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Post by tusting on Apr 18, 2006 21:13:57 GMT -5
i also think that boo radley is there to help the kids grow up. you can clearly see the changes made in jem; he is finally growing out of his fantisies of making boo come out, and learning that the stories made of him are mostly untrue and children's tales. we are seeing it also in scout as the story progresses.
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Post by michelleg16 on Apr 22, 2006 20:42:59 GMT -5
What are your thoughts on Boo Radley? Do you think he really stabbed his father? Do you think the stories about him are true? Where did these stories come from? Why doesn't Boo come out?
Boo Radley is a mysterious character. I don't think that he stabbed his father. Some stories about him are probably true. I think the stories come from nosy people who are bored and like to make things up, or create things in their own heads because they have nothing else better to do. It is like that in the same way as any rumor. Boo doesn't come out because he doesn't have a need to. Boo is helping the kids grow up nd understand different kinds of people.
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Post by mcech on Apr 22, 2006 23:52:17 GMT -5
Yeah I think Boo Radley stabbed his father. Who wouldn't after being imprisoned and cut off from the world? It all started just started getting to him. I think many of the stories are true but over time have been improved by the active minds of the neighborhood kids. Some were even made up to explain Boo Radley's absence and strange noises and unexplained happenings. The fact that Boo comes out says that he is obviously not locked up. I think that he is scared. Scared of the town that hates him and wanted to send him away.
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Post by mcech on Apr 22, 2006 23:58:32 GMT -5
I don't think that boo really did stab his father. No one would stab their father and just wipe the scissors off and go back to work. If he was angry enough to do it one time and really meant it, i'd say that boo would have stabbed him harder or many more times untill the father was dead. It does not make sence to just stab once and then go back to cutting paper. I don't know it happens. people do actually hurt or kill someone then continue on their way or wait around to watch what happens next. Like that kid that lived on Larkin that killed his mom. Then he was found just sitting in the living room.
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Post by mcech on Apr 23, 2006 0:05:02 GMT -5
He was probably abused every time he thought of going outside and then never did, like that whole pschological thing: do something wrong, get smacked around, never do it again. Poor guy : ( but he did go outside to put stuff in the tree, mend Jems pants and give scout a blanket. I think he's scared of the town's people seeing him, not his dad seeing him.
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Post by surok on Apr 23, 2006 14:52:37 GMT -5
i think Boo is really just an innocent person. by staying in his house, he caused rumors made up by old women that have nothing to do but gossip on Sunday afternoons. i think that the stabbing was all just and accident, and when people saw the bandage their minds went wild. and i think that Boo doesn't come out because of the stories. if he came out, people would go crazy.
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Post by surok on Apr 23, 2006 14:53:34 GMT -5
i also think that boo radley is there to help the kids grow up. you can clearly see the changes made in jem; he is finally growing out of his fantisies of making boo come out, and learning that the stories made of him are mostly untrue and children's tales. we are seeing it also in scout as the story progresses. that is a really good point, the children have changed.
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Post by engebrethson on Apr 23, 2006 15:59:51 GMT -5
I don't think that Boo Radley is as bad as everyone thinks he is. I Dont even this he really stabed his father. what i think is that his brother just told everyone that he did that and since the Radleys are to them selves most of the time, i think that it makes the readers wonder what happend.
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Post by lee on Apr 24, 2006 22:07:25 GMT -5
I don't think that boo really did stab his father. No one would stab their father and just wipe the scissors off and go back to work. If he was angry enough to do it one time and really meant it, i'd say that boo would have stabbed him harder or many more times untill the father was dead. It does not make sence to just stab once and then go back to cutting paper. I don't know it happens. people do actually hurt or kill someone then continue on their way or wait around to watch what happens next. Like that kid that lived on Larkin that killed his mom. Then he was found just sitting in the living room.Yes, you are right. people do that and maybe become hopeless and dont know what's going to happen to them, so they let the tide take them wherever it wants to take them, but i read ahead and finished the book, and from that point of view it could have just been a myth or a cover up for Boo's father and the real reason why he sent Arthur under the courthouse.
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Post by natemaroon on Apr 25, 2006 11:44:10 GMT -5
i agree with tusting becuase she said that it was becuase a lack of knowledge..thats true becuase everyone else really deosnt know whats going on in that household or what problems they really have. its all a mystery to the town of maycomb.
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Post by bryceg on Apr 25, 2006 19:19:58 GMT -5
i think that Boo either did stab his father, or they just made up a reason for him to stay inside his house. All the other strories like how he looks i dont think are true. Boo probably doesnt come out because he doesnt want to have to deal with all the bad things that happen in this world, such as racism.
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Post by freeman on Apr 25, 2006 23:31:13 GMT -5
all the stories about boo don't seem true they just seem to come from peoples wild amaginations. and the whole thing about boo stabing his father, i don't think that is true either. i think boo is trapped in the house or he is scared of coming out from all the stories.
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Post by isabeauc on Apr 26, 2006 1:12:50 GMT -5
As I have finished the book, I can make a good judgment about Boo. So here we go...
Boo is a really good guy. He cares about people, even if they don't care about him. He looks after Jem and Scout without them even knowing. He also reaches out to them and makes contact with them without their knowledge.
I think that Sarah made a really good point. She said that the stories about Boo were made up because there was this lack of knowledge about him, so people needed something to say. This makes an insane amount of sense because people still do that today. If we don't know the correct answer, we just make one up, and eventually, we begin to believe it ourselves.
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Post by traviszucca on Apr 26, 2006 18:22:43 GMT -5
I agree with what isabeau said that I don't think that Boo actually stabbed his father there is a lot of rumors around Maycomb about Boo an I think that most of the rumors are fictional.
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