There is always that one neighbor that never goes outside and stays inside. The novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, takes place is the 1930s in Maycomb County, Alabama. There is one character that never goes outside and his name is Arthur (Boo) Radley. This novel is told through the eyes of a little girl named Scout. She lives in her home with her older brother Jem, her father Atticus, and the housekeeper Calpurnia. Scout and Jem are learning about Boo Radley as he started interacting with them. Atticus is defending a man named Tom Robinson. This man was accused of rape against a young white girl named Mayella Ewell. Tom is found guilty, even though all the evidence shows him innocent. The father of Mayella, Bob Ewell, wants
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Jem would always hear strange noises and crazy sounds coming from the Radley place, especially at night. “Every night-sound I heard from my cot on the back porch was magnified three-fold; every scratch of feet on gravel was Boo Radley seeking revenge, every passing Negro laughing in the night was Boo Radley loose and after us; insects splashing against the wire to pieces; the chinaberry trees and wakefulness until I heard Jem murmur” (Lee 55). These sounds would scare Scout and Jem and make them think that Boo was crazy. Scout could not even sleep sometimes because she kept hearing these sounds. She would toss and turn in bed and wake up from a deep sleep and hear these noises. The first sign of Boo Radley shocked everyone. This happened when everyone was watching the fire at Miss Maudie’s house. Boo must have seen Scout shivering. He then did something very unexpected. “‘Thank who?’ I asked. ‘Boo Radley. You were so busy looking at the fire you didn’t know it when he put the blanket around you.’ My stomach turned to water and I nearly threw up when Jem hold out the blanket and crept toward me. ‘He sneaked out of the house-turn ‘round-sneaked up, an’ went like this!’” (Lee 72). Scout could not believe that Boo actually put the blanket around her. She did not want to believe it was Boo. She thought it was Jem, but Jem said that it was not him and it must have been
Jem would always hear strange noises and crazy sounds coming from the Radley place, especially at night. “Every night-sound I heard from my cot on the back porch was magnified three-fold; every scratch of feet on gravel was Boo Radley seeking revenge, every passing Negro laughing in the night was Boo Radley loose and after us; insects splashing against the wire to pieces; the chinaberry trees and wakefulness until I heard Jem murmur” (Lee 55). These sounds would scare Scout and Jem and make them think that Boo was crazy. Scout could not even sleep sometimes because she kept hearing these sounds. She would toss and turn in bed and wake up from a deep sleep and hear these noises. The first sign of Boo Radley shocked everyone. This happened when everyone was watching the fire at Miss Maudie’s house. Boo must have seen Scout shivering. He then did something very unexpected. “‘Thank who?’ I asked. ‘Boo Radley. You were so busy looking at the fire you didn’t know it when he put the blanket around you.’ My stomach turned to water and I nearly threw up when Jem hold out the blanket and crept toward me. ‘He sneaked out of the house-turn ‘round-sneaked up, an’ went like this!’” (Lee 72). Scout could not believe that Boo actually put the blanket around her. She did not want to believe it was Boo. She thought it was Jem, but Jem said that it was not him and it must have been