Jem’s attitude to Scout had a dramatic shift‚ his values changed from his childhood to adulthood and Jem becomes more thoughtful than before. Without question‚ Jem totally changed. Firstly‚ as the novel progresses‚Jem’s attitude to Scout is different .His changing attitude toward Scout is an important measurement of his development from innocence towards experience. At the beginning of the story‚ Jem plays with Scout. He treats Scout as playmate and equal. But after Scout started going to
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and beliefs and break free from what their society thinks? In Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the main character and narrator‚ Jean Louise “Scout” Finch‚ learns that the majority of people in Maycomb County‚ Alabama have the same beliefs. They believe that black people are inferior‚ dishonest‚ and unimportant in society. Luckily‚ Scout and her brother‚ Jem‚ have their father‚ Atticus‚ to look up to as a role model. Atticus does not follow the common stereotypes of Maycomb. He believes
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important qualities to possess. Atticus Finch’s fairness shows that he is a good father to Jem and Scout because instead of simply denying his children’s of everything they ask him‚ he allows them a chance to explain and offers a compromise. For example‚ in the scene where Scout informs Atticus that she does not want to go to school anymore‚ he says to her‚ “Do you know what a compromise is?” Scout asks him if it is bending the law. He replies‚ “No‚ an agreement of mutual concessions. If you’ll concede
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situations with the best approach; unfortunately for Scout however‚ having a great deal of social mishaps‚ will have a lot of learning and correcting to do. Scout is‚ altogether‚ a rather tranquil adolescent but‚ when she fails to come to terms with another‚ she tends to settle the dispute aggressively. There have been several incidents in which Scout had difficulty in handling‚ resulting in destructive and vulgar tendencies. Hopefully‚ Scout will progressively continue to learn how to humbly settle
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unravel. An adult Scout says‚ "Neighbors bring food with death and flowers with sickness and little things in between. Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls‚ a broken watch and chain‚ a pair of good-luck pennies‚ and our lives. But neighbors give in return. We never put back into that tree what we took out of it: we have given him nothing‚ and it made me sad". Scout is wrong. Scout‚ Jem‚ and Dill gave Boo Radley various gifts as well he gave them. Throughout the novel‚ Scout gave Boo friendship
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her story. Jean Louis Finch “Scout” matures by seeing and hearing events most kids her age do not with the trial of Tom Robinson’s trial revealing that firsthand experience brings knowledge. Scout grows through her encounter with Dolphus Raymond outside the courthouse during the trial. Before the trial of Tom Robinson Scout has a negative opinion towards him. During the trial Dill becomes sick‚ so Dill and Scout proceeded outside and came across Dolphus Raymond. Scout and Dill sit at the tree and
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expected Scout to dress and act like a lady. She wanted her to do things‚ such as wearing dresses‚ talking like a lady‚ and not doing things that boys do. However‚ Scout was not ready to make that change‚ because she was used to doing the exact opposite of what Aunt Alexandra asked her. She was doing things that boys would do‚ like wearing overalls‚ running around outside‚ and even fighting with other people. This was a reason that Scout did not like her Aunt very much; on the other hand‚ Scout had much
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it.” 1.) Spoken by Atticus (Page 36) – Atticus said this to Scout in order to teach her to treat people the way you would want to be treated. B.) “You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anyone says to you‚ don’t let ‘em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change…it’s a good one‚ even if it does resist learning.” 1.) Spoken By Atticus to Scout. (Page76) – Atticus said this to Scout‚ again‚ to have morals and learn that violence is not necessary
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To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee‚ portrays the challenges of race and gender expectations through the maturity of Scouts character. On page 48 Scout defies what it is to be a girl‚”Dill if you don’t hush I’ll knock you bowlegged.I mean it-” Scout is really passive agressive‚ Lee manages to disperse any such idea of gender roles.Yet‚before a blue sky‚ comes a thunderstorm‚ Scout still faces the challenges of gender expectations with her Aunt .Especially Jem as he gets older his attitude changes
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life you should always follow the moral of having to see things from others perspectives. This is a topic in a scene from Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Scout‚ the main character‚ talks to her father Atticus about her teacher‚ Miss Caroline‚ telling her about how Scout needs to stop reading at home. Harper Lee uses this scene to have Scout learn an important lesson which has to look at other people’s points of views in order to understand them. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee uses
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