Harper Lee shows life in the south and how children’s lives change as they mature. The book follows the lives of a father named Atticus‚ and his two children‚ Jem and Scout who live in a town called Maycomb. In the beginning‚ Scout and Jem meet Dill‚ and the three of them take interest in their sketchy neighbor‚ Boo Radley. As the book goes on‚ Jem‚ being a ten-year-old boy‚ goes through many changes as he grows more mature. Jem learns many hard lessons in life‚ for example‚ finding out the truth
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Scout is a six year old girl. She has a brother named Jem and her father‚ Atticus‚ is a lawyer. She is the perfect example of a tomboy. She is an innocent girl‚ but as the story advances‚ her innocence begins to diminish at the time of Tom Robinson’s trial. She then realizes just how malicious and brutal people can be. She is no longer a little girl who is naïve to the motives of the people of Maycomb. She has matured into a young lady who understands the true nature of man in Maycomb. At the
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helps with the story by describing her thoughts and feelings that is one of the main reasons why I like her. She also helps to develop the plot‚ themes‚ and helps to emphasize some of the symbolism. Her name is Jean-Louis‚ but we all know her as Scout. Scout is a daughter‚ a sister and a friend. She is a huge tomboy; and she likes to prove it to every one. She prefers to hang out boys rather than girls‚ and so she does‚ she spends most of her time
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Scout’s own "end of innocence." <br> <br>Scout opens the novel with a naive viewpoint on both the world and Boo Radley. At the start of the novel‚ Scout interprets a raiding on the jail‚ through an adolescent standpoint. Scout sees the circumstances of the attack from the perspective of a young child. Scout’s responses to situations‚ such as the one at the jail‚ attributes to the fact that she is young‚ and has few life experiences under her belt. Scout plays ludicrous games with Boo and her detachment
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In the beginning of the novel‚ it becomes evident that Jem and Scout are different from the other children we observe in the novel because Jem and Scout have a parent who “truly has their best interest at heart (Gonzalez 1). Because of this caring atmosphere‚ Jem includes his sister in the majority of his activities since they are playmates‚ both still young enough to need each other. However‚ Jem is seen as a childish boy who creates games for himself‚ his sister‚ and friends to play. In chapter
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fiction novel is an experience one can gain knowledge from‚ regardless of if it is a true story. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird is a bildungsroman not only for the characters in the book‚ but also for the reader. The book encompasses Scout and Jem Finch’s lives as they mature‚ learn from their father‚ Atticus‚ and understand the ways of their hometown‚ Maycomb County‚ Alabama. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee functions as a bildungsroman for the reader because it depicts Scout’s moral and
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A Mockingbird. It seems like both the kids have changed a lot in specific ways. If you know how much Scout has changed prepare for Jem’s changes. Jem has had many changes in the story To Kill A Mockingbird from him being called different names to having a new attitude in the book. First‚ at one point in the story Jem snitches on Dill which breaks their childhood rule. When Jem and Scout found Dill under the bed and listened to his story‚ Jem had then “went out of the room and down the hall”
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innocence‚ as Scout is a young‚ naïve girl. Societal views have not affected her much at her young age. However‚ throughout the story‚ the filter begins to fade‚ as she has realizations that changes her viewpoints on people and ideas. Scout becomes more mature in the process‚ in the way that she understands more. Scout’s innocence contributes to how the story is told‚ as learns about the idea of prejudice and looking at the world through a different perspective. In the beginning of the novel. Scout is not
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occurs every day. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout is influenced from racial discrimination from her neighbor‚ Mrs. Dubose‚ as well as her Aunt Alexandra. In The Help‚ Skeeter’s friends discriminate against African- Americans. Scout grows up as the only girl in her family because her mother died when she was very young. This kind of influenced her to be a tomboy‚ or at least did not help her to act more like a lady. In the minds of people in the 1930s‚ Scout does not act like a lady should or wear what
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impressionable. However‚ important people in their lives‚ such as a father or neighbor‚ can help them mature and grow into a respected adult. In the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ several adults‚ such as Atticus and Miss Maudie provide moral guidance to Jem and Scout‚ hereby teaching them many lessons such as: to always respect others and to have courage. One important lesson Jem and Scout learn is that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. A mockingbird is a bird that does no harm to humans
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