in the final chapter of tequila Mockingbird the legal details have been settled boo insists on seeing gem one more time before leaving he and scout returned to the room where aunt Alexandra sits by gems side hesitantly boo reaches out and touches gems hair with that boo asks Scout to take him home at the front door Scout instructs boo to bend his arm and she slips her hand into the crook of it together they walk like a lady and a gentleman all the way to the Radley door as boo goes inside Scout remarks that it was the last time she ever saw boo radley when she turns and faces in the direction of her house she sees the neighborhood in a way she's never viewed it before the new Vantage makes her realize that for years boo has had a ringside seat from which to observe everything she realizes too that from this vantage point boo radley had watched her and gem growing up as if they were his children Scout thinks once more about Atticus's advice about walking in another person's shoes she returns home to find Atticus reading at gems bedside Scout curls up beside him and falls asleep Scouts walk with boo to his house demonstrates how far she's come in the story showing boo had a properly escort a woman offers him dignity from his porch she grows even more coming to understand how things appeared from boos viewpoint she realizes he had come to regard her and gem as much more than just neighborhood kids in this last chapter Lee comes around one last time to the idea of empathy of all the topics presented in the novel race class equality morality it's the care for others that abides you