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Boo Radley's House In To Kill A Mockingbird

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In the book To Kill A Mockingbird there are two kids named Scout and Jem. They have heard many stories and rumors about a boy named Boo Radley. The Radleys house is just a couple doors down from the Finches and the kids try to avoid it because “inside the house lived a malevolent phantom” (Lee 9) Boo has not been seen outside of his house in a very long time. Before Boo “locked” himself in his house he was friends with a group of troublemakers. They did not do much more than hang out, but one night they harassed a beadle and were arrested. After that there was no sight of Boo for a long time. When Boo was 33 years old, he stabbed his father in the leg with a scissors. He was then arrested and sent to jail. After he was released, he was back

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