Scout is childish, but eventually overcomes that
Scout is childish, but eventually overcomes that
Just like a lot of kids her age, Scout starts to mature a lot. When Jem says it was Miss Caroline’s new way of teaching kids (by reading later on), Scout replies, “I contented myself with asking Jem if he’d lost his mind”(24). In this quote Scout is acting mature, because instead of just yelling at Jem, like a little kid would do, she made herself calm and talked with him. In another quote in which Scout is showing her maturity is when Scout realizes Miss Caroline is mad at her for being able to read. Scout says, “I knew I had annoyed Miss Caroline, so I let well enough alone out the window until recess”(23). Yet again Scout is maturing by being smart and wise enough to tell when someone is mad at her.…
Courage is characterized as mental or moral strength to surpass notions of fear. As demonstrated by Atticus Finch and Mrs Dubose in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, the development of courage gives the character’s strength and courage to hold their heads high, while fearing none. Harper Lee depicts the theme of courage incalculable amount of times, detailing courage as “ when you know you’re licked before you being, but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.” (Chapter 11, Page 124) All of the characters have an alternate kind of perspective of what courage is exactly, which will be examined in depth.…
The Depression was a very rough and brutal period of the 1930's. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, the reader finds out how the depression look liked in Southern America. Along with that, the true effects, of this ruthless period of time, on the local citizens are described. One of the main characters, and also the narrator of the novel, is a young girl named Jean-Louise Finch, or Scout. Through other characters such as Atticus, Jem, and Boo Radley, a profound difference in Scout's journey from innocence to maturity is seen.…
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…
Harper Lee uses Scout to represent a new generation of people who are willing to push the boundaries of social normalities, fight for justice and accept that “there’s only one type of folk. Folk” even if it means going against the wishes of society. She as well as many other children of the time are being taught to think independently, which creates a sense of hope, as these children are the future forefronts of Maycomb society. This is proven when the verdict at the end of the court case seemed strikingly unfair to Scout, who was able to make herself colour and class blind in order to develop her own understanding of the events occurring in Maycomb. Scout is educated and will promote change in the community along with the other young, educated and colour blind people of Maycomb who have learnt a new and mature way of thinking. And as Maycomb “fears what it doesn’t understand” with children like Scout pushing to tear down the wall of prejudice surrounding Maycomb and understand why it was put there in the first place, fear is diminished and there is hope for a healthier society.…
As we gets older, we grow up without noticing the changing of our mind and social skills because we learn more about the world and how life actually is. When we are a child, we still think that the world is a peaceful and fun place, but when we grow up we notice that it is actually a cruel and difficult world. We can see in To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, that Jem, Scout, and Dill mature throughout the book. They also grow up and discover a lot of good and bad things about Maycomb.…
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…
In the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” there are many lessons and themes. One of the best themes is how Scout and Jem mature. They start to see that the world around them isn’t all sweet and kind. The see that there is bad in the world and that sometimes the guy who did the right thing is wrong. That is a theme of the story, how Scout and Jem change from a child’s perspective and go to an adult perspective.…
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.…
How does one show maturity? Is it the way they look? The way they act? The way they talk? How would you describe it?…
The process of maturing is an ongoing part of a person’s life. Maturing is the only thing that affects how the way a person acts, feels or does something. The more one matures, the more aware he or she becomes how she acts, feels or behaves. Maturation is an action or process of growing up and is the physical, intellectual, or emotional process of development. Harper Lee is a really talented author and has written this fantastic book named ToKillAMockingbird. Harper Lee demonstrates the process of maturing in ToKillAMockingbird in many ways. Many characters in the book go through maturation but the three characters who exemplify this topic are Jem, Scout and Boo Radley. Each mature in their own ways thorough their own experiences.…
Scout, the narrator from Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, learns life changing lessons in a few years. Although she might be young, that doesn’t mean that she is completely clueless. With her father, Atticus being a lawyer in the South during the 1930s she is judged by her father’s cases, although sometimes not in the most pleasant ways. Also with Jem, her brother, influencing her throughout the book, she learns more than most in just a few years. As Scout begins to grow up, her level of maturity begins to increase with her age. In the beginning when she is five years old, she believed everything. When she was almost seven years old, her mindset began to age. Once Scout turned nine years old, she has began to understand more than she needed to know.…
The scene I have chosen that represents coming of age is the scene where Jem says no to his father for the first time, and where scout uses her brain and not violence. This scene uses tone, conflict, and character to show the coming of age of Jem, and Scout. It shows coming of age because they both become more mature and aware of their thoughts. First of all, an example of tone is from the film “To Kill A Mockingbird”. Jem says “no,sir.”…
occurred in her life in Maycomb, Alabama. Throughout the book, Scout goes through a path…