One way
thatillustrates 's and 's coming of age is through their developing perception of . At the
beginning of the story, Scout views Boo as a "malevolent phantom," and Jem believes
that he is a menacing creature who eats raw animals and is covered in blood. As the novel
progresses, Jem discovers that Boo mended and folded his pants and that Boo has been giving them
small gifts in the knothole of the Radley tree. After Jem discovers that the knothole has been
filled in with cement, he cries on the front porch at the lost opportunity to create a
friendship with Boo.
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