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Boo Radley's Prejudgment In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Children are born curious, with curiosity comes judgment and often misconceptions. ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ delineates the themes of misunderstanding and prejudice depicted through the characterisation of a villain who is ‘about six and a half feet tall’ with ‘a long jagged scar that ran across his face’ and teeth that was ‘yellow and rotten’. Boo Radley’s reclusiveness led to constant discrimination and mocking, however, through progressive stages of the novel when Boo’s true intentions are revealed, the children’s prejudgment and ongoing fear of the Radley’s change.

Boo Radley’s mysterious persona is the basis of community gossip, although he does not physically encounter any characters at the beginning of the story, adults such as the ‘neighbourhood
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