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To Kill a Mockingbird is definitely an excellent novel in that

it portrays life and the role of racism in the 1930's. A reader may

not interpret several aspects in and of the book through just the

plain text. Boo Radley, Atticus, and the title represent three such

things.

Not really disclosed to the reader until the end of the book,

Arthur "Boo" Radley plays an important role in the development of

both Scout and Jem. In the beginning of the story, Jem, Scout, and

Dill fabricate horror stories about Boo. They find Boo as a character

of their amusement, and one who has no feelings whatsoever. They

tried to get a peep at him, just to see what Boo looked like. Scout

connects Boo with the Mockingbird. Mrs. Maudie defines a mockingbird

as one who "…don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They

don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do

one thing but sing their hearts out for us" (94). Boo is......

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