Boo Radley Monologue

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**Boo Radley is talking to Atticus, Ms. Maudie, Jem, Scout, Aunt Alexandra, Heck Tate, Ms. Stephanie Crawford, and Miss Rachel in the living room of the Finches. (Ms. Stephanie cannot spread false rumours about Boo to the neighbors, after hearing the truth from him.) Hi there everyone, I know that a few of yawl haven’t seen me in decades, and some have never even met me before this, so I ought to introduce myself and explain some things. For example, I don’t eat cats or squirrels alright kids? *chuckle* And I know, Mr. Tate, that you’re just trying to protect me, but I just want to tell you all what really happened that night. Anyways, yawl know what happened was crazy. I was sitting by the window in my house, when something caught my attention in the street. I saw two little figures, who were Mr. Jem and Miss. Scout, running, shouting and tumbling down the road in their bulky costumes. Every time I watched them play in the streets, it always made me feel happy. But this time, there was another shadow that was right behind them. The person was too big to be their friend Dill. I was getting concerned. It was really dark outside and a strange shadow was following them. Just then, the person charged towards them and started attacking. I just couldn’t stand watching someone going after the kids. I ran to my kitchen and grabbed the first knife I saw and ran into the road. The person attacking ended up being Mr. Bob Ewell. I knew he was a bad man and caused trouble because I heard about his trial from Nathan. I also knew that he was mad at Mr. Atticus and could very well hurt his kids, especially since he was drunk that night too. When I was behind him, he quickly threw Jem onto the ground, so hard that I could even hear the loud crack of his bones. He dashed right to Scout and tried to strangle her, but I was not going to let that happen. I pushed him off of her
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