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Monologue From Atticus To Boo Radley

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It’s me, your one and only brother. I hear you are enjoying your days with Dill up in New York; I remember the hot, summer days when we would all mess around, enchanting the folktale that was Boo Radley and rolling around in tires. Meanwhile, I am fully grown, and I expect you to have left your wild ways and matured (But it does get quite lonely when it is just me and Atticus. It is difficult trying to question and wrestle with your old man nowadays). I am an attorney now with Atticus, but none of my cases are nearly as riveting as the old Tom Robinson case, just some property dispute here and there with a bit of defense for wrongly accused rape defendants. Anyways, if you have read this far, then you certainly should have the scrapbook I made laid out for you as well. Here lies a reflection on all of our memories that grew 20 or so years ago, the memories that remind us of the innocence, fun, truth, and injustice that resided in Maycomb. Obviously, I am still living with Atticus, so I am surrounded by places and things that would trigger nostalgia. It wasn’t until I saw The Grey Ghost that I remembered you and Dill. I …show more content…

You and Atticus have taught me to be a role model with high morals, even when no one is looking. I knew you would always be watching me, admiring your older brother (not surprised though), so what’s the harm in being someone you could look up to and teach you right from wrong? Atticus took on that life-changing Tom Robinson case for the sake of being the father we could be proud of; thus, I intend to live up to his standards. I know I am talking a lot about Atticus, and I should have addressed this letter to him; nonetheless, you have amazed me in unfathomable ways, and I could not have had such a childhood without you. You have shown me a life of knowing the workings of the world yet never being corrupted and maintaining

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