As people grow in life, they mature and change in many different ways. Harper Lee is the author of To Kill a Mocking Bird. This book is about Scout Finch and her life in the 1930’s in Maycomb County, Alabama. Harpe, shows how Scout matures and progresses in this book along with many other things. For example Scout, the main character, realizes her town is racist after the Tom Robinson trial. Harper also informs the reader about things Scout does not understand throughout the book. One of the things she demonstrates is the reason why Jem, Scout’s brother, is acting different. She does not know what people act like at that age because she is a lot younger, so all of his behavior is new to her. One of the other examples Harper shows is the very unique relationship between Miss Caroline, Scout’s teacher, and Scout. They would like each other, but Miss Caroline’s teaching strategy is bad for Scout because she is able read.…
There are three characters that could best be called the protagonists in To Kill a Mockingbird. One of those three characters is Scout, the reason that Scout is a protagonist in To Kill a Mockingbird, is because the story is told from her point of view as she is the narrator. This is best shown in the following excerpts from chapter one “When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem…” and “… my father, Atticus Finch…” by having her refer to Jem as “… my brother…” and Atticus as “… my father…” in To Kill a Mockingbird. She thus, illustrates that she is the narrator and the one whose point of view To Kill a Mockingbird is told from, and by being both of those things she is proven as the…
One quickly realizes when reading To Kill a Mockingbird that Scout is who she is because of the way Atticus has raised her. He has nurtured her mind, conscience, and individuality without bogging her down in fussy social dealing which she is obviously mature enough to deal with but is far too young to worry with. While most girls in Scout's position would be wearing dresses and learning manners, Scout, thanks to Atticus's hands-off parenting…
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.…
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.…
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…
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.…
To Kill A Mockingbird, authored by Harper Lee, is an American novel of growth and maturation because it focuses on the character development of Scout as she comes to understand the world. This classic novel is set in a racially charged southern town during the Great Depression. The main character and narrator, a young girl named Scout, develops and changes from the conversations and actions that happen in the book. Scout’s direct maturation and learning of life lessons develops by witnessing the hypocrisy of her hometown Maycomb, Alabama, and her father, Atticus, being a major influence in her development.…
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel that can give a clear lesson to further the movement for racial equality. Scout is a little girl in the south. She is the main character and protagonist of the novel. She lives with her brother Jem and her father, Atticus. She is very intelligent, thanks to her father and she is a tomboy.…
(Calpurnia is seen cooking crackling bread in her kitchen, three portraits are seen sitting on the bench next to her. [one; her, Helen and Tom. Two; her, Jean, Jem and Atticus. Three; Her, Jem, Jean and their children]. She puts the crackling bread into the oven before picking up the first portrait with a thoughtful look)…
Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, wrote her novel with the intentions of showing people that people's actions and perspectives or ways of thinking reflect their morals or beliefs. Each perspective of each person was different according to their age, sex, race, economic background and many other factors. Reading this novel showed that not everyone sees things the same way or understands why some people do the things they do. Atticus teaches Scout that sometimes breaking the rules is necessary, Jem realizes with great power comes great responsibility, and that violence is never the answer.…
To Kill a Mockingbird is a popular story written by Harper Lee and is considered, “of rare excellence...a novel of strong and contemporary national significance,” (Chicago Tribune). The book tells a story from the view of a young girl who…
Harper Lee developed a point of view with the characterization of Scout. Scout is coming of age because she uses words instead of physical actions. Scout says, “You gonna take that back, boy?” Cecil Jacobs made me forget. He had announced in the schoolyard the day before that Scout Finch’s daddy defends…