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How Does Boo Radley Change In To Kill A Mockingbird

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To kill a mockingbird In life some people are misjudged and treated unfairly for many different reasons, your impressions on these people may change after time. This happens with some characters in the Harper Lee's to kill a Mockingbird, like Mrs. Dubose, Mr. Dolphus Raymond, Boo Radley and others. Mrs. Dubose shows how her personality changes and how brave she is dying clean of morphine and fighting so hard, the kids see this later on in the novel. Mr. Dolphus Raymond opens up to the kids and trusts them with his secret, he really is not a bad man he is just making sacrifices for his family and their situation. Boo Radley comes across as a bad person in Harper Lee's book, he gets into trouble a lot, the kids see on the night of the …show more content…

The townspeople thought Boo was an evil man who caused trouble around the neighborhood because of his past experiences as a child. Boo opens up to Jem and Scout throughout the novel and they see he is really a lonely, caring man in need of a friend. Boo was known as the towns troublemaker and had a bad reputation, many people were scared of him. "Inside the house lived a malevolent phantom people said he existed, but Jem and I had never seen him. People say he went out at night when the moon was down, and peeped and windows. When people's azaleas froze in a cold snap, it was because he had breathed on them. Any stealthy small crimes committed in Maycomb were his work." (Lee 10) People put the blame on Boo whenever something bad had occurred because there was no other explanation and they know Boo had passed issues with committing crimes from his younger ages. This quote explains how the town feels about Mr. Boo Radley. On …show more content…

Dubose is a racist, mean woman, but they soon realize she is just trying to hide her morphine addiction, they see how brave and strong she really is. Mrs. Dubose had always seemed to be in a bad mood, she wasn't the kids favorite person and would always critique them and was very judgmental towards them. "Jem and I hated her. If she was on the porch when we passed, we would be raked by her wrathful gaze, subjected to ruthlessness interrogation regarding our behavior, and given a melancholy prediction on what we would amount to when we grew up." (132) Mrs. Dubose had judged the kids for most of their life, which led them to not like her, she was never happy and always harping on the kids. Mrs. Dubose really did like the kids she just didn't know how to show them. It was very hard for her fighting her addiction and she took it out on the kids. “In a flash Atticus was up and standing over him. Jim buried his face in Atticus's shirt front. 'Sh-h'… I think that was her way of telling you – everything’s alright now, Jem, everything’s alright now. You know, she was a great lady." (148) Even if Mrs. Dubose did not always show her affection and care towards them, she still did truly like them. This quote shows how she cared for Jem and his feelings and wanted to reassure him that it is okay and he will be fine. Mrs. Dubose was a person with such courage even if no one realized until she passed away. She fought so hard to be drug-free from her

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