Monster,Madman or Victim? The Judgment of Maycomb Society and the Mystery of Boo Radley from the Book To Kill A Mockingbird  

作　　者：钟茵婷 ZHONG Yin-ting(Armand Hammer United World College,Montezuma,NM USA 87731)

机构地区：[1]美国西部哈马尔世界联合学院

出　　处：《海外英语》2018年第19期185-186,190,共3页Overseas English

摘　　要：To Kill A Mockingbird is a novel written by Harper Lee. In the novel, Lee reveals the situation happened in Maycomb city and depicts Arthur(Boo) Radley, a mysterious hermit who is recognized as a madman by citizens. My paper is going to argue for Boo that he is not a madman, being locked out by his father; instead, he chooses to be a hermit due to the awfulness of the city:its prevalent gossip, its racial inequality and its lawless policies.To Kill A Mockingbird is a novel written by Harper Lee. In the novel, Lee reveals the situation happened in Maycomb city and depicts Arthur（Boo） Radley, a mysterious hermit who is recognized as a madman by citizens. My paper is going to argue for Boo that he is not a madman, being locked out by his father; instead, he chooses to be a hermit due to the awfulness of the city：its prevalent gossip, its racial inequality and its lawless policies.

关 键 词：To KILL A Mockingbird BOO Radley Maycomb SOCIETY Gossip RACIAL inequality lawless policies 

分 类 号：I106[文学—世界文学]