To Kill A Mockingbird Boo Radley Character Traits

Character Analysis of Boo Radley Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, took place in Maycomb County, Alabama during a time of societal intolerance. Boo Radley, a direct embodiment of this intolerance, was constantly being made fun of, talked about, and judged by the people all around him. Boo Radley, an isolated man, living in a world where he didn’t belong, came to show people who he truly was: a selfless, loving, observant mockingbird. “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” (Lee 13). This was the first image, from Jem, that the reader had of Boo Radley, who was already having conclusions drawn about him. Even though no one in the neighborhood had

This lesson was what Boo Radley taught to the Finch children. He provided the kids with an opportunity to have a new outlook on life. The moral of this entire story, whether it be with Tom Robinson or with Boo Radley, is to give everybody a chance to show who they truly are, rather than believing allegations. “You never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough” (Lee 279). After Scout got to know Boo Radley for who he really was, rather than the idea of who he was, she saw the neighborhood and her life from a new angle. Scout even said, “... I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks” (Lee 227). Because this novel was told from a child’s point of view, imagination was key. Without the element of imagination when it came to describing Boo Radley and the storyline, who knows if the reader, along with Scout and Jem, would have been able to see Boo for who he really was. Boo conveyed a very important message to the reader which was that you do not have to be a part of the community, socially, to hold it