At first, Boo Radley is fascinating to Scout, Jem, and Dill because he is mysterious. They know very few hard facts about him. They have heard from neighbors, such as Miss Stephanie Crawford, that Boo is a frightening person. Miss Stephanie is the one who tells Jem that Boo stabbed his own father in the leg with a pair of scissors. Miss Stephanie has a lot of opinions about Boo and the Radley family. Miss...
At first, Boo Radley is fascinating to Scout, Jem, and Dill because he is mysterious. They know very few hard facts about him. They have heard from neighbors, such as Miss Stephanie Crawford, that Boo is a frightening person. Miss Stephanie is the one who tells Jem that Boo stabbed his own father in the leg with a pair of scissors. Miss Stephanie has a lot of opinions about Boo and the Radley family. Miss Stephanie even told a tale about waking up in the middle of the night to find Boo staring at her through the window. Jem even claims to have near encounters with Boo:
"I've seen his tracks in our back yard many a mornin', and one night I heard him scratching on the back screen, but he was gone time Atticus got there" (Chapter 1).
Over time, the children become less afraid of Boo Radley, even beginning to view him as a sort of friend. When Scout is outside on the night of the fire, Boo covers her with a blanket. When Jem has to leave his pants behind after they get stuck on the barb wire fence on the edge of the Radley property, he returns and finds them crudely mended. He is also fascinating to Jem and Scout because they never see him. Scout sees Boo in person near the end of the novel.
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