At the time of Mr. Radley's death, there were some "wooden sawhorses [that] blocked the road at each end of the Radley lot, straw was put down on the sidewalk, traffic was diverted to the back street" (12). After Mr. Radley's body was brought out of the house, the sawhorses and straw were removed. The only other change that was made was Boo's guardian. Mr. Nathan Radley left whatever he was doing down in Pensacola...
At the time of Mr. Radley's death, there were some "wooden sawhorses [that] blocked the road at each end of the Radley lot, straw was put down on the sidewalk, traffic was diverted to the back street" (12). After Mr. Radley's body was brought out of the house, the sawhorses and straw were removed. The only other change that was made was Boo's guardian. Mr. Nathan Radley left whatever he was doing down in Pensacola to come up and stay with his younger brother in the house. Scout says the following about Nathan Radley:
"The only difference between him and his father was their ages. . . Mr. Nathan would speak to us, however, when we said good morning, and sometimes we saw him coming from town with a magazine in his hand" (12).
People thought that maybe with the change of guards that Boo Radley would come out more. The rumor around town was that Boo's father may have chained him to the bed or left him in the basement because of how mean he was. But when his brother took over, nothing changed and Boo stayed in his house. Therefore, no changes to the structure of the house were made and nothing changed as far as Boo's behavior when Nathan Radley took over.
"The old house was the same, droopy and sick, but as we stared won the street we thought we saw an inside shutter move. Flick. A tiny, almost invisible movement, and the house was still" (15).
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