Scout is by far an interesting and unordinary child in the novel of To Kill a Mockingbird. She is the main character and narrator of the story. She is the youngest child of Atticus Finch who is a lawyer and Scout also has an older brother named Jem. What makes Scouts character so special is that she changes her qualities throughout the novel. In the beginning of the novel Scout is an innocent and kind-hearted six-year old girl‚ only because she has not encountered the true evils of the world. As
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November 7 2011 Loss of Innocence Portrayed in To Kill A Mockingbird Innocence is a term used to indicate a lack of guilt‚ with respect to any kind of crime‚ sin‚ or wrongdoing. In a legal context‚ innocence refers to the lack of legal guilt of an individual‚ with respect to a crime. (Wikipedia-Innocence) Innocence‚ that is the main theme in the book To Kill A Mockingbird. In To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee uses the mockingbird as this symbol of innocence she also uses the characters in
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To Kill A Mockingbird How does Scout come of age in To Kill A Mockingbird? In this book “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee we talk about how Scout comes of age in chapter 24. The chapter takes place in a house during a tea party party. Scout admires the way Miss Maudie carries the plate with tea with grace. “ I admired the ease and grace with which she handled loads of dainty things ”(p.261). Scout is usually fighting and getting down right dirty instead of staying in the house and lady things
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In the book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout has a lot of different traits. Scout is the main character and the narrator in the book. She was very adventurous‚ impulsive‚ and intelligent. Although she had many more traits‚ these were three of the most important. Scout showed her sense of adventure when she went with Jem and Dill to try and find Boo Radley. “With that‚ I had no option but to join them.(Lee pg 58)” She liked to join Jem and Dill on their quests and she tried her best to fit in to be one
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Lemieux Ms. Graham ENG2D May 23 2013 The Mockingbirds of Maycomb County To Kill A Mockingbird‚ a novel by Harper Lee‚ is the story of a young girl named Scout‚ growing up in Maycomb County‚ Alabama‚ in the 1930’s. Scout is forced to mature quickly when she father takes on a job defending Tom Robinson‚ a black man accused of rape‚ in court. As a result‚ Scout is mocked and discriminated against by a society that believes a black man is always guilty. Scout comes to realize that her small‚ safe town
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The book “To Kill a Mockingbird” shows the reader that life can be unfair. Some people get blamed for things they did not do. Unfortunately‚ one of those people was Tom Robinson. Tom was an innocent negro man accused for raping Mayella‚ although he did not do it. His character ties in with the book because a mockingbird symbolizes innocence. The ways that Tom was symbolized as a mockingbird was through his obliging ways‚ compassion‚ and innocence. Tom Robinson was an obliging young man who had gone
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Complex Character: Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird Jean Louise Finch‚ also known as Scout‚ like most complex characters in fiction stories‚ changes in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird.” In the beginning‚ Scout is a young kid that really doesn’t know what is the right thing and the wrong thing to do. When she is talking to Miss Maudie she mentions that Arthur Radley may have “died and they shoved him up the chimney.‚” (Lee 43)‚ and this irks Miss Maudie. This is because Scout really doesn’t understand
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‘Growing up is a journey from childhood to loss of innocence’ How is this true from Jem in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird? Growing up is a crustal part of developing into an adult. We start out as immature children‚ making mistakes and learning from them. Innocence is a word described about many children‚ meaning haven’t seen the full exposure to life and what potential dangers are out there. In the beginning of novel To Kill a Mocking Bird‚ Haper Lee writes about Jem‚ a young boy who is immature
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as can the smiling face of a child. The mockingbird sings for the sake of singing‚ and an innocent child possesses an inborn joyfulness‚ as natural as instinct. Yet a mockingbird’s song dies as easily as the innocence of a child. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout and Jem are portrayed as innocents‚ uncorrupted by our world of prejudice and racism. Their world is simple‚ sensible‚ a child’s world. However‚ three years in the life of 8-year-old Scout Finch‚ her brother‚ Jem‚ and their father
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with it. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird‚ a child is stripped away for her innocence‚ and experiences many hardships. Growing up in the real world and experiencing different situations is when the loss of innocence occurs. Scout experiences many different stuff‚ one of them being Tom Robinson’s trial. Tom was wrongly accused of assaulting and raping Mayella Ewell and was sent to jail. Scout experienced many racial injustice throughout this trial. During the trial Scout noticed that a lot of people
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