behavior. This book asks the question of human goodness and answers it with the childhood experiences of Scout and Jem Finch. Scout and Jem are introduced to prejudice and cruelty throughout the book‚ and Scout shows through these situations that she is independent‚ intelligent‚ and curious. Scout likes to have fun and do things her way. When Aunt Alexandra comes to Maycomb for a visit‚ Scout describes her‚ saying‚ “. . . she had river-boat‚ boarding school manners; let any moral come up and she
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Harper Lee’s coming-of-age novel To Kill a Mockingbird explores the childhood adventures and findings of a youthful and curious child. The heroine‚ Scout Finch‚ starts out as a naive six-year-old tomboy but gradually matures and develops values as new discoveries are made. Together with her brother Jem Finch and her daring and inventive friend Dill‚ Scout enhances her understanding of the adult world and begins to lose her innocence through a series of events spanning over three years. To Kill a Mockingbird
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maturing can be a hard concept. It takes a level of focus to become mature and to be capable of going through things that eare hard to overcome. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ Scout shows that she is capable of becoming mature and overcoming everything that she faces. Over the book Scout faces being bullied because of her dad defending an African American person‚ going through the trial and losing‚ and almost getting killed by Bob. Also she faced something that she has been wondering
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parental figures to Jem and Scout‚ these parental figures are there Aunt Alexandra and Calpurnia. When Calpurnia is mentioned in the book she is a clear mother like character. Calpurnia is someone Scout naturally looks up to her for examples of how she is obligated to grow up. Scout even comes out and says how Calpurnia has curtain skills she is interested in and learning from Calpurnia. Calpurnia is a character that is present in times that Jem and Scout need her. In the book Scouts home has started to
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experience. In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird characters such as Jem and Scout is seen maturing throughout the book because the way they think and feel about someone/something changes as they experience more of the real world. At the beginning of the book‚ Scout‚ the narrator‚ has trouble getting along with people and acted upon the prejudice that existed among her. This was until her father‚ Atticus Finch‚ teaches Scout to climb into people’s skin and walk around in it‚ which allows her to view
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who Jem and Scout will become. Atticus teaches Jem and Scout accepted behavior in society. Similarly‚ he educates them about tolerance. Also‚ the children learn to respect their elders through their father’s interactions with Maycomb and others. .Although Boo did not speak to the children in the beginning of the novel‚ he has
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To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ is set in Alabama in the 1930s. The narrator is Scout‚ she has an older brother Jem‚ her dad‚ Atticus‚ is a lawyer‚ and they have a cook Calpurnia. Throughout the story there are many plots and themes. One part of the story is the constant struggle between Scout and her Aunt Alexandra‚ where Scout’s aunt tries to make Scout a proper southern lady. Though‚ she fails and Scout is the perfect example of a girl who is unladylike. She never wears dresses‚ breaking
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Jeremy “Jem” Finch and Jean Louise “Scout” Finch. Scout and Jem‚ are brother and sister who are living in the South during the Great Depression in Maycomb‚ Alabama. They both come to understand many things that are incredible for them to understand at their age‚ but Scout stands out. Scout starts off as her innocent self‚ but as time passes‚ she understands better about the folks in Maycomb and life. An example of Scout understanding is when Mrs. Maudie says for Scout to climb into Boo’s (Arthur Radley’s)
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teaches and demonstrates to his children (Jem and Scout) in the novel To Kill a Mocking Bird are very crucial. Atticus teaches Jem and Scout to put themselves into other people’s skin before they pre-judge a person. Atticus also teaches the two children compassion and forgiveness. The children learn an important lesson not to kill a mocking bird during the novel from Atticus. Throughout the novel several incidents happen where Atticus teaches Scout and Jem these very valuable lessons. In the novel
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To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout Finch learns this lesson through her family member and some outside influences. Scout grows in the novel from being immature and not understanding courage to a smart and courageous young girl. Through the actions of Scout Finch‚ Harper Lee demonstrates that in order to have true courage‚ one must act selflessly‚ practice integrity and most importantly‚ find herself and her morals. Without integrity‚ courage is a selfish act without depth. Scout Finch is not aware that
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