To Kill A Mocking Bird Term Paper

The Turn From Hot-Head To Calm, Mature, Young Woman

As a young girl grows up, there are many stages of childhood she experiences, full of drama, tears and emotions. Going through all of this makes a person realize and accept their mistakes, mature and change. In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, published in 1960, Scout Finch, the protagonist, matures throughout the story. This is caused by all the occurring events in Maycomb, the Finch’s hometown. The 6-year old Jean Louise Scout Finch, who has no experience with the evils of the world, has to face a transformation from an aggressive tomboy to a real lady. As she transforms, the interactions with Boo Radley let her gain perspective and learn how to treat others equally. Thus, she determines to cope alone after observing racial prejudice when the entire community criticizes her father for defending a Black man.

Most 6-year old girls like to play with dolls and dress up like princesses, but that’s one of the things that make Scout different from others, she acts like a boy in many ways. She prefers enthusiastically running behind a ball with Jem, her older brother and their friend Dill or resselling in the dirt with a classmate. In the beginning of the novel, Scout treats the people around her without any respect and picks fights at the slightest provocation. For example when Scout beats up Walter Cunningham, a classmate “ for not having his lunch with him”. Scout claims: “Catching Walter Cunningham in the schoolyard gave me some pleasure, but when I was rubbing his nose in the dirt Jem came by and told me to stop” (27). At this point of the story, Scout has an explosive temper, which makes her get in trouble often. Fortunately, with the few feminine influences in her life; Aunt Alexandra, Calpurnia, her maid and Ms. Maudie, Scout learns some tact and manages her anger in order to stay out of further trouble. Especially Aunt Alexandra is concerned about Scout’s behavior: "Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire. I could not possibly hope to be a lady if I wore breeches; when I said I could do nothing in a dress, she said I wasn’t supposed to be doing things that required pants. Aunt Alexandra’s vision of my deportment involved playing with small stoves, tea sets, and wearing the Add-A-Pearl necklace she gave me when I was born; furthermore, I should be a ray of sunshine in my father’s lonely life. I suggested that one could be a ray of sunshine in pants just as well, but Aunty said that one had to behave like a sunbeam, that I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year...." (77). Aunt Alexandra desperately tries to make Scout into an elegant, young woman, achieving her goal in the end.
Furthermore, as Scout grows up she comes to accept people as they are, instead of criticizing them constantly. In particular after she, Dill and Jem adventurously exposed the mystery of Boo Radley. She judges Boo and makes out his character without really knowing him. However, after he shows kindeness towards her (QUOTE) by covering Scout up with a blanket on the night Miss Maudie’s house burnt, she comes to feel respect for him. Radley saves her life at the end of the book, surprising her absolutely and proving real courage.

As she transforms into a lady combines with atticus relationship she learns, to treat others equally, gains perspective and a feminine side to her tomboyness . She also observes racial prejudice when the entire community criticizes her father for defending a Black man. Finally Scout matures as a result of her interaction with Boo Radley. and adventurously exposing the secrets of Boo Radley with her brother, Jem and their friend Dill, which results in . As a result of

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