Boo+Radley+-+chapters+5-6

Boo Radley is dep l icted very differently in this chapter, Miss Maudie begins to change Scouts view on Boo. When Scout asks Miss Maudie if "Boo Radley's still alive?" She responds saying "His names Arthur and he's alive." Just by saying this, it sounds like she cares for him, where most of the neighbourhood wouldnt of said anything about 'Arthur' being his name. It also makes Boo not just a monster, but a man who has feelings. As he's not just the myth of the town, people like Stephanie Crawlford who said comments like "his head was like a skull lookin' at her." are infact telling lies. These rumours have fed the population of Maycombe, making everyones thoughts twisted on Boo Radley, when actually he's just misunderstood.

Before the 'accident' according to Miss Maudie he "always spoke nicely to me... spoke as nicely as he knew how." Which shows that Boo hasnt always been the monster they say he is now, who apparently "dines on raw squirrels".

We also learn from Chapter 5, that Boo may not be physically locked up but in-fact locked in his own mind, so much that he does not want to come out. “Arthur Radley just stays in his house, thats all... wouldn’t you stay in your house if you didn’t want to come out? “ Miss Maudie said. Which shows that after all this time being locked up for 15 years, Boo has become some what shy, and hides behind the safety of his house.

However there is still a bit of doubt in Scouts mind as she says “I reeled around to find Boo Radley and his bloody fangs” when it was actually Dill. Which suggests this is what she thinks Boo looks like. As this was her first initial thoughts, at this point of the novel she thinks that Boo isn't quite human, but as a child her thoughts aren't quite worked out about him and whether she believes in the rumours or what Miss Maudie said.

Jade Stirling

**Boo Radley's character in chapters 5-6**

In chapter 5 lots of things suggest that the children are still very scared of Boo and the Radley house. Jem and Dill have a plan to give a note to Boo, which shows that they are less scared than at the beginning of the book when, they were terrified about even walking past the Radley house. They manage to rope Scout into their plan. We can tell that Scout is still terrified of Boo, although she often tries not to show it. After hearing the boys plan she says, “You all've gone crazy, he'll kill us!”. This statement from scout shows how scared she is, and that she still thinks of Boo Radley as the “Molevelant Phantom” from the many stories she has been told. She may have gotten the idea of Boo killing them all from Miss Stephanie Crawfords views of him being crazy. Miss Stephanie's views become apparent after the children her story of events surrounding the scissor incident. This shows us just how easily the children's views can be influenced by the views held by other people, especially by the adults of Maycomb. **Lewis Blair**