Yes, because Jem gives a description of him eating squirrels and domestic cats, and being tall, and having bloody hands and rotten teeth from all he eats. This is the description that Jem gives in order to scare Dill, yet Dill doesn't seem scared whatsoever, because Dill is not afraid of anything. That gives Jem the instinct to warn Dill that Boo will kill him. In reality though, the kids don't know what Boo actually looks like. All that is described about him is his scary reputation, and how the police locked him in the court basement instead of sending him to jail because he wasn't black, and how he used the scissors to attack his parents. Yet no one knows what he's really like, he's just described as scary, insane, and lurking around the Radley house, therefore, not much is known about his real identity. He is more like a mysterious, but feared creature. The kids even wonder whether he's still alive or not.
Yes, he can be considered the bogey-man of TKAM, because of his reputation for his insane, scary behaviour, and bogey-mans are described or portrayed as evil or insane.
But there's a chance that the blanket given to Jem and Scout was given by Boo Radley...
Looking at Boo Radley from the kids point of view,yes, Boo or Arthur..as he is rightfully named, is definitly a boogieman figure in TKAM. They treat him as a scary figure, sneaking up to the house, taking his things from the tree with caution, and mainly just acting wary of the whole area. Children gossip about his infamous or dangerous deeds, allegedly saying that he wanders the streets at night to look for squirrels and cats to feast on, and that he once stabbed his father in the leg with a pair of scissors. However, in spite of these stories, Arthur wanders on a hero’s journey without even coming out of his house. To the adults, Boo is a scarcely seen mysterious figure, that has a unforgiving, never talked about past.
I do believe that Boo Radley is considered as this books bogey-man. In the first chapter of TKAM it gives us an example of some of Boo's supposed habits. For instance, starting on the bottom of page eight and continuing onto page nine it tells us that a "malevolent phantom" or Boo Radley "...went out at night when the moon was down, and peeped in windows..." and then on page twelve and thirteen saying "...woke up in the middle of the night one time and saw him looking straight at her...head was like a skull......One night I heard him scratching on the back screen..." This explains to us that Boo is supposedly the type of person who is scarcely seen and does things that others consider odd. The book also explains to us what Boo Radley could possible look like. On page thirteen, Jem explains, "...six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that's why his hand were blood stained...long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped and he drooled..." In addition to his habits, all of these features enforce Boo Radley's stance as the bogey-man in TKAM.
In a sense, Boo Radley, in the first few chapters, is portrayed as the "Bogey-Man" of TKAM. He is seen as a menacing figure, one who supposedly eats squirrels and cats that he can find. He also, supposedly, killed his father with scissors, and stuffed him up the chimney. All this adds up to the great dread of the Radley house, and from there on, Boo Radley is a figure to be feared, at least from the children's point of view. Now, from about chapter 9-10, we get a view of Boo Radley, who placed a jacket around Scout, and his "Bogey-man"-ness starts to get debunked.
In many ways, Boo Radley could very well fit the Bogey-Man's description. Boo has been given a mysterious title as few people have seen him around Maycomb since his "vanishing". While this is true, Boo tends not to have this embodiment of terror as the "Bogey-Man" would, rather, Boo tends to have more watchful and sympathetic characteristics. Boo Radley best fits the description of the Bogey-Man in relation to TKAM, however, I do not think he is a "Bogey-Man".
I would agree that Boo Radley and Bogey-Man are similar because they are both beings of fear and paranoia. They differ however because Boo Radley is not a fictional character in Maycomb which makes him all the more eerie to the children of the town. In the book Jem described Boo as "six and a half feet tall" with a "long jagged scar that ran across his face"(page 13). Although this could be fact, I believe it's more likely the children's imagination getting the best of them. Most of the time horror characters begin as an old wives tales that become more frightening with time and the spread of gossip. The main parallel between Boo Radley and the Bogey-Man is that the characters are both shrouded in mystery which makes them a fascination and terror to children.
The Bogey-Man has many different stories and people describe it in many different ways. By definition it is an amorphous imaginary being used by adults to frighten into compliant behaviour. Doesn't have a clear appearance, its just really scary. Usually it is unknown what they look like because you never see them because they only come out at night and in the dark. That describes Mr. Radley well, Jem and Scout never see him. But there has been some hints that Mr. Radley is not actually a really scary man. So i don't think he is a bogey-man.
Both yes an no, Boo Radley is a figment of the children's imagination. That they had made up, yet he is not the bogeyman which the parents create to counter disobedience. As they all refer to him by his real name, Arthur Radley.
In the book "To Kill a Mockingbird we are introduced with the character Book Radley. To the children in the book Book is very comparable to the boogie-man. The adults however view Arthur Radley as a respectable adult, and make no effort to fuel the children's imagination. It is very clear to the reader from early on in the book that Mr.Radley is only an interesting man, however, there may be more to him the we currently know.
Throughout the world and in different cultures there is different stories and theories about the Bogey-Man. In TKAM I think that Boo Radley is the Bogey-Man figure. Jem describes him saying that he eats pets and squirrels and scratches on windows at night. That is a characteristic of the Bogey-Man to prey on animals and to scratch on windows. We also don't know what Boo Radley looks like which is another characteristic of the Bogey-Man. Harper Lee even portrays this by nick naming Arthur Radley, Boo Radley which is the beginning of Bogey-Man. In the dictonary the defenition of a Bogey-Man "is something frightful; anything imaginary that causes needless fright or excites needless fear." That is very similar as what Scout and Jem think about Boo that he is scary and he frightens them.
Boo Radley is a figure of the Bogey man in this story, for sure. People are scared of him, mostly children, and the adults scare them by telling the kids that Mr Radley will get them if they don't behave correctly. In the story, he does use some of the means that the Bogeyman is said to do, by scratching the window.
From the first few chapters, Boo Radley does indeed seem to be the "Bogeyman" of Maycomb. Nobody knows for sure what he seems to be like, because he hasn't made a physical appearance for over 15 years. Both the Bogeyman and Boo Radley brings fear to the kids as portrayed multiple times in the book. " I expected to see Boo Radley and his bloody fangs..." But in Chapter 7 we learn that Boo actually sewed and folded Jem's lost pants, and the idea of him and terror is starting to be disproven.
Yes, I think that Boo Radley is a Bogey-Man figure in TKAM. Throughout the first 11 chapters we have not had a clear description from a reliable source of what Boo Radley looks like. It is just based on rumours that Jem and Scout have heard. An example is when they say he scratches on doors and has blood stained hands. I think that because the kids have never seen him and because he is amorphous to them he is viewed as a Bogey-Man that frightens them.
I definately think that in TKAM Boo Radley is a Bogey Man figure. I say this because all the children are scared of Boo Radley and they heard scary stories of him such as he eats animals and has blood stained hands. A bogey man is something that is meant to scare people away from doing things and Boo Radley definately scares people away from the Radley house.
Boo Radley is portrayed as the Bogy- Man. At least in the first few chapters. In these chapters he is seen as a man that everyone was scared of. They even walked on the other side of the, But as we look deeper in to the book you start to discover that the Bogey- Man of TKAM is really humble and caring. For example in chapter 9 Boo Radley puts the blanket over scout.
Boo Radley is definitively the bogey man in this story because no one knows anything about him and only the children are scared of him and the parents of these children scare them by telling them that He would go after them if they were bad. In the story, the book describes exactly what the bogeyman is said to do by going up to windows and scratching them.
Boo Radley figure is described in the first couple chapter as a bogey men, because of what he had done in the past, and had not took a step out of his house for a long time. but the more we read we see that he is a men that cares. In chapter 7 we see that Boo Radley sewed and folded jems pants. so i think Boo Radley is not a bogey man.
I do believe Boo Radley is portrayed as the bogey man figure in TKAM. He is described exactly as the bogey man has always been described; scratching at windows, eating animals and so on. All of the children in Maycomb Couny are also afraid of him which is another trait of the bogey man. Although he is portrayed like this I dont know if I am fully sold on the idea. We have only heard what he is like from the children's point of view and they have not even seen him for themselves. How can you really know what someone is like until they're properly introduced? I think we may be surprised to see what he is really like when he is added to the story more.
Boo Radley is a Bogey-man figure in the novel TKAM, but only at first. Our assumption is that Boo is a Bogey-man figure because of all the rumors and false descriptions given by the characters in the book. In the beginning he is a bogey-man figure since he is mysterious and we don't know much about him. We get the idea from the kids that he is a spooky man with Bogey-man characteristics. But later on we find evidence that Boo is actually a kind man who cares.
I think that Boo Radley is definitely portrayed as a bogey man in this story because of how the children see him as well as the lack of solid information on his looks and weherabouts.But when Boo Radley put the blanket around Scout's shoulders, it did made me wonder about whether he is actually a real bogey man or just is seen as one.
I think that Boo Radley is seen as the Bogeyman of Maycomb county. In the story Boo is described in the exact same way that the bogeyman could be described. For example there were stories about Boo scratching windows just like the bogeyman does in some cultures. The rumors about Boo Radley seemed to really scare children, so much that they would avoid the Radley's house by walking on the other side of the street.
I can definitely see Boo Radley being some type of form of the Bogey-Man. All these rumors of what he does and what he looks like are being made up of him without being known for sure. He is rumored to be a horrible person and that he does horrible things. He seems to be like the Bogey-Man, although later on he seems so be more nice than what Scout and Jem think of him. This so called Bogey-Man did something nice and put a blanket on Scout and Jem while they were watching the house burn in the fire.
Boo Radley is frequently compared to the mysterious being of “The Bogie Man” in TKAM. Jem, Scout and Dill have visionary interpretations of this ferocious man. Even though they have never actually seen him, they envision him to be a six and a half foot tall beast that eats squirrels and stray cats. Throughout the first 11 chapters there is no distinct description of what Boo Radley really looks like. Rumours surrounding the inexplicable character of Boo Radley are frequent; often illustrating him as the man who punishes kids who don’t obey the authorities. Contradicting to the views of the children I believe that he is not the evil man most people envision him to be.
I think that Boo Radley is made out as the bogeyman of TKAM because of the stories that the children have heard about him scratching windows, and the mystery of his house. As we read further in the book, we can see that Book Radley might not be who they think he is.
In TKAM, Boo Radley is portrayed as "The Bogey Man". Jem, Scout and Dill have many different views and ideas on what he looks like and his behaviour even though they have actually never seen him. There are many rumors floating around Maycomb about Boo but no one can really be sure how he actually acts and what he looks like. As we read more of this book, Jem, Scout and Dill will soon realize that Boo Radley may not appear to be what everyone thinks he is.
Well, in the first few chapter, Boo Radley has a scary figure as "The Bogry Man". He killed his father with scissors, this a scary behaviour,so many people(especially children) really scary of him. Since Chapter 9, he puts the blanket to Scout, this action showed that he really like the children, he is a good person. And he fires the warning shot that want to know Jem isn't a brave person in Chapter 6. He is a teacher too. After I read the introduction of him in internet, he is going to save Jem and Scout. So that he is not a Bogey man, he is an angel.
Boo Radleys role in TKAM is one that lets the kids imaginations run away with them and hes is a major source of intrigue and suspicion in the early chapters of the book, this mystery allows the kids to learn more about judging people on how others portray them. What the kids are learning now as we progress is that Boo Radley is not what he appears
I would agree that in TKAM Boo Radley is portrayed as the Boogey-man. From the many stories the children have heard about him such as his blood stained hands, him eating squirels, and scratching at the window at night has scared the children into staying away from the Radley's. However the lack of evidence about Boo Radley and the fact that he puts the blanket on Scouts shoulders doesn't convince me that he is the Boogey-man.
I believe that in the earlier parts of TKAM Boo Radley is definitely portrayed as a bogey-man. Just the way that they describe him seem ominous. Things like him eating squirrels and stray cats and the blood of those animals stains his hand seems to make him scarier than he is. Another thing that makes him seem like the bogey-man was the way the town folk blame everything they can't explain on him and the also think that they see him staring into their windows. The later you go on in the book the less he seems like the bogey man though, things like him putting the blanket on scout and sewing up Jems pants makes him seem less and less like the bogey-man.
Yea, I do think that in the book, Harper Lee makes it seem as though Boo Radley is a boogy man figure. Since the book is from Scout's point of view, everything probably seems scarier to her because she is young. The way that they make Boo seem in the book is definitely scary. They make him mysterious and unknown, they make him seem as though he'll hurt you or do something terrible to you if you get anywhere close to him, or even close to his house. Another reason he seems really scary is because nobody has ever seen him. Just thinking about someone being "locked in his room" for however long makes him seem really scary. As the book goes on, Scout (from our point of view) realizes that Boo really isn't scary, and that you can't judge someone before you know them.
I think that Boo Radley is initially displayed as that "Bogey man". You hear the description of him shuffling his feet on gravel and scratching at the doors and watching people. He is seen as somewhat of a looming threat for kids. He's their scary neighbor is scary to go near and to them it seems like he could jump out at them and hurt them at any time. They hear all these stories from other people about him that makes him seem scarier. These are all element that are also incorporated with the image of the boogey man..
I believe that Boo Radley was projected to be the "Bogey man" at the beginning of the story because of Jem's description of him. There's also the stories from other people and there was also the time when Jem, Scout and Dill went to the Radley house and Jem needed to touch it and when he did noises came. These two things were made to make us believe he was a Bogey man but in the end he was shown as a person kind person who cared for Jem and Scout by protecting them from Bob Ewell. In the end you can't judge people on what you hear or see but get to know them and let them surprise you.
Yes, because Jem gives a description of him eating squirrels and domestic cats, and being tall, and having bloody hands and rotten teeth from all he eats. This is the description that Jem gives in order to scare Dill, yet Dill doesn't seem scared whatsoever, because Dill is not afraid of anything. That gives Jem the instinct to warn Dill that Boo will kill him. In reality though, the kids don't know what Boo actually looks like. All that is described about him is his scary reputation, and how the police locked him in the court basement instead of sending him to jail because he wasn't black, and how he used the scissors to attack his parents. Yet no one knows what he's really like, he's just described as scary, insane, and lurking around the Radley house, therefore, not much is known about his real identity. He is more like a mysterious, but feared creature. The kids even wonder whether he's still alive or not.
ReplyDeleteYes, he can be considered the bogey-man of TKAM, because of his reputation for his insane, scary behaviour, and bogey-mans are described or portrayed as evil or insane.
But there's a chance that the blanket given to Jem and Scout was given by Boo Radley...
Looking at Boo Radley from the kids point of view,yes, Boo or Arthur..as he is rightfully named, is definitly a boogieman figure in TKAM. They treat him as a scary figure, sneaking up to the house, taking his things from the tree with caution, and mainly just acting wary of the whole area. Children gossip about his infamous or dangerous deeds, allegedly saying that he wanders the streets at night to look for squirrels and cats to feast on, and that he once stabbed his father in the leg with a pair of scissors. However, in spite of these stories, Arthur wanders on a hero’s journey without even coming out of his house. To the adults, Boo is a scarcely seen mysterious figure, that has a unforgiving, never talked about past.
ReplyDeleteI do believe that Boo Radley is considered as this books bogey-man. In the first chapter of TKAM it gives us an example of some of Boo's supposed habits. For instance, starting on the bottom of page eight and continuing onto page nine it tells us that a "malevolent phantom" or Boo Radley "...went out at night when the moon was down, and peeped in windows..." and then on page twelve and thirteen saying "...woke up in the middle of the night one time and saw him looking straight at her...head was like a skull......One night I heard him scratching on the back screen..." This explains to us that Boo is supposedly the type of person who is scarcely seen and does things that others consider odd.
ReplyDeleteThe book also explains to us what Boo Radley could possible look like. On page thirteen, Jem explains, "...six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that's why his hand were blood stained...long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped and he drooled..." In addition to his habits, all of these features enforce Boo Radley's stance as the bogey-man in TKAM.
In a sense, Boo Radley, in the first few chapters, is portrayed as the "Bogey-Man" of TKAM. He is seen as a menacing figure, one who supposedly eats squirrels and cats that he can find. He also, supposedly, killed his father with scissors, and stuffed him up the chimney. All this adds up to the great dread of the Radley house, and from there on, Boo Radley is a figure to be feared, at least from the children's point of view. Now, from about chapter 9-10, we get a view of Boo Radley, who placed a jacket around Scout, and his "Bogey-man"-ness starts to get debunked.
ReplyDeleteIn many ways, Boo Radley could very well fit the Bogey-Man's description. Boo has been given a mysterious title as few people have seen him around Maycomb since his "vanishing". While this is true, Boo tends not to have this embodiment of terror as the "Bogey-Man" would, rather, Boo tends to have more watchful and sympathetic characteristics. Boo Radley best fits the description of the Bogey-Man in relation to TKAM, however, I do not think he is a "Bogey-Man".
ReplyDeleteI would agree that Boo Radley and Bogey-Man are similar because they are both beings of fear and paranoia. They differ however because Boo Radley is not a fictional character in Maycomb which makes him all the more eerie to the children of the town. In the book Jem described Boo as "six and a half feet tall" with a "long jagged scar that ran across his face"(page 13). Although this could be fact, I believe it's more likely the children's imagination getting the best of them. Most of the time horror characters begin as an old wives tales that become more frightening with time and the spread of gossip. The main parallel between Boo Radley and the Bogey-Man is that the characters are both shrouded in mystery which makes them a fascination and terror to children.
ReplyDeleteThe Bogey-Man has many different stories and people describe it in many different ways. By definition it is an amorphous imaginary being used by adults to frighten into compliant behaviour. Doesn't have a clear appearance, its just really scary. Usually it is unknown what they look like because you never see them because they only come out at night and in the dark. That describes Mr. Radley well, Jem and Scout never see him. But there has been some hints that Mr. Radley is not actually a really scary man. So i don't think he is a bogey-man.
ReplyDeleteBoth yes an no, Boo Radley is a figment of the children's imagination. That they had made up, yet he is not the bogeyman which the parents create to counter disobedience. As they all refer to him by his real name, Arthur Radley.
ReplyDeleteIn the book "To Kill a Mockingbird we are introduced with the character Book Radley. To the children in the book Book is very comparable to the boogie-man. The adults however view Arthur Radley as a respectable adult, and make no effort to fuel the children's imagination. It is very clear to the reader from early on in the book that Mr.Radley is only an interesting man, however, there may be more to him the we currently know.
ReplyDeleteThroughout the world and in different cultures there is different stories and theories about the Bogey-Man. In TKAM I think that Boo Radley is the Bogey-Man figure. Jem describes him saying that he eats pets and squirrels and scratches on windows at night. That is a characteristic of the Bogey-Man to prey on animals and to scratch on windows. We also don't know what Boo Radley looks like which is another characteristic of the Bogey-Man. Harper Lee even portrays this by nick naming Arthur Radley, Boo Radley which is the beginning of Bogey-Man. In the dictonary the defenition of a Bogey-Man "is something frightful; anything imaginary that causes needless fright or excites needless fear." That is very similar as what Scout and Jem think about Boo that he is scary and he frightens them.
ReplyDeleteBoo Radley is a figure of the Bogey man in this story, for sure. People are scared of him, mostly children, and the adults scare them by telling the kids that Mr Radley will get them if they don't behave correctly. In the story, he does use some of the means that the Bogeyman is said to do, by scratching the window.
ReplyDeleteFrom the first few chapters, Boo Radley does indeed seem to be the "Bogeyman" of Maycomb. Nobody knows for sure what he seems to be like, because he hasn't made a physical appearance for over 15 years. Both the Bogeyman and Boo Radley brings fear to the kids as portrayed multiple times in the book. " I expected to see Boo Radley and his bloody fangs..." But in Chapter 7 we learn that Boo actually sewed and folded Jem's lost pants, and the idea of him and terror is starting to be disproven.
ReplyDeleteYes, I think that Boo Radley is a Bogey-Man figure in TKAM. Throughout the first 11 chapters we have not had a clear description from a reliable source of what Boo Radley looks like. It is just based on rumours that Jem and Scout have heard. An example is when they say he scratches on doors and has blood stained hands. I think that because the kids have never seen him and because he is amorphous to them he is viewed as a Bogey-Man that frightens them.
ReplyDeleteI definately think that in TKAM Boo Radley is a Bogey Man figure. I say this because all the children are scared of Boo Radley and they heard scary stories of him such as he eats animals and has blood stained hands. A bogey man is something that is meant to scare people away from doing things and Boo Radley definately scares people away from the Radley house.
ReplyDeleteBoo Radley is portrayed as the Bogy- Man. At least in the first few chapters. In these chapters he is seen as a man that everyone was scared of. They even walked on the other side of the, But as we look deeper in to the book you start to discover that the Bogey- Man of TKAM is really humble and caring. For example in chapter 9 Boo Radley puts the blanket over scout.
ReplyDeleteBoo Radley is definitively the bogey man in this story because no one knows anything about him and only the children are scared of him and the parents of these children scare them by telling them that He would go after them if they were bad. In the story, the book describes exactly what the bogeyman is said to do by going up to windows and scratching them.
ReplyDeleteBoo Radley figure is described in the first couple chapter as a bogey men, because of what he had done in the past, and had not took a step out of his house for a long time. but the more we read we see that he is a men that cares. In chapter 7 we see that Boo Radley sewed and folded jems pants. so i think Boo Radley is not a bogey man.
ReplyDeleteI do believe Boo Radley is portrayed as the bogey man figure in TKAM. He is described exactly as the bogey man has always been described; scratching at windows, eating animals and so on. All of the children in Maycomb Couny are also afraid of him which is another trait of the bogey man. Although he is portrayed like this I dont know if I am fully sold on the idea. We have only heard what he is like from the children's point of view and they have not even seen him for themselves. How can you really know what someone is like until they're properly introduced? I think we may be surprised to see what he is really like when he is added to the story more.
ReplyDeleteBoo Radley is a Bogey-man figure in the novel TKAM, but only at first. Our assumption is that Boo is a Bogey-man figure because of all the rumors and false descriptions given by the characters in the book. In the beginning he is a bogey-man figure since he is mysterious and we don't know much about him. We get the idea from the kids that he is a spooky man with Bogey-man characteristics. But later on we find evidence that Boo is actually a kind man who cares.
ReplyDeleteI think that Boo Radley is definitely portrayed as a bogey man in this story because of how the children see him as well as the lack of solid information on his looks and weherabouts.But when Boo Radley put the blanket around Scout's shoulders, it did made me wonder about whether he is actually a real bogey man or just is seen as one.
ReplyDeleteI think that Boo Radley is seen as the Bogeyman of Maycomb county. In the story Boo is described in the exact same way that the bogeyman could be described. For example there were stories about Boo scratching windows just like the bogeyman does in some cultures. The rumors about Boo Radley seemed to really scare children, so much that they would avoid the Radley's house by walking on the other side of the street.
ReplyDeleteI can definitely see Boo Radley being some type of form of the Bogey-Man. All these rumors of what he does and what he looks like are being made up of him without being known for sure. He is rumored to be a horrible person and that he does horrible things. He seems to be like the Bogey-Man, although later on he seems so be more nice than what Scout and Jem think of him. This so called Bogey-Man did something nice and put a blanket on Scout and Jem while they were watching the house burn in the fire.
ReplyDeleteBoo Radley is frequently compared to the mysterious being of “The Bogie Man” in TKAM. Jem, Scout and Dill have visionary interpretations of this ferocious man. Even though they have never actually seen him, they envision him to be a six and a half foot tall beast that eats squirrels and stray cats. Throughout the first 11 chapters there is no distinct description of what Boo Radley really looks like. Rumours surrounding the inexplicable character of Boo Radley are frequent; often illustrating him as the man who punishes kids who don’t obey the authorities. Contradicting to the views of the children I believe that he is not the evil man most people envision him to be.
ReplyDeleteI think that Boo Radley is made out as the bogeyman of TKAM because of the stories that the children have heard about him scratching windows, and the mystery of his house. As we read further in the book, we can see that Book Radley might not be who they think he is.
ReplyDeleteIn TKAM, Boo Radley is portrayed as "The Bogey Man". Jem, Scout and Dill have many different views and ideas on what he looks like and his behaviour even though they have actually never seen him. There are many rumors floating around Maycomb about Boo but no one can really be sure how he actually acts and what he looks like. As we read more of this book, Jem, Scout and Dill will soon realize that Boo Radley may not appear to be what everyone thinks he is.
ReplyDeleteWell, in the first few chapter, Boo Radley has a scary figure as "The Bogry Man". He killed his father with scissors, this a scary behaviour,so many people(especially children) really scary of him. Since Chapter 9, he puts the blanket to Scout, this action showed that he really like the children, he is a good person. And he fires the warning shot that want to know Jem isn't a brave person in Chapter 6. He is a teacher too.
ReplyDeleteAfter I read the introduction of him in internet, he is going to save Jem and Scout. So that he is not a Bogey man, he is an angel.
Boo Radleys role in TKAM is one that lets the kids imaginations run away with them and hes is a major source of intrigue and suspicion in the early chapters of the book, this mystery allows the kids to learn more about judging people on how others portray them. What the kids are learning now as we progress is that Boo Radley is not what he appears
ReplyDeleteI would agree that in TKAM Boo Radley is portrayed as the Boogey-man. From the many stories the children have heard about him such as his blood stained hands, him eating squirels, and scratching at the window at night has scared the children into staying away from the Radley's. However the lack of evidence about Boo Radley and the fact that he puts the blanket on Scouts shoulders doesn't convince me that he is the Boogey-man.
ReplyDeleteI believe that in the earlier parts of TKAM Boo Radley is definitely portrayed as a bogey-man. Just the way that they describe him seem ominous. Things like him eating squirrels and stray cats and the blood of those animals stains his hand seems to make him scarier than he is. Another thing that makes him seem like the bogey-man was the way the town folk blame everything they can't explain on him and the also think that they see him staring into their windows. The later you go on in the book the less he seems like the bogey man though, things like him putting the blanket on scout and sewing up Jems pants makes him seem less and less like the bogey-man.
ReplyDeleteYea, I do think that in the book, Harper Lee makes it seem as though Boo Radley is a boogy man figure. Since the book is from Scout's point of view, everything probably seems scarier to her because she is young. The way that they make Boo seem in the book is definitely scary. They make him mysterious and unknown, they make him seem as though he'll hurt you or do something terrible to you if you get anywhere close to him, or even close to his house. Another reason he seems really scary is because nobody has ever seen him. Just thinking about someone being "locked in his room" for however long makes him seem really scary. As the book goes on, Scout (from our point of view) realizes that Boo really isn't scary, and that you can't judge someone before you know them.
ReplyDeleteI think that Boo Radley is initially displayed as that "Bogey man". You hear the description of him shuffling his feet on gravel and scratching at the doors and watching people. He is seen as somewhat of a looming threat for kids. He's their scary neighbor is scary to go near and to them it seems like he could jump out at them and hurt them at any time. They hear all these stories from other people about him that makes him seem scarier. These are all element that are also incorporated with the image of the boogey man..
ReplyDeleteI believe that Boo Radley was projected to be the "Bogey man" at the beginning of the story because of Jem's description of him. There's also the stories from other people and there was also the time when Jem, Scout and Dill went to the Radley house and Jem needed to touch it and when he did noises came. These two things were made to make us believe he was a Bogey man but in the end he was shown as a person kind person who cared for Jem and Scout by protecting them from Bob Ewell. In the end you can't judge people on what you hear or see but get to know them and let them surprise you.
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