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Friday, March 13, 2009
Killing the Mockingbird
At the end of the book, Scout says that telling people Boo Radley committed the murder would have been "sort of like shootin' a mockingbird." What does that mean? Do you agree that Boo is like a mockingbird?
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I do agree that there would be a sad injustice in dragging Boo out into the spotlight.
He was one of the few truly harmless characters in this book. It would have been tragic to have the court attempt to defame him in the name of justice.
I agree as well. I think that had they told the town that he had killed Mr. Ewell the town would have gone after him because he was 'strange' no matter how much the town dislikes Mr. Ewell.
He saved those kids and he deserved the kindness that act gave him.
He was such an innocent person and was saving the lives of Scout and Jem when they were attacked by Mr. Ewell. But if it had been brought out that he had killed Mr. Ewell and because of the fear of the community and misconceptions of Boo and his family they would not have compassion and gratitude...they would have been out to "crucify" him and Boo was to fragile to have had to go through court and questioning.
I definitely agree that boo is the mockingbird. That is basically the whole point of the story. Just because somebody is different from you and you cant understand why they do the things they do, doesn't mean they are weird or "wrong" or "un-human", they are just different from you; and that's ok. If we can try to see people as human rather than "odd specimens" we realize that everyone is special and unique and worth having around.
Good points ladies! I agree about Boo - it was only peoples' perceptions of him that were off; when it came down to it, he hadn't done anything to harm anyone in Maycomb, ever. Miss Maudie (one of my favorite characters!) explained that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird because "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." The fact that the people in Maycomb had attributed all sorts of bad things to Boo must have made it that much harder for him to do what he did and risk having the spotlight on him. So yeah, it would've been a heart to the dagger to put him through that, when he had done nothing but save those kids.
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