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People different from “normal” citizens in a society are often misunderstood because they do not hold or live by the same morals or values as the majority of society. Boo happens to be a recluse whose appearances in public can be counted on one hand. People, such as the children, do not understand why he feels he does not want to venture out into the Maycomb county world. They do not understand him, so they …

…fail to understand them, or even try. Boo’s reclusive ness makes him into the local monster because of the children’s imagination. Tom lives as a black man in a society and time when the general public thought of blacks as menaces to the society. Both men become subject to criticism because of their circumstances. Even though they never met, Tom and Boo’s situations cause them to share many aspects of their lives.