Arthur Boo Radley Coming Of Age Analysis

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Coming of age of Arthur”Boo”Radley “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view”(Atticus).To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee designs a mysterious character Arthur “Boo” Radley where he lives is a place next to the Finch’s house. Boo’s coming of age is developed through setting,irony,and imagery at the school yard. To begin with, Arthur “Boo” Radley Saved the kids in the schoolyard.”The man was walking with The stacca steps of someone carrying a load too heavy for him...He was carrying Jem”(302). Arthur “Boo” Radley never really comes out of the house but as an incident happens with Jem and Scout Boo helps Both of them get to safety.After,This is Ironic because They thought Boo was mean,scary,and not really helpful,but then he saves Scout and Jem. Secondly,This is the element Mood, Boo is in Jem’s room and all the lights were dimmed.”Aunt Alexandra had shaded Jem’s reading lamp with a towel”( 305).This shows that Boo Radley likes darker types of house lights and may also have very sensitive skin. Last but not least,This shows imagery because it shows you how, if you put yourself in Scout’s position looking at your brother arm broken some person in the corner of your room and the lights dimmed down Harper Lee puts beautiful words in the book to get your imagination working. …show more content…
These elements setting,imagery,and irony all developed theme by showing how Boo never came out of his house or helped anyone but then he comes out then gets Scout and Jem to safety and walks with Scout to Boo’s house.Throughout the book Jem,Scout,and Dill all thought Boo was a bad mean,cruel person but only if they listened to Atticus’s advice”You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view”(pg 33).If everyone just listened to Atticus’s advice there would be less assuming and less conflict in all of our
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