Neighbors In Harper Lee's 'To Kill A Mockingbird'

Neighbors do give in return -- in both subtle and obvious ways. To Kill A Mockingbird is a coming-of-age novel by Harper Lee that tells the story of Jean-Louise “Scout” Finch’s experience with a neighbor phantom, Arthur “Boo” Radley. That first summer she is six. She and her brother, Jem, meet Dill, who arouses their interest in Boo. As time progresses, their curiosity grows and feeds on the rumors that other neighbors spread about him. The Finch children quickly realize the trinkets, which they presume to be gifts from Boo, that appear in a tree near the lugubrious Radley place and keeps them. The children and the man builds a peculiar and complementary relationship, where he provides them with an unusual way to be entertained. However, child-Scout

Afterwards, she confesses that “Through all the head-shaking, quelling of nausea and Jem-yelling, I had heard another sound, so low I could not have heard it from the sidewalk. Someone inside the house was laughing” (Chapter 4). Boo’s family imprisons him in the Radley place because of a past incident. It can be inferred that because of this, he is an incredibly isolated person with little contact with the outside world. Accordingly, The children’s newfound interest in him is a step towards his liberation from his confinement. They are eager to discover the truth about him rather than solely relying on all the rumors. As a result, Boo continues to interact with them and slowly unmasks his true

In the process of the children's expeditious escape after Nathan Radley opened fires on them, Jem’s pants tore on the fence. Jem divulged, “‘When I went back for my breeches—they were all in a tangle when I was gettin‘ out of ’em, I couldn’t get ‘em loose. When I went back—’ Jem took a deep breath. ‘When I went back, they were folded across the fence... like they were expectin’ me’”(Chapter 8). At the sight of intruders, Nathan Radley decided to blindly discharge; thus proving his insane desire to keep Boo away from outside influence. Still, this is a breakthrough both literally and metaphorically. Jem physically succeeded in attaining access into the Radley place. Furthermore, he assisted Boo, yet again, to enact another part of his escape plan. Despite Mr. Radley’s efforts, Boo still approached Jem’s torn pants and predicted that he would come back for them, which verifies his humaneness and further justifies that he has been closely observing the