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Miss Maudie’s house caught fire in the middle of a winter night. The Finches live next to Miss Maudie, so Atticus had to get Jem and Scout out of the house. He told Jem and Scout that they were to stay in front of the Radley house while he went to retrieve some of Miss Maudie’s belongings from the fire. After the fire was put out, Atticus asked Jem and Scout where they got their blanket. It was not their blanket and they did not move during the fire, so someone must have given it to them. Atticus revealed that Boo was that someone. Scout was so focused on the fire, a symbol that foreshadows the events that will tear Maycomb apart, that she did not notice the good deed Boo did for her. At the end of the novel, Scout was starting to lose hope in justice and goodness in the world. Tom Robinson, who in reality was innocent, was found guilty of raping Mayella Ewell and was shot seventeen times. Scout became hopeful again when Boo showed kindness to the Finches and saved them from Bob Ewell. 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 …show more content…

For example, when someone is murdered, the news reports the name of the killer, not the names of the doctors or bystanders who tried to save the person. It is so easy to focus on problems like death or wars or terrorism or illness, and we can forget that there is good and begin to lose hope. Evil, we must remember, has the power to provide opportunities for people to do good. When natural disasters like hurricanes or earthquakes occur, people have opportunities to donate to charities or to go out and help the sick and injured. While evil exists, we must have hope that there is still goodness in this

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