Who is boo radley in To Kill a Mockingbird?

Answer 1

Boo Radley was an old man in the book. And all of the children were afraid of him. Dill always wanted to get Boo out of the house. Later in the book, Boo whittles Jem and Scout little figurines of themselves out of soap. And while Miss. Maudie's house was burning down, and Scout and Jem were watching from afar, Boo comes out and puts a blanket over Scout. His real name is Arthur Radley but Jem and Scout call him by Boo.

He is one of the Radley family who lived on the street and he has been locked up in home for many years because of some trouble he got into in his teens. His family are strict baptists. Jem and Scout like to make up fantasies about him that he's like a monster and then as the novel progresses so too does their relationship with boo, especially with Jem as he matures.

Boo is metaphorically a mockingbird. He is an easy target and the kids play games about him and make up rumors. They say he has blood stained hand and eats raw squirrels. He supposedly lives in a basement and communicates through a knot hole in a tree to Scout and Jem. Boo's father, mortified he would be sent to jail and disgrace the family, promised the judge if his son could come home he would never again make any trouble. Arthur is never seen outside of his home again, leading to neighborhood rumors indicating that he is some sort of monster, supported by the fact that he at one time stabbed his father in the leg with a pair of scissors. It is probably likely that Arthur has some sort of mental illness.
Boo is metaphorically a mockingbird... He is an easy target and the kids play games about him and make up rumors. They say he has blood stained hand and eats raw squirrels. He supposviely lives in a basement and communicates through a knot hole in a tree to scout and jem.
Boo Radley plays an important role in the main characters, Scout and Jem's, childhood. Boo, whose real name is Arthur, lives in an old run down house on the corner, and has not been seen by anyone in years. It seems he made some trouble as a teenager and was arrested for disorderly conduct. His father, mortified he would be sent to jail and disgrace the family, promised the judge if his son could come home he would never again make any trouble. Arthur is never seen outside of him home again, leading to neighborhood rumors indicating that he is some sort of montster, supported by the fact that he at one time stabbed his father in the leg with a pair of scissors. It is probably likely that Arthur has some sort of mental illness.

By the time we start the novel, Arthur is now probably around thirty. His presence, or lack of it, is what makes him so interesting to Jem and Scout. Dill, a neigborhood friend who visits during the summers, persuades Jem and Scout to try and make Boo come outside.

If you read the book you will learn a lot more about this character. It really is a great book that covers all sorts of things; racism, the great depression, small town life, and childhood.

Answer 2

Boo Radley is a reclusive man who lives near the Finch family in Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird. He is rumored to be mentally unstable and is rarely seen outside his home. Throughout the novel, Boo's character undergoes a transformation as he plays a significant role in saving the lives of Scout and her brother Jem.