Research Paper on:
Outsiders Considered by Lee and Hardy

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both narratives are people who have lived in their respective communities for the entirety of their lives. As this observation suggests, their position as an "outsider" is not predicated on  their geographical origin, but rather relates to the fact that the "outsiders" in each narrative are not included in the mainstream society of their culture because they possess characteristics that  cause them to be viewed as "other," as "different." The "outsiders" in Lees novel are Boo Radley and Tom Robinson (Johnson, 19940. These two men are outside the mainstream  of Maycomb society, Boo, because of his eccentricity, and Tom, because of his race. No African American could ever be considered anything but an "outsider" by mainstream white society  in the South during that era. The children who are the focus of the novel, Scout and Jem Finch, at first, regard Boo as rather "demonic or witchlike," which is  also a quality that is used to describe Rhoda Brook in Thomas Hardys tale of the supernatural. Rhoda is a milkmaid on the estate of a prosperous farmer.  Tall, dark, with a large, capable frame, Rhoda does not fit the standards of beauty for the eighteenth century, which favored the blond and blue-eyed. Hardy makes it clear from  the beginning of the story that she does not fit in with the other milkmaids, as she works off by herself, not taking part in the group as the others  discuss the marriage of their employer to a fair, young woman. Although Rhoda has lived in this village for years, probably her whole life, it is clear that she is  not part of the mainstream. It soon becomes clear that her young son is the illegitimate son of her employer, but Farmer Lodge has not "spoke to Rhoda Brook for