Tom Robinson And Boo Radley

“Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (103). To Kill a Mockingbird, written by, Harper Lee. The novel takes place in the county of Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930’s. Scout, a young girl almost starting school when she and her brother, Jem meet a young boy, Dill. Scout, Dill, and Jem all try to make a young lad come out of his home after being concealed, for many years. Her father, Atticus, is a lawyer who is appointed to defend a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. In the novel, a mockingbird is a symbol for good, innocent people that are destroyed by evil. Two characters in the novel are mockingbirds: Tom Robinson and Arthur Radley, or called Boo Radley by the town of

Arthur Radley was then locked up in his house, and was never seen again. Scout is talking to one of her neighbors, Miss. Maudie, for when they get on the topic of Arthur Radley, or nicknamed, Boo Radley, by the children. “I remember Arthur Radley when he was a boy. He always spoke nice to me, no matter what folks said he did” (81). Arthur was an good, innocent young lad, who always spoke nicely to Miss. Maudie, even when the town had spread rumors about him. For this is an example of Arthur being innocent, before he had gotten into the wrong crowd. Scout was reflecting back on the rumors Maycomb has about Arthur Radley. This is after he had gotten himself into the wrong crowd and has been destroyed by evil. “According to neighborhood legend, when the younger Radley boy was in his teen she became acquainted with some of the Cunninghams from Old Sarum, an enormous and confusing tribe domiciled in the northern part of the county, and they formed the nearest thing to a gang ever seen in Maycomb” (10). Arthur Radley was destroyed by evil, when he had joined the closest thing to a gang in Maycomb. He has never left the house since then, and most likely doesn’t want to deal with the

He was sent to prison and during their exercise period tried escaping and was killed. During the case, his boss was upset that he saw his employee being charged with something even though he had no trouble from him. He expressed his feelings and was immediately shot down by, Judge Taylor. “I just want the whole lot of you know one thing right now. That boy’s worked for me eight year an’ I ain’t had a spec o’trouble outa him. Not a speck.” (223). Tom Robinson was an innocent man before this case, even his boss had testified. He has been working for him for eight years and has not had any trouble whatsoever. Tom Robinson had decided to take things in his own hands and tried to escape during his exercise period. He had tried climbing the fence right in front of the guards, and he would've made it, if he had two good arms. One of his arms is shorter than the other and is completely useless. “‘They shot him’ said Atticus. ‘He was running. It was during their exercise period. They said he just broke into a blind raving charge at the fence and started climbing over. Right in front of them---’” (269). Tom Robinson was a good man, but he was soon destroyed by evil thinking, that he could escape a prison, and take matter into his own hands. He was a man nobody really talked about, but was popular (but not in a good way) due to the case, but after his death he was talked about for three days then he