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Boo Radley Coming Of Age Analysis

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In Harper Lee’s to Kill a Mockingbird the scene I picked from the book would be in Chapter 28, when Boo Radley saves the children Jem and Scout. This essay will be exploring the scene of Boo Radley, Jem, and Scout all reach the stage of coming of age. Boo Radley steps out of his comfort zones and saves the two kids. Scout meets Boo and approaches Boo maturely. Atticus Finch accepts Boo for saving his son and daughter. First of all, in an example of coming age would be when Scout meets Boo Radley for the first time and approaches him matruly and doesn’t judge him for being him. I know this because in chapter 28 it explains in the text that “Scout takes Boo—“Mr. Arthur”—down to the porch, and they sit in shadow, listening to Atticus and Heck Tate argue.” This explains and shows that Scout has reached her coming of age because she has developed the skill of listening …show more content…

In chapter 28, it states that as Jem and Scout were being attacked someone came out and pulled of Bob Ewell from them. That person was Boo Radley, Boo had taken Jem and ran him home. This shows that Boo didn't care that he was going to be seen he just wanted to save Jem and make sure Jem and Scout were safe. This also shows how he had his stage of coming of age because he didn't care that he was going to be seen he just stepped up and faced it head on. Lastly, this scene indicated that Atticus Finch had also reached his coming of age stage. In chapter 30. Atticus Finch states, “Let the dead bury the dead”. By this he means because Tom Robinson died for no reason, but was being put in jail for Bob Ewell lying about what happened, that it was prone for him to die. This shows Atticus’s coming of age because he finally accepted the fact that not all men are equal and not all men will be treated fairly it just the way life

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