Scout is a very unusual little girl, both in her own qualities and in her social position. She is unusually intelligent in many ways that is far more advanced than the other children who she associates herself with for example she learns to read before she is anywhere close to beginning school, and she is unusually confident for her age as you can see from the story she never backs down when it is time for her to fight boys without fear or remorse for their feelings, which is a normal quality for a young man of the area but most certainly not of a young lady, she is also unusually thoughtful she consistently worries about the essential goodness and evil of mankind and its effects on the common man no matter what race or color, and she always tries to act from a highly educated standpoint and with the best intentions for all who are involved. In terms of her social identity, she is unusual for being a tomboy in the prim and proper Southern world where the girls are all expected to have absolutely nothing to do with the life of the immature and annoying young men of the community of Maycomb.…
How does Lee use the character of Scout to create a sense of hope in To Kill a Mockingbird?…
The narrator, Scout from the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, is a grown woman telling the story through her eyes as a young girl. Most of the book’s charm is gathered from the ironicness of her perspective of growing up in the depression era in the South. As the novel progresses Scout becomes more courageous, intelligent, and mature which helps her develop into a better person.…
A characteristic that Scout has is that she is curious. This curiosity stems from her being young, talked down to and not knowing much about the people around her. Scout is interested in knowing more about her mother, so she can feel closer to her. She asks about how her mother looked, how she acted and if she loved her mother. Noticeably, she is curious about her mother and she is looking for a connection between her and herself. Along with being curious scout can also be described as a tough person.…
Throughout the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, many different characters were introduced. Overall, my favorite character was Atticus Finch. He had the greatest impact on others and he was written into the story well. Atticus made people think about prejudice and start to question the idea entirely. He also taught Scout many important life skills.…
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.…
In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout Finch is the protagonist. She lives in a town called Maycomb. Scout is a young girl who has a brother nicknamed Jem, and a father named Atticus. Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows Scout Finch as literate, curious, and violent.…
The narrator in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is Scout a young and intelligent girl who should rightfully be the narrator. Scout should be the narrator in the story because of the fact of how mature and well developed her comprehension level is as a six year old girl. For example stated in the article above “she does not hesitate to judge adults for their actions and attitudes”. This exemplifies that she is not scared of telling an adult off for a wrong action he/she did which means she is a matured character to be a narrator.…
Scout is by far an interesting and unordinary child in the novel of To Kill a Mockingbird. She is the main character and narrator of the story. She is the youngest child of Atticus Finch who is a lawyer and Scout also has an older brother named Jem. What makes Scouts character so special is that she changes her qualities throughout the novel. In the beginning of the novel Scout is an innocent and kind-hearted six-year old girl, only because she has not encountered the true evils of the world. As the novel progresses Scout starts to face evil encounters such as racism, and townspeople wanting to hurt her and her family. These evil encounters and Atticus’s wisdom are the reasons to why Scout has unique character traits. Scout is a fascinating character in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird because she possesses traits of intelligence, courage, and compassion.…
Harper Lee chooses Scout to narrate the story because we, the readers, get to see Scout grow and mature, developing as a narrator and a person. With a child narrating, the story is told with an honest and open view, filled with innocence and wonder. Not being a prejudiced view, the reader can relate easily to…
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.…
Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird, the author Harper Lee publicized courage as a theme, allowing the reader to unquestionably see Atticus, Scout and Jem’s father, as the hero and moral voice in the book. Living in a quaint, small, and prejudice town Atticus faced many challenges that permitted him to show his courage and heroism. Atticus strived to understand people before he judged them, he stood up for Tom Robinson, and he taught his kids to fight the evil with their smarts rather than physical violence.…
The novel To Kill a Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee and is loved by many. The story is narrated by young girl named Scout. During part of the book Jem, Dill, and Scout try to unveil the truth about the elusive Arthur (Boo)Radley. Scout also talks about the events in her life that lead up to to Atticus’s trial where defends a black man named Tom Robinson.The best characteristics for Tom Robinson are selfless, hardworking, and honest.…
Essential Questions: How are biases of all kinds harmful? Can prejudice ever NOT exist? Are people entitled to opinions that may harm others? What is courage? What is justice? Learning Goals and Understandings: • Students will consider the questions, what is good and right and how do we decide that that? • Students will learn to identify and apply the following literary terms: point of view, characterization, setting, and theme • Students will evaluate how racism affects people’s judgments regarding guilt, innocence, and fairness. • Students will connect the setting to plot details • Students will make personal connections to the themes, experiences, and opinions in the novel Key Knowledge and Skills: Students will know: Literary terms including point of view, foreshadowing, characterization Plot line of novel Direct and indirect characterization Vocabulary words from novel Students will be able to: Connect personally to the themes, experiences, opinions in the novel Identify examples of themes Evaluate character Connect poems to themes in novel Evaluate facts in a case and make a moral judgment Make sense of the citizens of Maycomb’s reaction to the verdict and form own reaction Performance Tasks: Tracking theme throughout novel Scored discussion on growing up (theme) Fishbowl discussion on prejudice and stereotype (theme) Trial simulation or play version of trial Characterization worksheet Passage identification Assessment Tasks: Bellwork for comprehension Reading Logs Empathy paper Vocabulary quiz Final test…
All the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee have their own interesting characteristics, but Atticus is the most intriguing. Atticus is a generous, judgmental, and wise man. He is the foundation for Jem and Scout.…