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To Kill A Mockingbird2

not. Lastly and the thing that makes him do it the most is his own conscience. I think he would not forget the time of the trial and have guilt for the rest of his life if he didn’t try for Tom Robinson. Atticus telling the reasons why he is doing the case, ”’the main one is, if I didn’t, I couldn’t hold my head up in town, I couldn’t represent this country in legislature, I couldn’t even tell you or Jem what not to do.’”Boo shows brotherly love toward Scout and Jem. During the fire Boo Radley puts a blanket over Scout. Scout is too interested in the fire to notice that she was considerably cold. We notice in this story that Boo doesn’t really want to get credit or an award for helping Scout.Boo is compassionate man. The first example of his compassionate side is when he leaves a bunch of gifts, you know that he’s a good neighbor from this. Scout says, “ ‘He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch, a chain a pair of good luck pennies, and our lives.’”(Lee 278). The best thing Boo does for Jem and Scout is to save their lives. He stabbed Bob Ewell through the ribs. Scout says, “ ‘He was going around the corner he was carrying he was carrying Jem.’”(Lee 263) I think this shows the compassionate side of Boo Radley. Harper Lee did a fantastic job in creating a character that has a different personality on the outside to the people, but he has a true personality on the inside that only Jem, Scout, and Atticus can see.Atticus, Calpurnia, Dolphus, and Boo are all examples of doing unselfish things that involve brotherly love. They all are very different working for the same cause. Love is what is in these people’s hearts and the idea of helping someone sounds good to them. They all have stood out from the crooked, racist Southern society of Maycomb County, Alabama to help others....

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