is a
symbolic mockingbird in the novel and is a victim of the prejudice that results from his
unorthodox, reclusive lifestyle. In chapter one,elaborates on the many false rumors surrounding
Boo Radley, saying,
People said he [Boo] went out at night
when the moon was down, and peeped in windows. When peoples azaleas froze in a cold snap, it was
because he had breathed on them. Any stealthy small crimes committed in Maycomb were his work
(Lee, 9).
Boo is unfairly blamed for any "small
crimes" simply because the citizens find his reclusive nature strange and
menacing.
Boo also has a bad reputation among the local children and is
unfairly perceived as a "malevolent phantom" who goes out of his way to harm
children.demonstrates his prejudice towards Arthur "Boo" Radley by telling
Dill,
Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging
from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, thats why his hands were
bloodstainedif you ate an animal raw,...
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