Monday 2 March 2015

What are some quotes that best represent Boo Radley's personality in To Kill a Mockingbird?


speculates aboutin the first chapter of the novel, but those are only wild descriptions that
come from the gossip he has heard--not from any actual contact. Perhaps the best quotes about
Boo come in the final chapters, after 's fantasy has finally been realized, and she sits with
Boo on the porch swing before escorting him back to the Radley House. She saw that Boo was not
used to the light, and she understood whysuggested that they retreat to the darkness of the
porch. After she led Boo to Jem's bedroom, she saw from his "timid curiosity" that he
wished to touch Jem, so she suggested that Boo pat Jem's head. When Boo finally spoke, it was
only a whisper. After Boo had shut his door, never to be seen again by Scout, she realized
that

Neighbors bring food with death and flowers with
sickness and little things in between. Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken
watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives. But neighbors give in
return...
     Summer, and he watched his children's heart break. Autumn again, and
Boo's children needed him.

In the final pages, Scout's
description of Stoner's Boy (from The Gray Ghost) is symbolic of Boo's own
personality.

"... Atticus, when they finally saw him,
why he hadn't done any of those things... Atticus, he was real nice..."


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