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10. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee Chapters 25 - 31

10. What do you think Scout meant when she said that to reveal Boo Radley's part in Bob Ewell's death would be "like shooting' a mockingbird"?

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Boo is one of the Mockingbird figures in the story (Tom is the other one). The attention and publicity of such a heroic act would destroy a recluse like Boo. He is emotionally delicate, Boo could not handle the storm of publicity.

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