Boo Radley In To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

Boo Radley is the “Mockingbird” within the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird written by Harper Lee. “The mockingbird, a serene creature with nothing but beautiful music to offer…. often people respond to situations because of the unknown or past rather than the truth” (Stiltner 1). A Mockingbird is a bird that does nothing but sing beautiful songs. In the book, this symbolizes people that do nothing but good in their lives but are still misjudged because of prejudice. “It was a melancholy little drama, woven from bits and scraps of gossip and neighborhood legend: Mrs Radley had been beautiful until she married Mr. Radley and lost all her money. She also lost most of her teeth, her hair, and her right forefinger.” (Lee 52). There are all these horrible rumors and stories about Boo Radley

“Suddenly he was jerked backwards and flung on the ground….Still but for a man breathing heavily, breathing heavily and staggering. I thought he went to the tree and leaned against it. He coughed violently, a sobbing bone shaking cough.” (Lee 351). A man (Bob Ewell) is coughing, breathing heavily, and staggering after being pushed off of Scout and we know the man who pushed Bob Ewell off of Scout is Boo Radley. Boo Radley just saved Scout and Jem’s lives. If it wasn’t for him, Bob Ewell would have killed both of them. Boo yet again does nothing but good for them. In today’s world, many muslims are given the stereotype of being terrorists. This is far from the truth, most muslims are peaceful people but they are given this stereotype because of the muslim terrorists out there and how little most people know about muslim culture. This relates back to Mockingbirds and how they are people that do good but are misjudged because of prejudice. All in all, Boo Radley is the “Mockingbird” in To Kill A Mockingbird because all he’s done is good but is still shown prejudice, who are the mockingbirds in your