Innocence is defined as the state of not being guilty of a crime or other wrongdoing. The definition has no exceptions based on race, age, gender or other physical characteristics. Yet in the South, the innocence of a guilty white man is more important than the innocence of an innocent black man. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, it is about a young girl named Scout who lives in Maycomb County, Alabama. The novel is divided into two parts, the first part recounts the adventures of Boo Radley. While the second part concerns the trial of Tom Robinson. In the first part of the novel, Scout, her brother Jem and her friend Dill investigate the mysterious life of their neighbor, Boo Radley. Boo hasn't left. Boo Radley is the Finches' next-door neighbor. He is a stranger to the community, because he does not leave the house. He got into trouble when he was a teenager, so his father locked him inside the house. After his father died, his brother moved in with him. While Boo was cooped up in his house, residents of Maycomb County made up stories about him. The legend of Boo Radley was well known to the people of Maycomb. Jem describes Boo: “Boo was about six and a half feet tall, judging by his tracks; he ate raw squirrels and all the cats he could catch, which is why his hands were stained with blood: if you ate a raw animal, you could never wash the blood away. There was a long, jagged scar running down his face; the teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes were wide and he was drooling most of the time. (Lee). Boo is an innocent character because everything he does stays in his own house and doesn't bother anyone. However, the whole town believes that he could be a murderer. Harper Lee shows that if you don't adapt to Southern society, you will become an outsider and a bad legend. Another example of Boo Radley being an innocent character is when he gives Scout a blanket. Miss Maudie Atkinson, one of Finch's neighbors, had a fire in her house. Atticus (Scout and Jem's father) woke the children and took them outside, in case the fire spread to their house. While Scout wasn't looking, someone gave her a blanket: "Maybe one day Scout can thank him for covering her." » “Thank you who? I asked. 'Boo Radley. You were so busy looking at the fire that you didn't realize it when he put the blanket around you.'” (Lee). Boo Radley is an innocent character because he helped warm Scout in the cold, but Scout was always afraid that Boo was near here. Harper Lee shows us that Boo could do a good thing, and yet Scout would still be afraid because of her reputation. Finally, another