boo’s true identity .Yet they are still attracted by the abnornal nasty rumors and gossip about Boo’s Domestic violence and the strange things he does at night. Just how Maycomb County is biased towards Tom Robinson, The kids are biased towards Boo Radley. Somehow how the kids believe to be how Boo is, they change the way of how they feel towards Boo after they find Jem’s pants stitched up then they find these little presents in the hole in the tree like a pocket watch,chewing gum,grey twine,a boy and girl doll similar to Jem and Scout carved out of soap,a medal and pennies. This is Boo’s special way of say that he Wants to befriend Jem and Scout. Later in the story ,again they feel even more …show more content…

It affected them by the relationships between people and impacted their relationship with Boo the most out of all.Whether their childhood had good and bad times, happy memories or not, you still need a good friend. Real or mysterious,You still need a friend to overcome any situation together.The kids found a person they have an interest in, and to make friends with in spite of the fact that they were so different from each other and in spite of all the horrible rumors about Boo . As every day went by the kids changed there attitude towards people in a positive way.At the end of the novel the children learned many lessons, and they have experienced what no other kids

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