My Boo Radley

         As I was growing up, I had one thing that completely relates to Scout and Boo Radley, and that was- my imagination. Some examples of this are that because I saw things in my closet, I wouldn't go to bed alone until I was five years old. Also, I was afraid that if I put my head under water, the water would rise up and swallow me in one big gulp. I was always afraid because of my overactive imagination, and I always over examined things and looked at the "scary" side of it all. I would say that as a little kid, my biggest fear was definitely a movie called Dolly Dearest. This movie was so scary to me, for the whole summer, I stayed up to at least two o'clock in the morning because I was so afraid of this scary little baby doll that ran around with a scary 70 year old "I've-been-smoking-all-my-life" kind of voice, killing people! It was so frightening that I had to go to sleep with my TV on every night so I wouldn't feel so "alone." Well, after several years when I was 13 years old, I had the pleasure of watching this movie again, and I was laughing so hard throughout the whole entire thing. I couldn't believe that I was so scared of that total pile of garbage. I now watch that movie as often as I can just to get a quick laugh when I'm feeling blue.
       This can relate to Scout and Boo Radley because Scout was completely intrigued but afraid of Boo Radley. It wasn't until the very end of the book when she finally realised Boo wasn't an evil, malevolent spirit that enjoyed eating children and puppies, and that he was just a sweet, crazy old man who had saved both her and Jem's life. Whereas I looked at that movie as a true story, and that if I even thought of that doll she would come and get me, which I think is also true for Scout and Boo. Well, that concludes this edition of Paden's Engly Blog, I'll see you next time.