How Does Boo Radley Change Throughout The Novel

In To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, the novel follows the life of the main character, Scout, from ages six to eight. In the book, Scout and her brother, Jem, initially have strange beliefs regarding the mysterious Arthur "Boo" Radley. But, due to various events; that takes place in Jem and Scout's lives, the siblings' beliefs have changed. Scout and Jem's moderately firm ideas of Boo Radley in earlier chapters have come; to deeply contrast their current viewpoints of him. In the earlier chapters, Jem and Scout used to believe that Boo Radley was this savage and terrifying monster of a man. The quote shows Scout's views on rumors concerning Boo Radley. The text states, "The Radley place was inhabited by an unknown entity the mere description of whom was enough to make us behave for days on end...Inside the house lived a malevolent phantom. People said he went out at night when the moon was down, and he peeped in windows. When people's azaleas froze in a cold snap, it was because he had breathed on them." The

The text shows a conversation between Scout and her brother. Jem states, "...If there's only one kind of folks, why can't they get along with each other? If they're alike, why do they go out of their way to despise each other? Scout, I think I'm beginning to understand something. I think I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley's stayed shut up in the house all this time. . .it's because he wants to stay inside." Moreover, the quote is Jem explaining to Scout; that the reason that Arthur might have stayed in his house all those years is that he's tired of seeing people being cruel to each other all the time. The quote shows the siblings' opinion change as they realize the possible truth of why Arthur stayed cooped up in his house for fifteen