children. Atticus wants Jem and Scout to understand what he believes is right. Example two‚ is that Jem and Scout and their brother and sister relationship. Their relationship is very special and how they guide each other into the right path. Jem teaches Scout right from wrong‚ which is how they are clearly showing love to each other. Atticus adores his children‚ showing us that he cares about them‚ and would do anything for them. For example‚ Atticus lets Scout be who she truly is. In fact in
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To Kill a Mockingbird Jem acts maturely The novel To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee is about a young girl named Scout and her brother‚ Jem‚ growing up in the small‚ southern town of Maycomb‚ Alabama. Scout and Jem live with their older father‚ Atticus‚ and spend their summers playing with their friend‚ Dill. They have many neighbors‚ and one is an older woman named Mrs. Dubose. As the siblings grow older‚ they begin to drift apart and new disagreements begin. Yet‚ as Jem begins change‚ he starts
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potential to sway Jem and Scout‚ the children boldly choose to look beyond the erratic rumors Miss Stephanie feeds them and instead believe in Atticus’ core philosophy of climbing in another person’s skin and walking around in it. Since doing so enables the children to better understand Boo’s situation and establish an unconventional friendship with him‚ this one simple decision ultimately results in Boo saving their lives‚ which most likely would not have happened if Jem and Scout had believed Miss Stephanie’s
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meetings are a time for gossip and to give their opinion of what the towns people are doing wrong and how they should change. This circle of ladies is a stereotype that is pressed upon Scout because of her Aunt’s presence in the Finch home. Aunt Alexandra role in this novel is to provide a background for Jem and Scout. Aunt Alexandra believes that because the Finch family has land and comes from a line of landowners that have been around for generation that they deserve respect and are on the higher
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mature context. Having Scout‚ a child‚ retell serious events through her naïve mind‚ gives a very censored outlook. Scouts perspective on significant events gives readers a very truthful honest opinion on ways Scout grasps and understands the‚ very grown up‚ situations in which she witnesses. Also another advantage of having the novel from a child’s point of view is that as scout learns Maycombs ways so do we‚ preparing both the reader and Scout for the books serious events. Scout is a very up front
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two characters Jem and Scout are introduced and learn many valuable lessons that do not necessarily come from school education. Throughout the book‚ the idea of valuable lessons are more found in real life rather than school education is brought up numerous times. The school life of Jem and Scout is not mentioned in the book that much but from the scenes they are mentioned it seems to the reader that the school is protecting them and holds them back. In real life‚ Scout and Jem are revealed to court
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scenes where Scout(Jean Louise Finch) our protagonist has a confrontation with her teacher Miss Caroline ‚ Atticus gives her the most important advice. Atticus promptly tells scout can get better along if she can view though Miss Caroline point of view: “‘first of all‚ if you can learn a simple trick‚ scout‚ you’ll get along alot better with all kinds of folks.
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from the novel more clearly. Scouts input should stay in the novel because it emphasizes how Scout grow as a character‚ the theme came across clearer‚ and many readers can relate to Scout. The first reason that Scouts innocent views should stay in the novel is because we see her grow as a character. Throughout the novel we see Scout struggle with self-control‚ but as events progress‚ we see an uplift of maturity from her. Referencing back to the time when Scout fought Walter Cunningham for
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their perspective of life. Jem‚ Scout‚ and Dill have various adventures that mature them‚ and allow them to understand how the world works in the mind of an adult. The children’s mind slowly transforms from understanding situations like an adult to having the mind of an adult. In effect‚ Jem begins to mature by going off on his own and preferring to be alone. “Jem was growing. I must be patient with him and disturb him as little as possible‚” scout narrated (153). Scout was beginning to realize how
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therefore leaving innocence behind is a sign that Scout and Jem gain maturity. In the beginning of the book‚ Walter Cunningham‚ a child of a family of poor famers‚ comes to visit the Finch household. Growing up in a poor household that can’t afford much‚ Walter‚ acknowledging that he was in a well-off household‚ pours molasses all over his food because he sees it as something rare to eat in such manner. Scout rudely comments on this‚ and Calpurnia orders Scout to come in the kitchen‚ lecturing her‚ saying
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