Sunday, February 27, 2011

Found Poem in "To Kill a Mockingbird"

Arthur ‘Boo’ Radley
Boo, sir, Boo, I find
what you are doing
in that spooky house of yours
where no one knows of you.

You rarely come out,

with the gates lock shut
and the doors all closed,
no windows left ajar.

One time you came out
with a gun in arms
when you have realised
someone went in your yard.

Then another time
when that fire arise
you came from behind
gave a blanket to us.

There is one more time,
when that mad dog came,
you were lucky then,
for Atticus had killed him.

One last time you came,
and this time you helped,
by rescueing Jem,
from the strangler Bob.

Boo, sir, Boo. I find
whatever you do
even in that house
your heart stays very nice.

From reading this poem alone and not referring to the book, I feel that Boo Radley is a very kind and helpful person, even though he may occasionally be agitated. Boo had once gave the narrator a blanket and also had saved Jem from Bob. Even so, Boo was once agitated as he found out that someone had entered his house and invaded his privacy. No matter how kind or unkind a person may be, we must always give them some respect. In Boo's case, he wanted to be alone and to have privacy, unfortunately, according to the book, Scout, Jem and Dill sneaked into Boo's house and Boo got very agitated.

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