Our English class started to read a famous novel, "To Kill A Mockingbird" not to long ago. Arthur Radley, known better as Boo Radley, is a neighbor of the main character, Scout, who barely ever leaves his house. When I read about Boo Radley I first thought, 'this guy is mysterious and I would love to know more about him, his background, and other things. Why would he not go outside? Are the rumors true? If not, what really happened? Why are the people making those kinds of rumors?' Most likely, I was very curious about this character. As I kept on reading, I figured out that there were rumors about Boo Radley. I don't think those are partially made up and partially true. What Boo Radley has done when he was young, such as drinking and not going to church, could be true. However, some stories, such as,
"Boo wasn't crazy, he wa high-strung at times... he was not a criminal. The sheriff hadn't the heart to put him in jail alongside Negroes, so Boo was locked in the courthouse basement." (pg. 11)
could be inflated for some reasons. First, to scare little kids, people might've inflated the story, and second, just like those rumors going around, the stories might've changed.
The part where Jem, Scout was telling Dill about the Radley's and related stories was pretty interesting too. Especially, Dill was agog as Jem and Scout were telling him about the Radley's and their house. It seemed like Dill was aspiring to go into their house and find out more about them- even though he didn't, as Jem and Scout told him that the Radley's would kill him. My reaction would be almost as same as Dill's reaction. When I find out about something very interesting, I would like to find more and more about it, although I would stop at the point where it seems dangerous.
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When I first read about boo I thought the same as you did. I thought he was very interesting and I wanted to know more about him. I also thoght I was like dill. I would have been like him and wanted to know more about boo.
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