As scout leaves the Radley's porch She looks out at the neighborhood and recounts the events of the last few years from the Radley's perspective. Why is that important?

Answer 1

This is important because she is putting herself into Boo Radley's shoes, and the whole book is about putting yourself into other people's shoes - and accepting their thoughts and understanding why they do the things they do.

Boo Radley is shut up in the house, and the other members of the town consequently think of him as strange - Scout, Jem and Dill think of him as scary, almost like a monster. At the end of the book Scout realises he isn't a monster, he is a good person - when she stands in his shoes.

Answer 2

Retelling the events from the Radley's perspective allows the reader to gain a deeper understanding of Boo Radley's character and motivations. It also highlights the theme of empathy and compassion, challenging the prejudices and assumptions made by the other characters in the novel. Finally, it adds complexity to the narrative by showing that there is often more to a person than meets the eye.

Answer 3

" In this moment of understanding and sympathy, Scout takes her second great step toward a grown-up moral perspective. The reader gets the sense that all of Scout's previous experiences have led her to this enriching moment and that Scout will be able to grow up without having her experience of evil destroy her faith in goodness. Not only has Boo become a real person to her, but in saving the children's lives he has also provided concrete proof that goodness exists in powerful and unexpected forms, just as evil does." -Sparknotes

Answer 4

This is part of the background story and a big part of Scout losing her childhood innocence as she grows older. She is exposed to more and more, and by the end of the book, after finally meeting Boo Radley she realizes that what she was doing by constantly harassing him to come outside was, symbolically, killing a mockingbird.

This mockingbird theme showed through the whole book, directly stated by Atticus that it is a sin To Kill a Mockingbird. Miss Maudie explained to Scout later that it was a sin because mockingbirds never hurt anyone else and only sing for them. This is demonstrated in Boo's case when he acted very kindly toward Jem and Scout, genuinely worried for Jem after he was hurt.

Boo caused no harm to others. At the beginning, she, Jem, and Dill exploited him, creating games about him. When she is thinking over the past couple of years at the end of the book, she sees the parallel and, when she thinks about the past from Boo's perspective, she finally understands why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird

Answer 5

This is part of the background story and a big part of Scout losing her innocence as she grows older. She is exposed to more and more, and by the end of the book, after finally meeting Boo Radley she realizes that what she was doing by constantly harrassing him to come outside was, symbolically, killing a mockingbird. This mockingbird theme showed through the whole book, directly stated by Atticus that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. Miss Maudie explained to Scout later that it was a sin because mockingbirds never hurt anyone else and only sing for them. This is demonstrated in Boo's case when he acted very kindly toward Jem and Scout, genuinely worried for Jem after he was hurt. Boo caused no harm to others. At the beginning, she, Jem, and Dill exploited him, creating games about him. When she is thinking over the past couple of years at the end of the book, she sees the parallel and, when she thinks about the past from Boo's perspective, she finally understands why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird.