Boo Radley is a recluse who never sets foot outside the house.

He dominates the imagination of Scout, Jem and Dill and appears to be an evil and beast of a man.

He is a powerful symbol of goodness who is surrounded by evil. He shows his goodness when he leaves presents for Jem and Scout and then saves them from the evil Bob Ewell.

Boo was damaged by his cruel father and poses as a threat that evil can possess innocence and goodness.

He is one of the novel’s ‘Mockingbirds’, a good person injured by the evil of mankind.