Boo quietly asked Scout to take him home. She took his arm and walked him home down the dark street. Scout walked him up to the porch and he went inside. This was the last time she ever saw Boo Radley.
Scout stood in front of the Radley house and thought about Boo. He had given her and Jem so much. He was a neighbor, but he was more than that. He had become their friend. She thought about all that Boo had given them:
He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives (To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 31).
Boo had saved their lives that night. Without him, Bob Ewell would have killed them both. Sadly, Scout realized that she and Jem had never given anything to Boo. He had left them gifts in the knot-hole, and she and Jem had eagerly accepted them. They had not given him gifts in return.
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