Explain Why Booo Was Locked Up In His House In To Kill A Mockingbird '

I predict that the children will not meet Boo Radley because he is locked up in his house and because of how scared of him they are. The first reason I believe this to be true is because he is locked up in his house. Many years ago, when Boo was thirty-three years old, he was sentenced and locked up for a crime. The crime being, driving a pair of scissors into his father’s leg, while he was just calmly cutting items out of The Maycomb Tribune. As a result of his actions, Boo was locked up in the courthouse basement, because the sheriff didn’t feel the need to have him locked up next to the Negroes. It is shocking that the sheriff or judge did not put Boo into jail, because he had indeed committed a crime. After being locked up for almost

The second piece of evidence that leads me to predict that the children won’t meet Boo is how his house, including doors and windows, has always been locked and closed. Not only is the house closed on weekdays, but it is also closed on Sundays which is foreign to the people in Maycomb. As Scout said, “ On Sundays closed doors meant illness and cold weather only”(Lee 11). Normally neighboring houses would come knock on the doors of their fellow friends and give a greeting, but this never happened at the Radley’s house. Additionally, even though the Radley’s were welcomed anywhere in the town, they still decided to stay in their house. After the incident with his father, many people believed that Boo’s father was using some form of intimidation to keep him away from everyone else in the town. Jem even believed, “ Mr. Radley kept him chained to the bed most of the time. Besides getting the nerve to go up to the Radley’s house, the children would not even know if they would need to get through Mr. Radley if they wanted to go meet Boo. The second reason I believe the children will not meet Boo is because of how afraid they and many

Any small crimes in Maycomb were assumed by the people to be the reckoning of Boo. Once people suspected Boo of mutilating people’s chickens and household pets. Even after Crazy Addie came forth to confess, many people were unwilling to give up their suspicions. Furthermore, people have always tried to stay a safe distance away from the Radley’s house. Whenever someone would walk by the Radley’s house they would either walk much more quickly by or walk on the opposite side of the street entirely. Some people would even walk miles out of there way just to avoid having to walk by the Radley’s house. Seeming that the children struggle to even approach the house and how other people are so reluctant to go near, it will be almost impossible for the children to actually approach the man himself face to face. Likewise, there are many legends that have been spoken of Boo Radley’s wrongdoings. In the Radley’s yard stood a tall pecan tree that shook fruit into the schoolyard, but it was left untouched because people believed that Radley pecans would kill you. Jem believed Boo was a giant in size, hands bloodstained from eating animals raw, rotten and yellow teeth, and drooled most of the time. All of this lead several people to believe