Boo's Page

 

 

Boo is a man who has been obligated to stay in his house his entire life. He lives three houses down from Jem's and Scout's. He is cut off from the outside world. Every day he lives is lived in his lonely house.

He can observe people from his front porch's windows. By doing so he sees the images of two children. He sees a young girl who follows the example set by her older brother Jem. He also see the image of a loving father that Atticus is.

Boo, who has no connection, so no comunication with any one admires that family. He wants to do something for them, so he does it: (p 278) "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."

Boo comunicates with Jem and Scout by using the knothole. When he does that, it makes Scout wonder "Why does he leaves objects in the knothole? Why is he trying to be nice to us?When Maudie's house got on fire,why did Boo put a blanket on my shoulder? Why didn't Boo go out and hurt Jem when he went into Boo's porch that night? When Jem got his pants stuck in the gate, why did Boo fold them?"

So all the things he did makes Scout change her mind about him. She begins to think that he is nice and that he is trying to communicate with them, so when she sees him she is not scared of him.

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