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Boo Radley's Relationship In To Kill A Mockingbird

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“Getting to know someone else involves curiosity about where they have come from and who they are.” This quote from Penelope Lively explains how the children got to know Boo Radley throughout the story. During the story the children have a neighbor named Boo Radley and they want to get to know him but they don’t quite know what to think of him. They have heard several different things that he has The relationship between Boo Radley and the children in “To Kill a Mockingbird” changed throughout the story by them being afraid of him, wanting to see him and get to know him and finally becoming “friends” with him. In the beginning of the story the children are afraid of Boo Radley. They hear different things that make him think he is a different person than he really is. “Boo was sitting in the …show more content…

I tripped as I heard the shotgun blast behind me (Lee 71). In this quote Jem, Scout, and Dill were trying to see Boo. They went up to his house and were looking in windows when they saw a shadow and ran and the person shot at them. Later it is known that it was Mr. Radley that shot at them, claiming he was shooting at what he thought was a negro in his yard. Secondly, another time the kids really wanted to see Boo, was when they discovered the gifts in the tree. “I raised my finger to point for the hundredth time to the knot hole where I had found the chewing gum…and found myself pointing at another piece of tinfoil” (Lee 45). This quote shows that the kids wanted to see Boo because they strongly believe he is the one leaving them gifts. A third example of the kids wanting to see Boo is when they discover the theory that Boo is inside all the time because he wants to be, not because he’s crazy. “Scout, Im beginning to understand something. I think I’m beginning to understand why Boo Radley’s stayed shut up in the house all this time… it’s because he wants to stay inside” (Lee

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