Scout Growing Up
To Kill a Mockingbird
Going from overalls to a pretty little dress is not something that Scout necessarily wanted to do. Then there was Jem. All he wanted to do was grow up and become a man. Growing up is not an easy thing to do, but the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee shows what it's really like to grow up in an unequal society. When you are growing up you start to really see what is going on in the world around you that you never noticed was there before. Scout and Jem both started of as little kids in the book, but as the book progresses Jem realized that he didn't want to be treated like a little kid anymore, but for scout she didn't really have an option, but she realizes that it was for the better. Atticus who is there father helps them through the journey that they are going to take.
Scout was a kind of girl that didn't want to be like the other girls. Most of the other girls wore petticoats and cute little dresses but scout wanted to stick with her overalls. Scout was supposed to act like every other little girl for just one day, at least that's what aunt …show more content…
You need to act a certain way based on the color of your skin and your gender. The book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee very much shows this theme of growing up. Both Jem and Scout go through different phases of growing up but you can tell the similarities. Jem wants to be treated like a man and he wants to look like a man while Scout wants to wear her overalls and not wear a pretty little dress. As these characters grow up they make sacrifices and realize that it is ok to be who they want to be. A lot of things have changes in the society now and you are free to be who you want to be. Dressing the way you were supposed to and putting others in front of your self really shows how mature and grown up a person can get. Always remember no matter what anybody tells you, it's ok to be who you are and nobody
Going from overalls to a pretty little dress is not something that Scout necessarily wanted to do. Then there was Jem. All he wanted to do was grow up and become a man. Growing up is not an easy thing to do, but the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee shows what it's really like to grow up in an unequal society. When you are growing up you start to really see what is going on in the world around you that you never noticed was there before. Scout and Jem both started of as little kids in the book, but as the book progresses Jem realized that he didn't want to be treated like a little kid anymore, but for scout she didn't really have an option, but she realizes that it was for the better. Atticus who is there father helps them through the journey that they are going to take.
Scout was a kind of girl that didn't want to be like the other girls. Most of the other girls wore petticoats and cute little dresses but scout wanted to stick with her overalls. Scout was supposed to act like every other little girl for just one day, at least that's what aunt …show more content…
You need to act a certain way based on the color of your skin and your gender. The book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee very much shows this theme of growing up. Both Jem and Scout go through different phases of growing up but you can tell the similarities. Jem wants to be treated like a man and he wants to look like a man while Scout wants to wear her overalls and not wear a pretty little dress. As these characters grow up they make sacrifices and realize that it is ok to be who they want to be. A lot of things have changes in the society now and you are free to be who you want to be. Dressing the way you were supposed to and putting others in front of your self really shows how mature and grown up a person can get. Always remember no matter what anybody tells you, it's ok to be who you are and nobody