How Has Boo Radley Changed

To Kill A Mockingbird is a famous novel that is still referred to today. To Kill A Mockingbird is written by Harper Lee and published in 1920. Jem and Scout Finch's relationship with Boo Radley is changed throughout the book.
At the beginning of the book, Scout and Jem Finch view Boo Radley as a fictional monster rather than an actual person. “Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that’s why his hands were bloodstained–if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the blood off” (Lee 16). This is who Scout Finch thinks her neighbor Boo Radley is and what he does. “Jem gave a reasonable description of Boo…” (Lee 16). Scout Finch has no firsthand knowledge of

Lee is saying that when people have no firsthand knowledge of someone, they think the worst. Scout and Jem start to think differently of Boo Radley when they find things in the knothole of a tree, have Jem’s pants returned, and feel bad when the knothole is filled up. The text states, “Before Jem went to his room, he looked for a long time at the Radley place. He seemed to be thinking again” (Lee 35). Jem is starting to realize that Boo Radley was the one putting things in the tree and that those things are special. His ideas of Boo are changing. “When I went back, they were folded across the fence…like they were expectin’ me” (Lee 58). Jem realizes it must have been Boo who put the pants on the fence for him and that it was because Boo wanted to help him. “When we went into the house I saw he had been crying; his face was dirty in the right places, but I thought it odd that I had not heard him” (Lee 63). Jem cries because he knew that Boo Radley was putting things in the knothole and that the knothole being filled with cement will hurt Boo. Jem started to really understand the unfair life that Boo Radley had. The relationship between the kids and Boo Radley is changing because they see that he cares about them and they are also starting to see what his life is really

“A man was passing under it. The man was walking with the staccato steps of someone carrying a load too heavy for him. He was going around the corner. He was carrying Jem. Jem’s arm was dangling crazily in front of him” (Lee 263). Scout realized that she and Jem were not alone and that someone was helping them during the attack. “Hey Boo,” I said (Lee 270). This quote is short but it is meaningful. It is the moment when Scout realizes that Boo Radley saved her and Jem’s lives. I slipped my hand into the crook of his arm (Lee 278). This gesture by Scout shows trust and that the transformation of Jem and Scout’s relationship with Boo Radley is now complete. Scout went from thinking that Boo Radley was a monster and putting on plays on her porch about him to trusting him completely and viewing him as their