In steps, how does Scout's views change on Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird? Use quotes and important passages from the book.I have to write...

In the beginning of the novel, Scout's narration explains
that Boo was "a malevolent phantom." They had never seen him, but they believed the
stories (most of them, anyway) they had heard: that he killed cats, ate squirrels,
poisoned pecans, and peeped in windows. They believed Boo would kill them if he got the
chance.

"...
he'll kill us each and every one, Dill Harris," said
Jem.

Dill's curiosity drove
Jem and Scout toward the goal of making Boo come out. They were still afraid of him
until the presents in the knothole began to appear. After eliminating all
other possibilities, the children unspokenly agreed that Boo was the giver of the gifts.
Miss Maudie assured them that most of the rumors about Boo were untrue and that
they

"... were
three-fourths colored folks and one-fourth Stephanie
Crawford."

Jem's and Scout's
goals changed once again, especially after Scout thought she heard laughter coming from
the Radley house. They wanted to communicate with Boo--actually see him and talk with
him, and their fear began to fade. The clincher came when Jem went back to retrieve his
lost pants, only to find them folded and mended, waiting for him on the fence. On the
night Miss Maudie's house burned down, the mysterious blanket that Scout found on her
shoulders came from Boo, Atticus explained. By then, the knothole had already been
sealed, and the children began to believe that they would never see Boo
Radley.

Dill later tells us that he feels sorry for Boo and
understands why he stays inside his house.

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"... it's because he wants to stay
inside."

By the night of the
fateful Halloween attack, the children have little fear of passing the Radley house.
They certainly didn't fear an attack from Boo, but attacks from others had not entered
their minds. When Scout sees Boo standing in Jem's room following the news of Bob
Ewell's death, she realizes that it was Boo who had saved them. "Mr. Arthur" immediately
went from unseen phantom to a real-life hero, and she only wished that Jem could have
been awake to see Boo for himself.