Changing perceptions of Boo Radley

In chapters 4-8 boo radley can be traced back to many mysterious occurences. Some of the things that could be traced back to him were jems pants being sewed up like a little kid had done them. That shows that Boo was trying to help jem so that he wouldnt get in trouble for lying to atticus. Also he made them a carving of themselves, gave them gum, and their biggest prize, a stopwatch that atticus said could be worth 10 dollars. This stuff shows that boo radley is not a scary man and that all he wants is to have some friends and to interact with people other than just staying in his house all day.

Scouts disscusion with Ms. Maudie adds to my perception that he is a nice person. When they were talking Ms. Maudie said that when her and Aurthur Radley were little he said nothing but nice things to her no matter what folks said he did. She also said that he spoke as nice as he knew how and that is pretty good considering that he was locked up in his house for most of his life. All in all, I think that boo radley is a very nice man and i think that he is doing very nice things for scout and jem for keeping them out of trouble and not letting them have the life that he had.
"He always spoke nice things about me no matter what folks said" pg 46

Boo Radley

My first impression of boo radley is that he was crazy. The rumors probably are true because he was locked up in a basement for 15 years. I dont know what i would have done if i had nothing to do for 15 years and no interaction with the outside world."He dined on raw squirrels and any cats that he could catch, that's why his hands were bloodstained".(pg. 13). Based on that quote that shows how crazy he is and that he is messed up because of his parents locking him up in their basement.

The one character that i think that i mostly relate to is scout. I am somewhat timid like jem but i am mostly just like scout because scout just goes with the flow. Also she just follows the group and does what everyone else does. When everyone told scout to go touch the house she did because she didnt want to seem like she was scared to do it and thats how i am.