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Boo Radley's Role In To Kill A Mockingbird

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In the attention grabbing novel written by Harper Lee to Kill A Mockingbird there are several considerably large points made throughout the story. The first and my personal thought to be the biggest point is race relations of the 1960s. She also draws attention to and captivates readers with the point of getting to know people before you go around judging them. By bringing in Boo Radley into the story she adds a sense of creepiness to the character that doesn 't get too much recognition until the end of the story. She also brings in Atticus Finch a man that is one with the wise. She also touches on the social rankings of people which is still very much applicable to the day. In the story To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee expresses her lessons …show more content…

Mayella Ewell is used in the story to comprehend the poorer class of people in the story and their struggles through the 1960s. When Tom Robinson testifies, Scout thinks to herself that Mayella must be the loneliest person in the world. Mayella spends most of her time all alone or with the children, has no friends, and rarely leaves the house. When Atticus asked had she any friends, she seemed not to know what he meant, then she thought he was making fun of her. When Atticus treats Mayella respectfully, she thinks he is sassing her. She has never been treated politely or called “m’am” before. Most people in Maycomb ignore the Ewells. They exist as a society unto themselves, by the dump on the outskirts of town. They do not get visitors. Their children do not go to school. Mayella remains at home alone with seven smaller siblings that she alone takes care of. They are dreadfully poor, and Bob Ewell drinks away their government welfare checks. Maycomb gave them Christmas baskets, welfare money, and the back of its hand. Tom Robinson was probably the only person who was ever decent to her. Mayella ends up betraying the only person who was ever kind to her, because her father saw her with a man—and not just any man, a black man. In the beginning of the book, Atticus tries to teach Scout empathy. When Scout watches Mayella and Tom Robinson testify, we realize how much she has grown up. She is beginning to understand what it means to see things from another person’s …show more content…

In conclusion Harper Lee uses her characters who live in a 1960s struggling town to expose life lessons for the readers in a way that still develops a supreme plot line. By using racial expressions and poverty she is able to get her point across in shutting both of them down witch Atticus 's wisdom.“You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don 't you let 'em get your goat. Try fightin ' with your head for a

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