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Post by Alyssa Eilerts on Aug 14, 2016 3:54:46 GMT
Boo was never really pestered by the kids. He actually showed as if they were his own by giving presents and giving comfort. Also, with the incident where the kids almost got killed. If you knew you could intervene a manslaughter then would you just watch or actually help especially if there were children getting murdered. So it would just make sense as to why he would help. He was treating them as his own.
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Post by romansorrels on Aug 14, 2016 15:18:32 GMT
i think that Boo doesn't like to see children stabbed, whether or not he loved the children it was more out of the fact that two humans like himself were about to be stabbed by Ewell, in this reaction to the event it does provide Jem and Scout with the lesson to not judge a book by its cover
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Post by sierrameisner on Aug 14, 2016 18:09:26 GMT
I believe that this is just another example of unfair bias against Boo Radley. I believe he came to save them solely because of the fact he is a good and caring person.
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Post by Hamish Shepherd on Aug 15, 2016 2:19:10 GMT
He came to their aid because he had an abusive past evident by his antisocial behavior and the fact he did feel very attached to Jem and Scout showing hat he felt connected to them somehow. He also helped them because they did not see him as a monster thus making him feel accepted.
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Post by marliegroshans on Aug 16, 2016 19:42:09 GMT
I agree with some of those above that "Boo" Radley had taken a liking to the children because they did bother him unlike most of the towns people. He may be a shut-in, however he does have feelings, and did not want the children to die.
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Post by bronson on Aug 19, 2016 4:09:04 GMT
Boo Radley was never annoyed by the kids, he would give them gifts until the tree was filled in with concrete. But I believe his angelic appearence is Harper Lee representing him as their guardian angel. He only appeared when they needed him, like what guardian angels are supposed to do.
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Post by hayleycurrin on Aug 20, 2016 19:35:55 GMT
I believe that Boo Radley came out of his home to help the children because of what they had been doing for so long. He must have seen them coming past the house every day and appreciated their innocence. It must have been Boo Radley leaving things in the hole for them to find and therefore, even though he had never met them, they were his friends of sorts. Even if they were really just annoying him when they peaked there heads through the window, it proved that they cared that he existed even though it might not be more than one's curiosity about a mystical creature. Despite what everyone said, Boo Radley was a good person and maybe he appreciated Atticus's involvement in the Tom Robinson case as well and decided to help his children as a thank you for bringing at least one of the "Mockingbirds" out of the dark.
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Post by Alexa Huesgen Hobbs on Aug 21, 2016 4:16:23 GMT
When it comes down to it Boo is a wonderful man who happened to have a horrible set of circumstances happen to him. At the core he is very kind-hearted. We also know that he loves children and seems to have taken a particular liking to Jem and Scout (from the gifts left for them). So it makes complete sense that he would save them. I don't think Jem and Scout were annoying him like you say, but even if they were that would not be reason enough for Boo not to save them.
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Post by davidcastillo on Aug 22, 2016 0:05:42 GMT
Boo Radley didn't see them like that he liked the kids because they showed interest in him unlike the other citizens in Maycomb who ignored him. You can even see his appreciation of the kids in all the gifts he left for the children and his actions towards them. So his appearance wasn't "angelic" it was another gift from him.
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Post by tonybressan on Aug 22, 2016 22:40:15 GMT
One can simply argue that his was just a simple deus ex machina moment and that is exactly what it was. Boo, was sort of a friendly giant. In a way he represented purity, just in the fact that he doesn't have almost any interaction with the outside world and therefor is not subjected to the same ignorance that the rest of Maycomb has been consumed by. That's why it was a metaphor when he saved Jem and Scout, as he was peotecting their innocence from Mr. Ewell who represented pure hatred and ignorance.
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Post by christopherellinger on Aug 30, 2016 0:21:55 GMT
Boo Radley always liked the kids, as shown by how he left them presents all the time until his father filled the hole, and the blanket during the fire. The kids soon realized he wasn't what they'd heard he was, and liked him better by the end of the novel. Boo saving them shows how even though they always joked about him, he held an interest and them and wanted to make sure they were alright.
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