One quickly realizes when reading To Kill a Mockingbird that Scout is who she is because of the way Atticus has raised her. He has nurtured her mind, conscience, and individuality without bogging her down in fussy social dealing which she is obviously mature enough to deal with but is far too young to worry with. While most girls in Scout's position would be wearing dresses and learning manners, Scout, thanks to Atticus's hands-off parenting…
While people see failure as something to look down upon, some choose to realize that without it, no one would mature or come of age. In the beginning of To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout starts out as a normal little girl learning from stories spread throughout Maycomb. But soon, school starts and it starts to broaden her knowledge both in education and opinions. Scout later learns control over her attitude, taking a huge step in the coming of age process. She next shows bravery, again showing yet another leap in maturity. Then, when a stressing trial comes around and is put into Atticus’s hands, Scout is opened to bigger things such as government, racial problems, and the judicial system. Final, Boo Radley changes Scouts…
Judgemental. Realization. Acceptance. These are three important factors which caused Scout to change her outlook on the world. She goes from judging Boo Radley, to realising he was not what everyone thought. Then she began to understand she should not base her thoughts on someone purely off what others have told her. In Harper Lee’s, To Kill A Mockingbird, the moment which had the greatest effect on Scout’s life is when she realized Boo Radley saved her life, because she understood judging Boo before she met him was the incorrect thing to do.…
Throughout the novel, Scout starts out as an ignorant boyish girl. She had no knowledge of the world and relied on her brother. At the end of the novel, she becomes more ladylike and less selfish. The lessons she learns are all in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. One of them is to judge a person, you have to look at things from their point of view.…
Scout grows up in many ways though the book. She learns to know people before judging them. To see some people are extremely rasist. That some people are very inhumane, and finally that some people do not believe in…
The defining moment, in which you see Scout’s full transformation, is when Scout finally meets Arthur Radley, who the kids call “Boo.” After many years of living in fear of Arthur Radley, thanks to the attack from Bob Ewell, she realizes that all of the rumors flying around about Boo were false. In reality, he was a kind, misunderstood individual. She stated, “He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives. But neighbors give in return.” Scout realizes that her image of Arthur was completely wrong. Ordinarily, children would stubbornly tell themselves that it wasn’t really Boo that had been helping and protecting them. However, Scout faces the guilt and acknowledges her mistake, going so far as to say that she was sad that she hadn’t returned his kindness. It’s obvious that Scout has greatly matured.…
To Kill A Mockingbird was told through the eyes of an older Jean Louise “Scout” Finch, describing her past and how she viewed things as a naïve and idealistic young girl. At the beginning of the book, being only six, we learn that Scout was quite immature and has yet to develop as a person, being easily confused with new terms, not knowing how to handle situations unknown to her and tries to resolve her problems using her fists and talking to Atticus about what transpired to her throughout the day. As the novel progresses and she gradually grows up to an eight-year-old, she begins to understand and realizes Maycomb’s true colours, accepts that racism and prejudice exists, and the world isn’t as nice and sunny as she thought it would be.…
In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout receives valuable and helpful advice from her father. Scout’s behaviour shows that she doesn’t truly understand Atticus’s advice. As she wanders life mistrusting others, judging them and refusing to acknowledge their emotions and point of view.…
To Kill A Mockingbird was and still is one the first novels I read as a teenager, that led me to wonder about society and the judgement's we place on individuals. That it is easy to assume and believe the rumors, rather than being the template in pursuit of factuality. Scout was that person. She was a very small child and when you don't know or understand something due to your age, you have to believe what others do and say is in fact, acceptance. She had no choice but to accept what she was told. As the story goes on, Scout listens and learns, much more than she could have imagined.…
What is courage? According to dictionary.com, courage is the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain etc., without fear; bravery. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, both Atticus and Boo Radley are both courageous through the challenges they are faced with. Both of these men are citizens of Maycomb and create change within their town. Although Atticus and Boo Radley are very different people, they prove to be similar through their acts of courage. Though their acts of courage are similar, they both generate change to different aspects of their lives. Both men change things through their acts of courage, but the changes are drastically different. Atticus’ courage is a long term change, and it will help Maycomb see African Americans as equals and not as inferiors. Boo’s change on their other hand, will be more of a lesson that teaches not to judge a book by its cover.…
Jean Louise Finch, also known as Scout, like most complex characters in fiction stories, changes in Harper Lee's “To Kill a Mockingbird.” In the beginning, Scout is a young kid that really doesn’t know what is the right thing and the wrong thing to do. When she is talking to Miss Maudie she mentions that Arthur Radley may have “died and they shoved him up the chimney.,” (Lee 43), and this irks Miss Maudie. This is because Scout really doesn’t understand what she can and can't say about people. In the middle of the story, Scout starts to realize what she is talking about and what her actions cause. By the end of the story, Scout sees what she has done and why it was a bad thing to do and she comprehends the concept of '''climbing into his skin and walking around in it.''' (Lee 30). This shows that Scout has changed from a wrongful thinking child into a wonderful, thoughtful child.…
She is unable to understand how Walter would feel before and after the remark. This shows Scout in her early years cannot sympathize which is the key to become mature and to spiritually grow as a person. After the incident, Atticus teaches Scout to look at things from another person’s point of view. This was a vital lesson in the book because this is when Scout truly starts to mature. This is shown later in the book when Scout sympathized with Mayella: “…it came to me [Scout] that Mayella Ewell must have been the loneliest person in the world. She was even lonelier than Boo Radley, who had not been out of the house in twenty-five years” (191). This goes to show that as Scout spiritually grows older she learns to sympathize and therefore mature. All in all, Scout learns to sympathize by growing spiritually older and facing new experiences in life, thus maturing as a…
Throughout the novel, Scout does not think or care about others and what they're going through; however, the only exception is Boo Radley. She cares about herself and nothing else. Later on, Atticus teaches her about other people's point of view. For example, “ You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb in his…
In the beginning of the novel, Scout does not understand the concept of empathy, making her act inconsiderately towards her peers…
Everybody in Maybcomb County’s impression of me, Arthur “Boo” Radley, is through neighborhood fairy tales; I’m described as someone defenseless to society’s significant judgment. Everybody thinks of me as a monster, they’re all petrified of me. I can’t really say I blame them though; anybody would be crazy if they were kept in here as long as I’ve been. I’ve heard a few rumors about me; the one that struck me the most was the one rumor where I apparently stabbed my dad with a pair of scissors in his leg… what kind of person would make such lie up? I have no doubts that all of Maycomb County believe what they think is the “truth”, but its absolutely crazy how somebody would go that far to make something like that up.…