Kristina's+Boo+Radley+page

Boo first comes into the novel through the creative imagination of Jem. We see him as Jem's neighbor. Jem gave a reasonable description of Boo: Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that's why his hands were bloodstained – if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the blood off. There was a long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped, and he drooled most of the time. When kids are talking about Boo they tell scary stories to each other. Never having seen him, they don’t quite believe he is a real person, and so they’re free to make up fantastic stories. This quotes approve it: "Well how'd you feel if you'd been shut up for a hundred years with nothin' but cats to eat?”, Dill said, "We're askin' him real politely to come out sometimes, and tell us what he does in there – we said we wouldn't hurt him and we'd buy him an ice cream." Boo the Fantasy.