Essay | The Good and Bad Qualities of a Person as Displayed in To Kill a Mockingbird

At the beginning of the novel, which takes place in the racist town of Maycomb Alabama, Scout and Jem Finch along with most children think that Arthur "Boo" Radely is an evil monster. He is a recluse who is never seen out of his house and there are many rumors surrounding him. When ever something bad happens it is always blamed on him even if it were impossible for him to have done it. When Bob Ewell gets angry at Scout and Jem's father, Atticus, for defending a Negro in court against him, he attacks Scout and Jem on their way home one night. To the children's surprise, they are saved by Boo Radley. These events in Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird suggest that nobody is all good or all evil, but instead that good and evil can coexist in the same...
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