There is also a significance in the children facing and overcoming their fear in Boo, and their realisation that blind ignorance masks reality. Boo is no longer a squirrel-eating monster but a compassionate, honourable human being. In reading the novel, there is the hope that as a result of the text the readers could face and overcome the fear of difference and realise the blind ignorance that is racial prejudice.
With respect to what has been remarked upon so perceptively, there is, indeed, a reciprocal growth as both Boo Radley and Scout and Jem have "climbed into [each other's] skin and walked around in it." With Boo's emergence as a human being, also, Scout becomes more humane, thus giving reinforcement to Harper Lee's key theme, and proving clearly that it is "a sin to kill a mockingbird" as Sheriff Tate determines that Bob Ewell "fell on his knife."
Boo Radley has become a friend to the children. He has watched them play each day and has come to care for them. It is fitting that...
(The entire section contains 6 answers and 577 words.)