How does Scout end up with a blanket across her shoulders? Why would Harper Lee include this moment in the book? NEPAL

Scout ends up with a blanket over her shoulders after a long cold night that suddenly turned into a
chaotic, fiery mess. Anybody could have put a blanket over Scout, but it turned out to be Boo
Radley. Scout, Jem, and Boo are connected to each other, and their connection grew strong when
gifts were left in a tree. Boo placing a blanket over Scout’s shoulder symbolizes the growth of
Scout and Boo’s relationship, and also Scout’s growth. At the beginning of the novel, Scout
imagined Boo to be a monster who ate small animals and who had no heart. That fear of Boo
turned into curiosity, and maybe even into a complicated friendship, but at that point, Scout still
knew nothing about him. Just as soon as Boo’s and Scout’s relationship seemed to get closer,
everything flipped when Scout was absolutely disgusted knowing that Boo had almost touched
her. Boo had tried to be friendly by helping her, and Scout acted as if she saw a three-foot slug,
full of slime, emerging from Jem’s eyes and ears. This symbolizes even though Scout has grown
to be a bit more mature, in the end, she is still a child, and she had always feared Boo. There had
also been some curiosity and sympathy, but it turns out that the fear had never left, for it had
always been a part of Scout. Although she saw the worst out of this confusing interaction, she
also learned that Boo is very real, and is not an evil monster who eats children and small animals,
because if he could place a blanket on Scout without her noticing, the possibilities are virtually
endless for Mister Boo Radley. 
Harper Lee includes this interaction in the book because it show’s what stage Scout is at with her
growth. It has been a long and complicated process. In the beginning, she was terrified of Boo
because of what Jem made him out to be, and now she is between her initial thoughts and the
thought of Boo being a real human who is quite normal. Until the end of the book, Scout will
most likely change her perspective of Boo several times, until the two have a real, face-to-face
conversation. This all has to do with the main theme in this book, Scout’s growth. 


Questions:

What do you think Scout and Boo’s next interaction will turn out to be like? When will they
finally meet face-to-face? If that happens, how will it all go down?

Comments

  1. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2019 at 7:00 PM

    I think Scout and Boo's next interaction will be similar to what happened with the blanket. What has occurred in the last few chapters shows an unexpected side of the Boo known to those in Maycomb. So far Boo has only been displayed as a cruel man who refrains from any human interaction. However, what we have seen recently (including the gifts in the tree and the blanket) display him as a seemingly kind man who simply does not want to be seen. I think that for a while Scout will interact with Boo, but not necessarily face to face. Despite this, I feel that at some point in the novel Boo and Scout will meet face to face. It is difficult to tell how this interaction will go. The reason for this is even though Boo has recently been seemingly kind to Scout he has done it without being seen. I wonder whether Boo will react positively to a face to face interaction, or if in some way being seen will cause the interaction to turn negative.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2019 at 4:47 AM

    This moment is very significant as it marks a large growth in not only Scout but also with the relationship with Boo Radley and the Finch children. In the beginning of the novel, she sees Boo as a monster and less than human. From these experiences, her perspective is forced to change. Due to the acts kindness provided by Boo, Scout comes to the realization that Boo might be different than the person he is made out to be by town gossip. This marks a large growth because Scout learns that judgement can be false, and that gossip can be misleading. We also see growth through the fire itself and also afterwards. Scout witnesses the entire community coming out to help Ms. Maudie. Afterwords, when Ms. Maudie is inspecting the damage, Scout learns that a positive outlook can absolutely change a situation. As she does when Ms. Maudie choose to explain her hopes for a new life with a large garden, instead of mourning.

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