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To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird is definitely an excellent novel in that it portrays life and the role of racism in the 1930's. A reader may not interpret several aspects of the book through just the plain text. Boo Radley, Atticus, and the title represent three such things.
Not really shown to the reader until the end of the book, Arthur "Boo" Radley plays an important role in the development of both Scout and Jem. In the beginning of the story, Jem, Scout, and Dill invent horror stories about Boo. They find Boo as a character of their amusement, and one who has no feelings whatsoever. They try to get a peep at him, just to see what Boo looks like. Scout connects Boo with the Mockingbird. Mrs. Maudie defines a mockingbird as one who "…don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us”. (94)
Boo is the person who put a blanket around Scout and Jem when it was cold. Boo w...

Posted by: Melissa T. Littlefield

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