"The Minds Of Maycomb children"
             "Our children are watching us live, and what we ARE shouts louder than anything we can say."(Peterson). The children's imagination in the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird helps them to understand, Boo Radley, Tom Robinson, and Mrs.Doubose.
             Boo Radley is an important character in the novel. The children in the community are terrified of him because of his past. Scout, Jem and Dill made up a game called the Boo Radley game (Lee8). They thought up ways of attempting to lure Boo out of his house such as poking at the windows or even running up to his door, touching it then running away (14). Boo Radley is a major part of the children's imagination because they are intrigued by his absence from the community that led them to think up the game, "hey Boo"(247). This quote is significant to the topic of the children's imagination because it is the turning point of when Scout finally realizes that the childish games they play are not as they seem anymore. This is the point in the novel where scout finally makes the transition from childhood innocence to the adult world.
             "Dill had started crying and couldn't stop"(198). The quotation stated was at the trial of Tom Robinson, which Atticus defended. This quotation was at the point where the children realize that some people are not as good as the portray themselves to be. As a result the children realize that the people who are truthfully good do not always get the fair treatment they deserve. This seemed so shocking to Jem, Scout and especially Dill because they believe that it was not fair how Tom Robinson's trial concluded. This is when children found the unfairness of the adult world and how they are forced to accept it.
             Mrs. Doubose is a very eccentric, old, lonely woman. Mrs.Doubuse needed a friend; she wants someone to care for her that is not just her maid. Yet this is the opposite of ho...