Boo Radley's Misunderstanding

Many children’s minds have a misperception about information which often leads them to a misjudgment about a person, place, or thing. In the late 1930s in the deep south of Maycomb, Alabama, Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird depicts the townspeople’s misunderstanding of Arthur “Boo” Radley. The Finch children, “Jem”, Jeremy Atticus Finch and his younger sister “Scout”, Jean Louise Finch recognize that the fear of Boo is just a myth, and he is a child at heart who isolates himself from Maycomb County. The relationship between Boo Radley and Jem and Scout Finch evolves through false accusations made about Arthur Radley by a townsperson to Scout and Jem having a change of heart and a different outlook towards Boo and then realizing that he was an innocent person who was a lonely human being. Jem and Scout realize an error of

At the beginning of the novel, numerous townspeople including Miss Stephanie Crawford voice their opinion that Boo Radley is a mysterious madman that never leaves his dwelling which leads to Jem and Scout believing the false rumors made about Arthur “Boo” Radley. Many of these misleading opinions spread far and wide throughout Maycomb County by the lips of Miss Stephanie Crawford who is the neighbourhood scold. Atticus Finch, the father of Jem and Scout, does not discuss the Radley household at home. Jem gains knowledge through Miss Stephanie who revealed, “Boo was sitting in the living room cutting some items from The Maycomb Tribune to paste in his scrapbook. His father entered the room. As Mr. Radley passed by, Boo drove the scissors into his parent’s leg,