1.)How does Scout end up with a blanket across her shoulders? Why would Harper Lee include this moment in the book? - Murray

Scout ends up with a blanket on his shoulders because of Boo Radley. While the fire was happening Boo Radley came out of his house and put the blanket of Scout’s shoulders. When Atticus points out to Scout that she wasn’t supposed to move from a specific spot Atticus questions that because of the blanket. Prior to Atticus pointing this out to to Scout she nor Jem has any idea how she got the blanket. They later figure out that it was Boo Radley. They know this because they were standing down by the Radley’s house when the fire was happening. They eliminated that the mystery person could not have been Nathan Radley because he was out helping with the fire. This leaves them with the only option of Boo Radley. I think that Lee includes this in the text because something else is happening in the book that is major. A house is on fire. But at the same time she includes this part in the novel because it shows that Boo Radley is still a mystery to Scout and Jem. It aso is going against the “reasonable description” that Jem talked about earlier in the book. Slowly but surely a little bit every chapter Lee has shown that Boo Radley may not be as ugly and as scary and the children think he is when the novel began. It started with all the gifts that Boo Radley was putting in the knot hole and it came further to Boo Radley giving Scout a blanket without her noticing. Soon I think that Scout and Jem will see Boo Radley and discover who he really is.
Questions:
  1. Do you think Boo Radley’s identity will be discovered near chapters and why?
  1. Do you think the blanket is a symbol of anything about Boo Radley?
  2. Why do you think Mr. Radley is shutting down Boo’s contact with the outside world?

Comments

  1. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2019 at 7:17 PM

    In chapter 7, Boo gives Jem and Scout a blanket while they are standing out in the cold. I believe that the blanket and how the blanket is given is a symbol of Boo and his relationship with Scout and Jem. For example, in the past few weeks, he has given Jem and Scout gifts in the tree, which is very similar to how he gives them the blanket. He also remains hidden and doesn’t ever show his face to the kids, just like how he just slipped the blanket onto them, without them even noticing until it was later pointed out to them. I also proves the point that Boo is trying to be nice and help them. It started with him folding up and fixing Jems pants after he lost them when they tried to see what Boo looks like. And now, he’s giving them a blanket. Scout also mentions in the chapter that she was cold while standing outside, which Boo most likely realized, which is why he gave them the blanket. Overall, Boo giving Jem and Scout a blanket symbolizes his helpful and care towards the children, while also staying hidden and mysterious.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2019 at 7:38 PM

    I agree with Ethan, but I want to add that it shows more of Scout’s' growth/changes to how she
    views Boo. Now that Scout has had an interaction with Boo, she realizes that he is a human and not
    a monster. If I were Harper Lee, I would lean the story in a new direction away from Boo. I think that this interaction has summed up that Boo is human and cares for Jem and Scout. Scout does not need to see Boo to know that he is not the person/monster that she thought he used to be.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2019 at 7:56 PM

    Why do you think Mr. Radley is shutting down Boo’s contact with the outside world?

    I believe Mr. Radley is shutting down Boo’s contact with the outside world because he wants people to believe in the rumors of him being a monster. The reason behind this is because no one knows Boo’s side of what happened in the Radley house, and if Boo had interaction with the outside world people will start asking Boo to tell his side of the story and secrets that he was unable to tell. Also, another reason why Mr. Radley is keeping Boo from contacting the outside world is because Harper Lee wants the reader to think more about the details in the book and have a type of suspense in the novel.

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2019 at 8:22 PM

    In chapter eight and nine Jem and Scout begin to feel less frightened by Boo and begin to feel sad for him. Scout was not aware that she even had a blanket on her at one point, nor was she aware that it was Boo who put it around her. I think Harper Lee included this because Boo is starting to slowly come out into the open world and is trying to begin relationships with the children. In addition, the children's opinion about Boo has changed drastically, and although Scout felt "disgusted" that Boo almost touch her, Jem and Scout could begin to also warm up to Boo. After Atticus asks Scout where she got the blanket and the children say that they think Boo gave it to them, Atticus tells them to give it back. Jem begins refuses to and begins to seem frustrated, I think this shows that a relationship between Boo and the children is beginning to be stronger.

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2019 at 5:53 AM

    Boo Radley is being seen less as a monster and more as an actual person, Harper Lee wants to show this by having Boo Radley give Scout a blanket when she’s cold. I believe Boo Radley will be identified in the coming chapters because more events keep happening that make Boo seem more like a person and less like a monster like Jem and Scout described him when they were younger and less mature. Harper Lee is also showing how Scout is growing because Scout was originally very scared of Boo Radley but now she’s starting to realize he’s not so bad like others make him out to be, this is showing that Scout is becoming more mature. The blanket is a symbol that Boo Radley is caring and not a monster, Harper Lee did a good job of including the blanket because that makes it clear to the audience of who Boo actually is. I believe Mr. Radley is doing everything he can to cut off communications from Boo Radley to anyone due to the fact he doesn’t want people to know who the real Boo Radley is, or he may be protecting him from all the rumors that were created about him in Maycomb, Alabama.

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2019 at 9:28 AM

    I do think Boo Radley's identity will be revealed in the coming chapters. I think Harper Lee is causing all this action, not just with Boo but also with the fire, to lead to a big climax. I think that climax is going to be the revealing of Boo's identity. Throughout the latest chapters the readers along with Jem and Scout have been learning the truth about Boo Radley, and how he is not a monster but actually a human with real emotions. I think once we have a concrete view of Boo Radley being a human being, perhaps trapped inside his own house, then Harper Lee will reveal his identity.

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