Alex: Theme Of The Book

The theme in To Kill A Mockingbird is to not judge a book by it's cover. A clear example is Boo Radley. Everyone in the town believed that he attempted to kill his own father, but at the end of the book, he becomes the hero. Jem and Scout both thought that something was weird about Boo Radley. It was either that he never got out of his house, or all the rumours that they kept hearing about him. After hearing the rumours, Jem, Scout and Dill kept going to the Radley house every summer and dared each other to touch the house and then run away. It was mostly Jem who was brave enough to do this. One time when he went to the house, he saw a figure in the window. He got scared and started to run away, Scout and Dill following right behind him. While they were running, they heard gun shots from where the house was. They never went back after that. After Tom Robinson was found guilty of raping a woman, the father of the woman Bob Ewell came up to Atticus Finch and spit in his face, telling him to watch his back. On Halloween night, Bob Ewell tried to kill the two kids to get back at Atticus, but they were saved by none other than Boo Radley, who killed Bob Ewell by stabbing him with a knife. At the end of the book, Jem and Scout start to appreciate Boo for what he did for them. Scout walks Boo home, and she never sees him again after that.  In conclusion, the theme in To Kill A Mockingbird is to not judge a book by it's cover. You should get to know a person first, before coming up with a conclusion about him. A great example is Boo Radley, who turned from a murderer to a hero.