Coming Of Age Events

How could a child not be excited by their first days of school? Throughout the story; To Kill A Mockingbird there are numerous moments that within the story change characters, nearly all of these events are centered around sensitive subjects such as rape, abuse, murder, death and racism. Although our main protagonist, Scout Finch; has more of these life changing events that any other character throughout the story, although because she is a child and a teenager throughout the story, these life changing moments become ‘coming of age events’. In chapters two and three, on Scout’s first day of school she has difficulty with both her teacher—Miss Caroline—and a student—Walter Cunningham—, this event is an external conflict, and internal conflict,
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view”(33) Scout interrupted him with “Sir?”(33) Atticus had then finished with “—until you climb into his skin and walk around in it”(33), Atticus had then explained the Cunninghams from his point of view and about how they survive by hunting out of the hunting season. This is the moment when Scout had realized her wrongdoing and that she needs to understand things from other people’s perspective to better understand the people around her and the circumstances they experience. She still had an issue about what Miss Caroline had said about not letting Atticus read to her, Scout had told him this and so Atticus had made a deal with her that made is so that if Scout doesn’t continue to complain to him about her needing stay in school, they could continue their nightly