Character Analysis of Boo Radley in to Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Essay

Ms. Lee has gone a long way to create this novel of carefully sustained mystery that she calls "To Kill A Mockingbird". Harper Lee Describes her tranquil southern town that surprises you with a climax so astonishing, it can be described as an erupt lava of emotions. In this melodramatic novel, the most unforgettable character, in my opinion, was Arthur Radley(A.K.A. Boo). Boo can be characterized as reclusive, misinterpreted, and in some ways parental. In the remainder of this essay, I will explain to prove why this traits are true.First of all, Boo Radley lives in seclusion. Arthur's Father was a Foot-washing baptist and according to Miss. Maudie "Foot-washers believe anything that's pleasure is a sin."(pg.44). This could have pressurized Boo into staying inside. Jem seems to understand why Boo lives in seclusion when he tells Scout "I think I beginning to understand why Boo Radley stayed shut up in his house all this time... it's because he wants to stay inside."(pg.227). When Scout meets Arthur for the first time, she sees that this was a man that never goes out, because she notices "he had sickly white hands that had never seen the sun..."(pg.270). Boo's timidness also show sings of seclusiveness. For example, when Arthur asks Scout " 'Will you take me home?' He almost whispered it, in the voice of a child afraid of the dark"(pg. 278).As well as being secluded, he is also misinterpreted. False rumors have spread through Maycomb affecting everyone's opinion about Boo Radley. For example, when Jem first met Dill "Jem gave a reasonable description of Boo Boo was 6 12 feet tall... dined on all the raw squirrels and cats he could catch... you could never wash the blood off... there was a large scar that ran across his face... his eyes popped and he drooled most of the time."(pg.13). Of course this wasn't true, and the children were quite frightened by him. On one occasion, Miss Maudie...

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