Everyone has had or will have a Boo Radley sometime in their life. Whether it is a meaningful person or a object such as a blanket that they have had all their life. This object or person would help them through tough times or many happy times.
My Boo Radley has been in my life from ever since I picked up Goodnight Moon to five minutes ago when I finished Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and in the forever in the future. I have many Boo Radley's and they are all sitting on the shelves in libraries and on my desk. My Boo Radley's are books. They measure how much I have grown. Not only through many phases and tough times, but also educationally.
I remember in Kindergarten when I thought the Magic Treehouse Series were the longest books EVER and I would hold it with pride so everyone would know that I read big kid books. Or maybe in fifth grade when I would try to read books super fast and take the AR tests and ace them every time. Whenever I would get frustrated with something that was going on in my life, I would sit in my "reading corner" and open a book so that I could delve into someone else's troubles for hours at a time. I always look forward to Saturday mornings being propped up by a million pillows and holding a book in hand. Those were the moments that I cherished and will cherish forever.
I was never scared of books, I always loved them, unlike Scout's experience with Boo, when she was terrified of him until she saw the true side of him. I always knew that books were a wonderful creation that enabled people to be inspired and believe in impossible things. And to me, it brought me through my childhood and will continue to help me through life. Reading is incredibly meaningful and important to my life. And that is my Boo Radley.
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