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To Kill A Mockingbird Chapter 19 Analysis

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7. In To Kill A Mockingbird in chapter 19 Scout compares Mayella Ewell to Boo Radley when she is present during the Tom Robinson court case. Similarly, Mayella and Boo Radley have quite a lot in common, Scout makes the following statement, “She was even lonelier than Boo Radley, who had not been out of the house in twenty-five years.” This is when Tom Robinson is making his testimony, someone as young as Scout is able to realize that Mayella is facing hardship and really does not have anyone. Mayella and Boo Radley both suffer from dysfunctional families, they are both confined to their houses due to their parents. Nathan Radley thinks that it would be better for Boo Radley to stay at home in the Radley house rather than inside a jail cell.
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