Scout Mature In To Kill A Mockingbird

From the beginning of the book you can see that Scout is an extremely dynamic character. At some points she seems like her normal 6 to 9 year old self, but throughout the book Scout shows herself as a very mature, wise adult. A prime example of these two personalities clashing is in the diction that Lee uses toward the end of the book when Boo Radley is saying goodnight to Jem after the Ewell attack and Scout narrates, “I was beginning to learn his body English” (Lee 372). This small dialogue shows both of Scouts personalities in the fact that she knows and reads Boo’s body language, an attribute of an adult, but calls it body English which really spotlights her childishness. I think that Scout’s mixed personality really relates to the plot line. Scout has adult-like characteristics, with the physical and judgmental features of a child. The plot of “To Kill a Mockingbird” also has the same feel in that the book has the outer features of a childish adventure book based in the 1930’s with a very adult-based look at racism and world issues in that time.
Scout really brings you the book in a way that is highly mature while also giving the book a
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