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Lewis Kirk

I believe that Boo Radley is the hero in the whole novel. For starters, he is only human, however the amount of abuse he must hear about hi, while he is in his house is absurd. He has not done anythig wrong, he has just had a bad upbringing. With the loss of his mother early in his life, and his father's lack of affection, i believe thath this has had an effect on his whole livelihood. He also was a hero saving Jem and scout's life> however the reason he did not want to take credit for it was because the affection could have damged him, leadign to people not spreading the rumour around maycomb that it was Mr. Artuhr who saved the chilrends' lives.

At the beginning of the book Boo Radley was a legend almost a myth. A creature from another world like a mythical being. He was imprisoned in his own house not able to grow up and he was suspended in an almost childlike state, even though he had grown up physically he was still a child in his mind. He was still waiting to be woken up and resume his life free of his imprisonment. I think the events of the book allowed Boo to wake up from his deep sleep and start to grow again as a person by venturing out into the world where he ended up saving Jem and Scouts life’s.

Towards the end of the boo when Boo Radley recues Jem and Scout he is a hero to Jem and Scout but Mr.Tate didn't want Boo involved for fear that it would put him straight into the light of the town and they would praise him as a hero, but Mr.Tate knew that Boo would not be able to cope with that kind of attention becuase he had had little or no social interaction for 15 years outside of his house. At the end of the novel Boo was a sort of an un-sung hero that killed Bob Ewell and saved the children.

R.J