Discuss two or three characters in the novel who are misunderstood by others. How are the perceptions about them formed? And do those perceptions change by the end of the novel?

Boo Radley is probably the most prominently misunderstood character. He never leaves his home, therefore the other characters have free reign to imagine what he's like, and their imaginations have no boundaries.

The children tempt, taunt, and fear him, and the other townspeople describe him as a peeping Tom who's actually an insane monster. Boo lives with his brother, and by the end of the novel has reached out to the children in friendship and saved Scout's life.

I'm going to use Tom here, but I'm not sure he fits......... as a black man accused of a horrific crime he is definitely misunderstood, he's arrested, tried, and eventually killed because he's misunderstood, but he's also stereotyped and easily put into the position he finds himself. The judgmental characters in the novel put him here because they misunderstand......... but it's not a simple misunderstanding of a human bring when ignorance and bias plant the seeds.

On the other hand, you have to see the people who do not misunderstand the man, the people who know him for what he is and are incapable of helping him. He's on of the story's mockingbirds.

Boo Radley is probably the most prominently misunderstood character. He never leaves his home, therefore the other characters have free reign to imagine what he's like, and their imaginations have no boundaries.

The children tempt, taunt, and fear him, and the other townspeople describe him as a peeping Tom who's actually an insane monster. Boo lives with his brother, and by the end of the novel has reached out to the children in friendship and saved Scout's life.

I'm going to use Tom here, but I'm not sure he fits... as a black man accused of a horrific crime he is definitely misunderstood, he's arrested, tried, and eventually killed because he's misunderstood, but he's also stereotyped and easily put into the position he finds himself. The judgmental characters in the novel put him here because they misunderstand... but it's not a simple misunderstanding of a human bring when ignorance and bias plant the seeds.

On the other hand, you have to see the people who do not misunderstand the man, the people who know him for what he is and are incapable of helping him. He's on of the story's mockingbirds.

Jill is right.