Boo would feel extremely saddened that kids more in danger now, rather than the 1930s, especially because of all the school shootings that are happening right now. He would also feel intensely about mental health, in addition to today’s technology. He could easily adapt to the future, but, he wouldn’t be proud that America is still similar about 90 years later.
Everyone who’s read To Kill A Mockingbird knows that he would be saddened by kids being more in danger now especially because he starts to turn more into a father figure as the book goes on. For example, “Something about one of the trees attracted my attention. Some tinfoil was sticking in a knot-hole just above my eye level[...] withdrew two pieces of chewing gum without their outer wrappers.[...] Inside were two scrubbed and polished pennies, one on top of the other.[...] ‘Indian-heads,’ he said. ‘Nineteen-six and Scout, one of ‘em’s nineteen-hundred.
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Ewell yanked him down, I reckon. [...] Jem hollered and I didn’t hear him any more” After that Jem doesn’t get up, but the quote continues, “I thought it was Jem at first, but it didn’t sound like him [...] [Boo’s] lips parted into a timid smile, and our neighbor’s image blurred with my sudden tears.” (Harper, 270) Considering that he would die to save a child’s life