... reputation he had in Maycomb, Scout automatically assumed that these stories are correct, "Inside the house lived a malevolent phantom" (8). She blamed Boo for Maycomb's problems and believed stories about him even though they were untrue. For many months, she is deceived by these rumors, not giving another possibility much of a chance. But slowly she began to realize that he is a gentle, sweet ... person who brought them gifts in the knothole of the tree. He was someone who considered them to be like his own children and the brave hero that saved them from Bob Ewell. She learned this l...

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