Alex: What This Book Taught Me

After reading To Kill A Mockingbird, I can honestly say that I look at people in a different way. When I came to the part of the book where people said Boo Radley tried to kill his father, a part of me felt that at the end of the book, he will have tried to kill someone and succeed. I was right, but it wasn't who I thought would have been killed. I believed this theory even more down the road, when Jem, Scout, and Dill kept going to the Radley's house, and kept peeking in to try and see him. Towards the middle of the book, when the three kids run away from the Radley's place after finally seeing a figure in the Radley house, and a shotgun goes off, I thought the moral of the story would be "don't make the murderer mad, or you'll end up dead", but I was way off. This book has taught me to never underestimate a person. Rumors are almost never true. Boo Radley was underestimated by everyone in the book, but in the end, he came out as the hero. Had he not been there when Bob Ewell attacked Jem and Scout, the two kids most likely would have been murdered by Bob Ewell. Atticus and Heck Tate both knew that it was Boo who killed Bob Ewell, but they don't tell anyone because they thought he did a good deed. Heck Tate also thought that Boo Radley didn’t need all the attention of the neighborhood brought to his door because of the killing. In conclusion, Boo Radley did kill someone as I persumed, but it wasn't who I thought would be killed. The book has made me think more about people, and how I should never judge a person by hearing rumors. A perfect example is Boo Radley, who saved two kids from getting killed, even if he was portrayed as a murderer.