Boo Radley's Mentality Towards Others

Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird has been an exceptional book that really holds it’s place in true American literature. A book about a simple town called Maycomb, and it’s racial struggles, narrated through the eyes of one young Scout. As tensions in the town arise when a black man is innocently accused for reap in Maycomb, Scout has a hard time understanding why racism is such a dominant mentality towards others inferior to whites. Along with the notorious Boo Radley and his mystery as to why he never comes out of his house and stays inside. Some say he’s an insane creepy man with a crooked appetite that comes out at night, yet some say otherwise when it comes down to getting to know him. Therefore in To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee illustrates that in order to understand someone, one must place themselves in someone else's shoes.

This man, Mr.Ewell came out and followed the kids into the woods and came out in an attempt to kill them, in spite of Atticus’s(their father) previous court case advances and the verdict. However in the midst of the struggle, an unsuspectingly caring Boo Radley jumps in and saves the kids. Having killed Mr.Ewell with a knife and having the kids safe, later that night, Atticus thanks Boo for his protection. Knowing that Boo is very shy and aloof, Scout finally sees Boo in the flesh making this scene a large part in the book. So as Scout walks Boo back to his house, she didn't have to say anything to him or talk to him, really, neither did Boo. However Scout says that, “ Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough.” (Lee, 374) In this scene we learn Lee’s theme played by Scout, and we see as she begins to fathom why Boo is the way he