Always be thankful (Formal Blog)

If I had a chance to be friends with one of the people in the novel, I would choose to be friends with Arthur Radley(also known as Boo Radley).

Though constantly being perceived to be a bad person by the residents of Maycomb County. However, as the story progresses, the children slowly get in touch with his character and form another type of image in their minds, one of a kind-hearted and caring person, contrary to the image of him painted by the residents. They finally encounter him, when they are attacked by Bob Ewell and he comes to their rescue, and he proves to be the amiable person that they thought he was, especially to Scout, after she was able to have a little conversation with him and was finally able to stand in his shoes.

The reason why I would choose to be friends with Arthur Radley is because he is able to understand the situation of the society and is not afraid to make decisions in spite of knowing that he would be misunderstood and criticized by people around him for that. In the book, he chose not expose himself to the society, due to the fact that he wasn't able to stand the injustice and discrimination that was rampant all around him. He was brave in the sense, that he would rather lead a completely fulfilling and morally upright life without having to experience or witness any biasedness, instead of being able to get out of his house, and leading a more exciting and vibrant life, but at the same time, have to tolerate and live with evils of the world. To be able to make such a major decision and have to pay such an excruciating price, shows how matured and wise a person he is.

He may seem like an anti-social person who is withdrawn from society to someone who doesn't know him well. When you look past that external shell, and into his heart though, you'll find an angel within, glorious and mighty. I would be his friend definitely not because of his charisma or likability, but because he can exercise maturity and deep thought in his actions and decisions. Such people are hard to find, and hence, I would seize the opportunity to be his friend.