Isolation In To Kill A Mockingbird

Arthur now 33 years old was now back home with his father and was never seen again by the townspeople. Soon after Jem, Dill, and Scout hear of Arthur's story and they nickname him “Boo” because he acts like a ghost. Jem creates the “Boo Radley” game where Scout, Dill, and Jem would reenact when “Boo” stabbed his father. Atticus the father of Scout and Jem

In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee powerfully analyzes the theme of isolation and it causes through the stories of several unusual characters.

Arthur Radley is a innocent, sweet, and giving man who lives across the street from the Finch’s. Boo, Arthur, is seen as a murder, creep, and weirdo. Bad rumours go around town about Boo. Boo would give Scout and Jem gifts in the tree. This shows that he had a love for children.

Because Atticus doesn't yell he doesn't hurt other people. This shows with his marksmanship. He shot a dog in the air without his glasses on. Marksman like that only comes along every blue moon. Because he is a lawyer he he defends people morally.

He is thought to be a “malevolent phantom” and is surrounded by rumors. One of these rumors occurs when Jem explained to Dill about Boo Radley. Jem tells Dill that “there was a long, jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped, and he drooled most of the time. ”(14) These rumors circulate around Arthur, presenting him as an evil person instead of his true, kind and caring nature.

He knows the rest of the town will disapprove, but he believes in the innocence of this man and does not care of his complexion. In this moment, Scout and Jem only see how everyone will downgrade them and see them differently. Atticus shows, it does not matter what others think, all that matters is that you support what you believe in. This shows how Atticus is a strong character who contributes a lot to the overall lesson

Since Mr. Radley never came out of the house, frightening rumors spread about him and the children all knew them. They even played games where they reenacted the story that was spread around about him, not realizing how disgraceful it was to the Radleys. Towards the end the book, Scout finally get to meet Boo Radley after Bob Ewell attempted to kill her and Jem. Scout took Mr. Radley home and on the way back she thought, “Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them.

In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, she shows the kindness of human nature through Scout’s mysterious neighbor, Arthur “Boo” Radley. Arthur is confined to his house, not being allowed to talk to anyone in town. Because Arthur can’t talk to those in town, this has created a fear among the children and residents in his neighborhood. Despite not talking to Scout or Jem before, he leaves the kids gifts such as “a pocket watch that wouldn’t run” because he enjoys watching the kids play (Lee 62).

At the start of the book, Jem, Dill, and she played ‘Boo Radley’ which was a game to torment Boo into coming out of his house and to test each other’s bravery. Scout slowly begins to realize that Boo is a human being just like her. By the end of the book she calls him by his real name, Arthur, instead of the nickname the townspeople give him. When she finally gets the chance to see Mr. Arthur in person after the attack, she acts mature and non-childlike. She respects that he likes the dark so she takes him to the chair farthest from Atticus and Mr. Tate.

In the story of To Kill a Mockingbird, there 's a town called Maycomb. This town is divided by many factors. Race was a big dividend but it wasn 't the only factor of division there was social status, power, and gender. These factors are what conduct the way relationships and personalities formed.

In To Kill a Mockingbird there are many influential characters that did not make it into the movie adaptation. One of those important characters is Mr.Dolphus Raymond who was one of the few people that supported Atticus, went against the town, and influenced Scouts mind. In the very prejudicial town of Maycomb, Alabama Mr.Dolphus Raymond was a man living with a colored woman and their mixed kids simply because he preferred colored people over white people. Dolphus Raymond's different lifestyle and contradicting beliefs from the town made him a special character. Having him in the film would show how the town viewed people's differences in various manners.

Showing them the harsh reality of life with honesty and fearlessness. During this time the Great Depression was hitting the southern town of Maycomb. This novel compares many of its characters to mockingbirds, a symbol of pure innocence. One summer, Atticus, who is a lawyer, finds himself in the middle of a controversial case, involving a African American man, Tom Robinson and a white woman, Mayella. Despite the town throwing hatred towards Atticus and his family, he doesn’t back down because he takes pride in helping the innocent.

Its also a place where Arthur can grieve over the loss of his friends and

The group passes by empty rooms with beds, but no windows and doors. “This is where he housed them,” the king says underneath his breath; amazed by the vast amount of room, versus its misleading exterior that does not accurately portray the castle’s real size. He always wondered how the late King Phillip and the people he shelter live comfortably behind these four

World War 1 began to influence the movement into a time period known now as modernism. This time period is when everything we knew about literature so far began to change. The authors of this period wanted to do something completely different than those of the past. Unlike the past, writers did not focus on nature and existence but instead “the Modernist sees decay and a growing alienation of the individual (Rahn).” Many stories in this era were seen to be self-reflective, whereas others had an overpowering sense of alienation.