Character Analysis Of Scout In To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee
In the short story To Kill a Mockingbird, which is taken place during the great depression there lived a young girl named Scout. Scout was a young girl that lived in Maycomb County, Alabama in the early 1930’s. She lived in a society where she was taught to be racist and naive. But over time she grew to be more understanding and lady-like. For instance she started to open to people she never would have, like Boo Radley. She became loving and an open girl rather than judging people who weren’t exactly like her. Scout also understands that there's life outside hers.
Scout is a young girl living during the Great Depression. As any child, she is shaped and affected by the world she lives in. Even though, she has good parents. She’s racist because that's all she sees in her surroundings. For example she says, “ you aren't really a nigger-lover then, are you?” The way she says the N word in context can come off very racist. However, she's …show more content…
just a child. She is very naive and doesn't understand everything going on around her ,so, she does what any child would do, and follows the adults.
Scout later on in the book has proven to be more open up and loving to other characters. She showed this by showing trust in Boo Radley, who was described as a killer in her town. Everyone in the neighborhood had always feared Boo, because of the stories of him. Nobody truly knew the real Boo Radley, until Scout and Jem were rescued by him from Bob Ewell. It was when Scout finally noticed, “the killer,” in her own house she realized the good in Boo’s heart. “...as I gazed at him in wonder the tension slowly drained from his face. His lips parted into a timid smile, and our neighbor's image blurred with my sudden tears.” (Page 270) This quote demonstrates Scout learning to open up to Boo Radley and more people. She begins to understand and accept Boo as a neighbor and friend rather than a character from a ghost story. Scout also shows when she was walking Boo back to his house. She called him Arthur Radley instead of his ghostly nickname Boo. As she learns to open up to more people, she also learns that there’s a life outside of her own.
Throughout the book, Scout learns that there is a life outside of hers.
She learns that she is not always the center of attention and to see things in other people's perspective. Atticus finch explains this to scout in the book. "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it". Towards the end of the book, Scout starts considering how others feel and what they are going through when the church accepted Jem and Scout in the church, and they witnessed first hand the racism and how unfair some people were treated.
In a nutshell, Scout has proven to be more mature and more like an adult, because she’s open up to more people, she understands there's a life outside of hers, and she isn't racist and naive anymore. Scout has shown the readers that anyone can change no matter what situation you’re in. Scout lived in a bad part of town where racism, abuse and prejudices exist. With help of Atticus and Boo Radley she became the nice girl she was
today.
Scout is a young girl living during the Great Depression. As any child, she is shaped and affected by the world she lives in. Even though, she has good parents. She’s racist because that's all she sees in her surroundings. For example she says, “ you aren't really a nigger-lover then, are you?” The way she says the N word in context can come off very racist. However, she's …show more content…
just a child. She is very naive and doesn't understand everything going on around her ,so, she does what any child would do, and follows the adults.
Scout later on in the book has proven to be more open up and loving to other characters. She showed this by showing trust in Boo Radley, who was described as a killer in her town. Everyone in the neighborhood had always feared Boo, because of the stories of him. Nobody truly knew the real Boo Radley, until Scout and Jem were rescued by him from Bob Ewell. It was when Scout finally noticed, “the killer,” in her own house she realized the good in Boo’s heart. “...as I gazed at him in wonder the tension slowly drained from his face. His lips parted into a timid smile, and our neighbor's image blurred with my sudden tears.” (Page 270) This quote demonstrates Scout learning to open up to Boo Radley and more people. She begins to understand and accept Boo as a neighbor and friend rather than a character from a ghost story. Scout also shows when she was walking Boo back to his house. She called him Arthur Radley instead of his ghostly nickname Boo. As she learns to open up to more people, she also learns that there’s a life outside of her own.
Throughout the book, Scout learns that there is a life outside of hers.
She learns that she is not always the center of attention and to see things in other people's perspective. Atticus finch explains this to scout in the book. "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it". Towards the end of the book, Scout starts considering how others feel and what they are going through when the church accepted Jem and Scout in the church, and they witnessed first hand the racism and how unfair some people were treated.
In a nutshell, Scout has proven to be more mature and more like an adult, because she’s open up to more people, she understands there's a life outside of hers, and she isn't racist and naive anymore. Scout has shown the readers that anyone can change no matter what situation you’re in. Scout lived in a bad part of town where racism, abuse and prejudices exist. With help of Atticus and Boo Radley she became the nice girl she was
today.