Calpurnia, And Radley's Explanation: To Kill A Mockingbird

There are four people in the Radley family, Mr. Radley, Mrs. Radley, their sons Nathan Radley and Arthur Radley. Calpurnia, who is Atticus Finch’s African American maid, said this about Mr.Radley when he walked by their house in the late morning. Calpurnia says. “There goes the meanest man ever God blew breath into”,(Pg 15). I think Calpurnia is saying that Mr.Radley is the meanest man ever to live. Calpurnia is comparing the most evil thing she has ever heard of to the evil Mr .Radley. She is saying that Mr. Radley is the meanest man in the town of Maycomb Alabama. Another metaphor about Mr. Radley is when Dill said “inside that house lives a malevolent phantom”. (Pg 10) I think Dill is saying that Mr.Radley is the most evil man that ever lived in the house. I think Dill thinks that Mr.Radley wishes to do evil thing to the town as a ghost or some type of spirit. Phantom means ghost and malevolent means showing that you wish to do evil things. Everyone think that Mr.Radley is the most evil man in town. At the beginning of my paper, Calpurnia was saying that Mr.Radley was meanest man that God ever blew breath into. I would think that Mr.Radley is the meanest man in the town, even worse than his son, Arthur Radley. …show more content…
Radley “ Had been beautiful until she married Mr. Radley and lost all her money.” (Pg 52) I think Jem means that Mr. Radley took all her money and made her stop working. He forced her to stay at home, clean the house and raise Arthur and Nathan Radley. I think this metaphor means that Mr. Radley just took over Mrs.Radleys life. Mr.Radley controls whatever Mrs.Radley does. The comparison shows that Mrs. Radley’s life got really stressful because Mr.Radley made her do lots of stuff at home. He also made her take care of Arthur and Nathan Radley. You put that all together and that could have made her not good looking anymore and lose all her