My Boo Radley is the whole, wide world. When I was younger, I didn't understand why the world was so big and how far distance was. I thought Asia was only a few hours away. I always thought other countries were close to my town. when my mom would show me a world map, I always thought the whole map was near Olympia, Washington.
I knew there were different sections of places, but I thought the distance between two countries or continents were short. In my mind at five years old, I thought the distance from my house to another city was India. My first out-of-state experience was when I was five, in Illinois. Once I got off the plane, I thought the world was too big for me to live in. when I arrived in the state, I felt the world growing beneath my feet. This experience was a similar feeling when Jem touched Boo Radley’s house for the first time.
Scout was afraid to confront Boo Radley because of all the rumors she heard about him. She got a creepy vibe from Boo. That was similar of what had happened to me when I was younger. I was confused how the world was setup, Adults knew everything that I didn’t and left me wondering. With the help of Atticus, Scour learns how to deal with different people’s perspective.
I grew afraid of the thought of the Earth growing while I was unaware. I wanted the world to be small and organized so going place to place was easy. I always thought I should’ve kept track of each place; I wanted it to be less complicated. Scout resolves things with Boo; she never tried to hurt him in anyway. At the end she finally understood other perspectives as do I.
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