Who is Boo Radley? |
 Aug 8 2008, 11:20 AM
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One Half of the DDD  Posts: 8,476 Joined: 5:31pm August 30, 2006 Location: Siriusly Dreaming Somewhere   |
We hear a lot about Arthur "Boo" Radley from Jem and Scout in the opening chapters, although they've never seen him and never spoken to him. Where do they get their information? All the adults seem to refer to him as "Arthur", where do the children get the name "Boo"?
Who is Boo Radley? Where is the justification for keeping him confined to the house? Whose decision is it to keep him there, is it just his family or do you think its partly his own? What impact does he have on the Finches throughout the book? Later Scout does get to meet him, although only once in her whole life. What do you think of his actions at the end of the story? Were you surprised that Scout never saw him again, or that he never tried to visit Jem once he regained consciousness? Do you think that Jem would have wanted to visit him, or would he instinctively understand Boo's reclusiveness? --------------------  November's book is The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger "THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED!" roared Black. "DIED RATHER THAN BETRAY YOUR FRIENDS, AS WE WOULD HAVE DONE FOR YOU!" |
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