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Boo Radley's Shoes Quotes

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Within the story of To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout walks in a couple of different people’s shoes. In this journal I will be evaluating the theme of walking in someone’s shoes. The first person that I will be evaluating is Scout, and what it would be like for her to walk in Boo Radley’s shoes. The first thing Scout would learn from walking in Boo Radley’s shoes is what it would be like to be convicted of a crime. A quote in the beginning of the novel states: “The sheriff hadn’t the heart to put him in jail alongside Negroes, so Boo was locked in the courthouse basement. Boo’s transition from the basement to back home was nebulous in Jem’s memory” (Lee 14). This quote is a great example of what it would be like for Scout to walk in Boo Radley’s shoes because it shows how Scout first found out where Boo was, and where he had to go because he was convicted of committing a crime. …show more content…

Scout learns what it is like from the beginning of the book from this quote. “The doors of the Radley house were closed on weekdays as well as Sundays, and Mr. Radley’s boy was not seen again for fifteen years” (Lee 13). This quote shows that Boo was locked up in his house for fifteen years. For Boo, that what be a hard time for him because he would not be able to talk with friends or neighbors for that whole time period. The last way Scout walks in Boo’s shoes is what it is like to save a man’s life. Scout learns what it is like to save someone’s life at the end of the book from Boo Radley from this quote. “Thank you for my children, Arthur, he said” (Lee 370). This quote shows that Atticus is grateful that Boo saved Scout and Jem from Mr.

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*MOUTH* Harper Lee’s interpretation of Boo Radley’s philosophy illustrates his courage. At times when Boo leaves his home he doesn't harm anyone instead, he leaves Jem and Scout presents, covers Scout with a blanket during the fire, and eventually saves the children from Bob Ewell. Despite the pureness of his heart, however, Boo has been damaged by an abusive father. In Chapter 30, Scout tells Atticus that hurting Boo Radley would be “sort of like shootin’ a Mockingbird.” think it will be important for you to show the theory of Boo's character and what we come to find out is his actual character as you develop this theme of Boo's courage.

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One of the themes in To Kill A Mockingbird is walking in someone’s shoes. One example is Scout walking in Boo Radley’s shoes. Scout used to be afraid of Boo, she would always run past his house no matter the time of day. That is until one day when Jem, Scout, and Dill are playing in their yard. Jem gets agitated with Scout always playing with him and Dill

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This explains how Boo had to get out of his comfort zone of staying in his house to do the heroic service of protecting Scout and Jem, risking the unveiling of his shy ways to the Maycomb community. After both children are safe and Atticus thanks Boo for his children, Scout takes him by the hand and leads him back to his house. As he releases Scout’s hand and shuts the door, never to be seen again, Scout describes him, stating that “He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good luck pennies, and our lives.”. (320) This illustrates how Boo Radley had acted as a guardian angel for the children; socializing with them but also defending them when necessary. Boo demonstrates courage when he chooses to protect the Finch children; resulting in having to murder someone and risk exposure after being a recluse for many

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Near the end of the novel, Boo Radley saves the kids from Bob Ewell, who is trying to kill them. Boo rushes them back to the house, but Scout doesn’t see who it is until they are inside. Boo is standing in the shadows of a corner where he can’t be seen. When he steps into the light, Scout sees the mysterious man for the first time. She is so overwhelmed with happiness she starts to cry.

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Scout later understands that Jem and herself were saved by the mysterious Boo Radley. This incident quelles her curiosity of Boo Radley and changes her perspective of him from being a scary guy to a nice, heroic

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“According to Miss Stephanie, Boo was sitting in the livingroom cutting some items from The Maycomb Tribune to paste in his scrapbook. His father entered the room. As Mr. Radley passed by, Boo drove the scissors into his parent’s leg, pulled them out, wiped them on his pants, and resumed his activities.” (11) As a child, Scout tended to believe this rumor and ended up growing fear until she first encountered him. She managed to learn a lot about him as he left interesting gifts in his tree for her.

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Moreover Scout expresses that “Boo was our neighbor… But neighbors give in return….We had given him nothing, and it made me sad” (Lee 278). Scouts feelings changed about Boo, she felt that he was a friend. She was unhappy that she didn’t return to her neighbor, but pleased to see the side of Boo that was never shown to her. Boo Radley is characterized as a

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At first, Scout and her brother, Jem, had feared Boo Radley because of the rumors spread of him like “he went out at night when the moon was down, and peeped in windows”(9) or “when people’s azaleas froze in a cold snap, it was because he had breathed on them”(9). However, Scout and Jem begin to learn more of Boo Radley and his life, they begin to see him as a human when Scout says “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”(279). This shows that Scout and Jem have come to understand Boo’s perspective and have developed empathy for him.

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Scout does not realize that Boo has been placing presents until Atticus says to Jem, “You’re right. We’d better keep this and the blanket to ourselves. Someday, maybe Scout can thank him for covering her up” (Lee 72). Scout is confused by who Atticus is referring to until he says, “Boo Radley. You were so busy looking at the

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Jem and Scout were walking home on Halloween from Mrs. Merriweather’s Maycomb history pageant when they were attacked. Boo Radley stabbed Bob Ewell to save the Finches. He carried Jem home and Scout followed. It was so easy for Scout to focus on the evils and to forget or ignore the good. Boo reminded her that even though

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After some time, Jem and Scout are assaulted by Bob Ewell- who does it out of revenge on Atticus for embarrassing him-but they are saved by their mysterious neighbor, Arthur “Boo” Radley who happens to be a recluse. Throughout the story, Harper Lee uses a motif of time to show the loss of freedom for many characters. Lee hints at the loss of freedom for many characters when Scout recalls the items Boo Radley left for Jem and her in the tree. Boo Radley, their neighbor, was often the focus of the children before the trial and many rumors are spread about him including the fact that he was forced to stay inside his house all the time as a child, a result of

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