Tuesday, June 29, 2010

to kill a mocking bird

When I first started reading "To kill A Mocking Bird" the only way i could read the book was if I had absolutly nothing else to do but read. As a result, I ended up reading most of the first parts of the book in the car. Eventually I got to the part in which Lee intruduces the reader to charecter Boo Radley. Just as Jem, Scout, and Dil became fascinated with Boo Radley, I too became fascinated with the idea of this supposed monster of a man that eats cats only to be seen at night. A little bit further on in the story and one finds themselves wondering if this fabled man really is as horrible as Lee origanally lead us to belive.
The first of my doubts started when Jem and Scout stared to recive mysteryous gifts in the little hole on the Radley's property. After Jem and Scout send a letter to the Radley's residance about the mysterious hole that always seems to bear gifts to them the hole becomes cemented. This closes all real connection that Boo Radley has with Jem and Scout for the time being as well as his only communication to the outside. The colpret that took that away from Boo Radley was none other then his brother Nathan Radley. With this knowledge the only plauseable explenation is that the only other person that lives in the Radley's property, Boo Radley, would be the supplier of these gifts.
The second instance in which it seemed that Boo Radley is a loving man was the time in which Miss Maudie's house was aflame and Jem and Scout were outside in the cold while the town helped Miss Maudie. During this time Scout accuired a blanket that she didn't remember ever getting. After talking to atticus and Jem she narrows the possible times she recived the blanket and the most probable time she could think of was during the time she was in front of the Radley's house. It seemed that Nathan Radley was attending other business and the only other person in that area was no other the Boo Radley. Once again proving that the image of Boo Radley of some sort of horrible creepy person are false. Even though through out the town he is known as this horrible recluse he is a very loving person. He seems to be an extremley loving person. Jem and Scout both initinally were interested in Boo Radley because of the fact of the rumors surrounding him, yet he still cared for them even if it was in a miniscule was way. In a way one could even compare him to a mocking bird in the way that mocking bird "don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy". In this way Boo Radley like a mocking bird for he does not cause trouble with anybody ,but constantly gives the children little tokens of the great love he has for them.

1 comment:

  1. Jacob,

    I agree with your insight when you compare Boo Radley to a mockingbird. I never thought of him in that way. Do you believe the rumors that he really killed his father with scissors? I don't. Well, I guess since you read the whole book already, you found out that Arthur Radley is not as insane as others in town thought he would be. :]

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