As Scout life unfolds, she matures into an understanding young adult. Lee uses Scout’s perception of Boo Radley as a major point to demonstrate that she has matured. In the beginning, she believes Boo is a horrific monster who terrorizes the town. As she grows older, her perspective of him changes. She realizes that Boo is a kind-hearted person, who Wants to hurt no one. Early in the novel, Scout thinks that Boo is monster, one who “...dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch...”(Lee 16). Boo is a socially awkward recluse with a troubled past. Scout is too young to understand the situation or feel compassion for Boo. Scout, Jem and Dill, spend their summer Trying to lure Boo Radley away from his home, the one place that makes him feel safe and comfortable. They taunt Boo out of boredom and curiosity. …show more content…
When Boo saves Scout and Jem from Bob Ewell, she changes her opinion of Boo. This moment is a turning point, and at this moment Scout begins to realize that she has misjudged Boo. Gradually, she feels remorse for the way she treated him and even begins to feel protective of him. This is evident when she says, “I sometimes felt a twinge of remorse, when passing by the old place, at ever having taken part in what must have been sheer torment to Arthur Radley, what reasonable recluse wants children peeping through his shutters, delivering greetings on the end of a fishing-pole, wandering through his collards at night?” (Lee 324). By the end of the story Scout has a further understanding of who Boo Radley truly is. She stops to imagine what the last few years must have been like for him, and in doing so she sees the world from a new perspective, Boo’s perspective. This allows her to form her own opinions about him, rather than believing the far fetched rumors that circulate the town. She realizes that Boo is a Mockingbird and who needs protection from those wanting to harm