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'Boo' Radley
- not understood so seen as dangerous
- Used by Lee to present different type of predujice
- In need of company
- 'He went out at night when the moon
was down,and peeped in windows' (C1)
- 'He went out at night when the moon
was down,and peeped in windows' (C1)
- Symbolises courage
- saving Jem & Scout
from Ewell (C28)
- saving Jem & Scout
from Ewell (C28)
- isolated
- 'People said' repetition
- only know Boo Radley from rumours.
- stabbed his father with scissors
- stabbed his father with scissors
- Maycomb is a town that depends on rumours
- only know Boo Radley from rumours.
- has a haunting presence
- 'malevolent phantom' (C1)
- 'malevolent phantom' (C1)
- is a mockingbird
- psychologically damaged
- psychologically damaged
- tries to befriend Scout, Jem & Dill
- gifts found in
tree (C4&C7)
- gifts found in
tree (C4&C7)
- Still isn't as bad as a black man
- 'The sheriff hadn't the heart to put him in jail
alongside Negroes, so Boo was locked in the
courthouse basement' (C1)
- emphasizes racism in
Maycomb. If you was black,
life wasn't promising
- emphasizes racism in
Maycomb. If you was black,
life wasn't promising
- 'The sheriff hadn't the heart to put him in jail
alongside Negroes, so Boo was locked in the
courthouse basement' (C1)
- experiences prejudice
- Children are afraid of him &
won't eat from his trees incase of
poisoning
- Children are afraid of him &
won't eat from his trees incase of
poisoning
- some accept Boo
- Atticus tells the kids not to torment him
- Miss Maudie remembers him
as having good manners
- children at the end respect him
- Atticus tells the kids not to torment him
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