respected and wise‚ strict but fair. Atticus Finch is everything a father should be. A man that is strong and courageous‚ he is Jem and Scouts hero. He is their teacher‚ their proctor and their friend. He is very responsible and cares for them with all his heart. These are the things that make him an excellent and much loved father Atticus’s relationship with Jem and Scout is both equal and respectful. The simple act of calling him by his first name of Atticus and not father‚ bring him to their level
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to each other. When Scout attends school‚ she automatically dislikes her teacher when she tells Scout that Atticus can’t read to her anymore. After relaying this to Atticus‚ he say‚ “ … if you can learn a simple trick‚ Scout‚ you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You will never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (Lee 39). By having Atticus give this advice to Scout‚ Lee foreshadows coming
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characters such as Calpurnia and Boo Radley are not who they are made out to be in the beginning of the play to both the readers and Scout. * Point 1: Jem and Scout learn that Calpurnia‚ their housekeeper‚ is not who they thought she was. * Point 2: The Finchs and the people of the town realize that Boo Radley is not the same man they thought he was. Scout and Jem is not the well-spoken servant they made her out to be all these years in their house. Her role is the household is much different
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In Harper Lee’s‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout is too young and childish to see the type of parent Atticus is. Atticus‚ her father‚ is a parent that just wants the best for his daughter. Scout sees her father as being unfair‚ but the reader knows he is doing his job as a parent. In fact‚ Scout thinks Atticus is always taking Calpurnia’s side‚ “our battles were epic and one-sided” (64). Scout believes that her father is always on Calpurnia’s side. Scout is only six and does not understand that her
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character Scout is shown growing up. Scout’s personality changes in many ways throughout the book. Scout learns to know people before judging them. When Jem‚ Scout’s older brother‚ hit the tops of all of Mrs. Dubose’s camellias his punishment was to read to Mrs. Dubose‚ this is Scout’s description of her. “She was horrible. Her face was the color of a dirty pillowcase... Old-age liver spots dotted her cheeks... pale eyes with black pinpoint pupils...”(Lee 142). In the beginning Scout though that
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In Harper Lee’s book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout‚ the main character‚ and her brother Jem‚ learn many valuable lessons. Scout and Jem learn when someone does the right thing they don’t always get rewarded. She learns this in many different parts of the book‚ and from many different people including her father’s client‚ Tom Robinson. In addition‚ Scout and Jem learn to understand empathy. Empathy means they will be able to understand and comprehend other people’s feelings. This is very important
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Jean-Louise Finch‚ known as scout in the book‚ who starts of as a six year old girl at the beggining of the novel and ends it at the age of eight. There are many ways that the 1st person narrative benefits the book. As the novel is written in the 1st person‚ it uses pronouns such as i‚ me‚ mine‚ we‚ ours and us which makes the novel more personal and lets you know that she is always part of the events that occur or she is being told the events that have occured. For example‚ Scout doesnt know the truth
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songs for the everyday people. Jem and Scout had to restrain from shooting the mockingbirds due to their father’s warning. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee‚ is written from the view point of a little girl‚ Scout‚ in the 1930’s during the Great Depression. Her father‚ Atticus‚ is assigned a court case where he has to defend an African American that is accused of raping and assaulting a white woman. While her dad is away at work‚ Scout‚ her older brother Jem‚ and summertime
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Mockingbird ‚by Harper Lee‚ Scout‚ the main character‚ matures as the book continues. Slowly but surely‚ Scout learns to control her explosive temper‚ to refrain from fistfights‚ and to respect Calpurnia‚ their maid‚ and to really learn her value to the family. Scout simply changes because she matures‚ and she also changes because Atticus‚ her father‚ asks her to. <br> <br>In the early chapters of the book‚ Scout picks fights at the slightest provocation. One example of this is when Scout beats up Walter Cunningham
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through the eyes of the youngest child‚ “Scout Finch”‚ you learn about her residential city Maycomb‚ and its many issues with racism and social discrimination. You also learn about Scout’s father ‚ Atticus Finch‚ who is an attorney for a hopeless black man striving for innocence due to being falsely accused of rape. Throughout this essay‚ you will read about the characters of “To Kill A Mockingbird” and how they mature due to racism and social profiling. Scout changes her racist and social view of Maycomb
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