To Kill a Mockingbird

How does Harper Lee build a sense of mystery and fear around Boo Radley?

Please relate to the information of Boo from Chapter 1-6 and please help me construct a P.E.E Paragraph with enlisted quotes please. For the P.E.E Paragraph, if you can please enlist points that are essential!

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Sorry, I can only give you a general answer to this.

The exposition of the story paints the Radley house as haunted or, at the very least, a scary derelict place. The children talk about ridiculous rumors regarding Boo. Consider Scout's description:

"Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that's why his hands were bloodstained -- if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the blood off. There was a long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rottenl his eyes popped, and he drooled most of the time."

Boo, being a mystery causes all kinds of childish conjecture, fear, and curiosity.

Thanks Aslan for that quick response. It's fine that you didn't add the important points but at least I got a basic idea that I can develop for my essay. Appreciate it!