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To Kill A Mockingbird Book Report Essay

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I am currently reading To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and I am on page 42. This book is about the Finch family who lives in Maycomb, Alabama. The book is mainly about Scout Finch who is the youngest girl in the family. Scout has one brother named Jem. They live in a small town where everyone knows everyone and many people are related to one another. One summer the young kids meet a friend named Dill, who is obsessed with Boo Radley. Boo (Arthur) Radley is the town's odd body who is said to have gotten into lots of trouble and into terrifying situations. When summer ends, Scout starts first grade and Jem enters fifth grade. Scout has a rough first day of school and gets in lots of trouble. I have also learned many different characteristics …show more content…

One reason why I predict they will not meet him is because he has never been seen. The children have only heard stories about Boo never actually seen him in person. The Radley’s have always had their house shut and the doors are always closed. Even on Sundays, when everyone is milling about and going to church. Nobody kept their doors shut on Sundays unless the weather was bad or someone was ill. The second reason why the kids will not meet Boo is because the children are scared of him. Boo Radley has a bad reputation that gravitates the kids towards not wanting to meet him. The kids have also heard the frightened stories about Boo. The children have heard that Boo only comes out at night and he dined on squirrels. Scout and Jem have also heard the story of how Boo Radley stabbed his dad with a scissors. “As Mr. Radley passed by, Boo drove the scissors into his parent’s leg, pulled them out, wiped them on his pants, and resumed his activities.” (Lee 13). The final reason why the kids are scared of him is because he used to be a part of a gang. When Boo Radley was in his teens he was a part of a gang along with some of the Cunninghams. They did little but they still got charged with crimes in court. For those reasons and for many more, I think the kids will not meet Boo (Arthur)

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The kids are also scared of him because there are a lot of scary stories about him. He is said to kill people's pets and other small creatures. When people's flowers are closed, it’s blamed on Boo. He also stabbed his father’s leg with a pair of scissors in the middle of nowhere. Another reason they will not meet Boo is because he has not been seen in a long time.

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When he was a teenager him and his friends would drink, get in trouble, and more, but nobody had the nerve to tell Mr. Radley that his son was in with the wrong crowd, because he was not the socializing type either. He was in this gang with his friends that’s how they got away with a lot of crimes because everyone was scared of them. The whole family is pretty much on lockdown, no one ever sees them and if they did not like they would want to talk to that family anyways, because everyone was scared of them. The kids are scared of Boo because the house looks really mysterious; the doors are always shut, even on Sundays when everyone else’s doors and windows are open. They are also cared of the way he looks and all the stuff they suspect he does, like they think that he looks in other people’s windows at night but they do not know for sure.

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There is another factor that may contribute to why the kids are hesitant to see Boo; they are quite frightened of him. Evidence of this, is every time they have to go past the Radley residence, their first instinct is to run. Though, this does not, occur when they are together, the siblings still feel anxious around the house. Secondly, the stories and accusations of Boo have caused the children to become intimidated of him. Several Maycomb residents have recalled seeing him in the dead of night, staring straight at their home among other possessions.

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It also states in the book “Jem seemed to have a little fear of Boo Radley now that Walter and I walked beside him.” Another main point I believe the kids will not meet Boo, is I have that Boo is locked up evidence from the book. To begin with Lee page, 10 “ People said he excited, but Jem and I had never seen him” From this sentence you can tell that Boo Radley has been around before and he has been around before Scout and Jem were even

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