through her thoughts that her perception of Boo Radley is warped by the assumptions of others. Scout is young and impressionable, which results in her believing these assumptions. “Jem gave a reasonable description of Boo: Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that’s why his hands were bloodstained...” (Lee,16 ). Dill, Scout and Jem make a game of trying to provoke “Boo” Radley, who has not left his house for fifteen years
forbidden to play with Walter Cunningham because of his social status. This example was resolved when Scout realizes that that social status doesn’t matter. An internal conflict with Scout would be that she is afraid of the Radley house. This is resolved when Scout meets Boo Radley at the end of the book and realizes he is a really nice
thought of Boo Radley as a mysterious and dark man, while at the same time they are fascinated about him. Over time they become so interested in him the obsess over seeing him in the flesh. According to gossip among the townsfolk, Boo stabbed his father with a pair of scissors, Boo used the same method of impact however used a different weapon to deal the blow. Of course the everlasting effect of each incident were completely different in terms of the result they created. As far as we know Boo Radley’s
(1) Scout cannot understand why Aunt Alexandra refuses to let her play with young Walter Cunningham. "I'll tell you why," she said. "Because- he- is- trash, that's why you can't play with him. I'll not have you around him, picking up his habits and learning Lord-knows-what. You're enough of a problem to your father as it is." Scout is too young to understand the social inequalities that exist in the world and how this social status prejudices one against the other. (2) Mrs. Dubose was a crabby
Scout’s Evolving View of Injustice as She Grows Older Justice describes the treatment of people reasonably and fairly (“Justice” NPA). Maycomb County, the “tired old town” in the South that Scout grows up in, is the home of bigoted racists and moral people alike who shape her view of injustice with their differing beliefs pertaining to injustice (Lee 6). From this, Scout learns that injustice is embedded in the world around her, but that goodness and justice coexist alongside it. Her newfound understanding
to despise each other? Scout, I think I'm beginning to understand something. I think I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley stayed shut up in the house all this time. It's because he wants to stay inside" (304). Basically Jem is saying if all people got along there would be no inequalities between anyone, no one would hate each other and now he is starting to comprehend why Boo “stays shut up in his house”. Jem is beginning to lose the blindfold of innocence that fogged his mind, he is realizing