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kimwilliams
kimwilliams
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High School - 9th Grade

How is Boo Radley an innocent person in "To Kill a Mockingbird"?

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Posted by kimwilliams on Sunday May 10, 2009 at 1:03 PM.

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  1. marilynn07 Teacher
    High School - 9th Grade

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    Boo Radley is an innocent by virtue of his lack of contact with society.  He has been "shut away" from mainstream society for a number of years and has virtually no contact with anyone else.

    It may be that Arthur Radley's mental status is not 100% creating a situation in that he is forever a child without the adult ability to reason. However, Boo does know right from wrong and makes a heroic effort to save the Finch children from the vicious attack made on them by Bob Ewell.

     

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/mockingbird-salem/kill-mockingbird-...
    http://www.enotes.com/mockingbird/characters

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    Posted by marilynn07 on Sunday May 10, 2009 at 4:36 PM