I have never had this question so I may be wrong but comedy is like, funny things, a comedian goes to a comedy club to tell jokes and make people laugh. Tragedy is say, like a plane or train wreck, so many lives were lost and it was TRAGIC, could this TRAGEDY have been avoided?
Answer: Scout characterizes Boo as a petty criminal and a "malevolent phantom." Jem describes his neighbor as a monstrous figure, six-and-a-half feet tall with bloodstained hands. Dill must imagine Boo based on the descriptions his friends provide him.