Harper Lee never tells us the exact age of Boo in the book, but we can make some inferences of a general age. When Boo is a teenager, he is arrested for resisting arrest when he and his friends drove around the Maycomb Square backwards in a car. He was also known for hanging out, drinking, gambling, and running around with a bad crowd. At the time of his arrest, we can probably infer that Boo is probably around 16-18 years old. Harper Lee then tells us that Boo hasn’t been seen in 15 years since that incident. So, if we do the math, that would probably put Boo in his mid to late 30’s by the end of the novel. Most readers picture Boo as an old man; however, once we realize that he is a relatively young man, it makes his story and existence even sadder.
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