Scout´s Maturity in Harper Lee´s To Kill a Mockingbird

Scout
One of the most important characters read during this semester was Scout Finch. Compared to other characters in To Kill a Mockingbird who were not of the Finch family, Scout was different. She was mature, for equality, and noble. These are all attributes, none of which could be found in most characters of the book. This is especially significant considering the early age of Scout. With her age with her level of nobility, maturity, and her strong sense of racial equality, Scout is not only years ahead of her age, but also above the rest of Maycomb County.

In the novel, many examples show the maturity of Scout. For example, at the beginning of the novel, Scout was innocent experiencing little to change this. However, by the end of the novel, Scout had gone a complete transformation in terms of innocence and maturity. Throughout the book, the events that Scout experienced slowly forced her to lose her innocence. The racism that existed due to and during the Tom Robinson trial was an important example of her loss of innocence. The difference between her as well as the Finches and the rest of Maycomb County was also a prominent example that caused her maturity and loss of innocence. In the Finch household, they had an African-American cook, Calpurnia, who also disciplined the children. However, this was common, what was not typical was the humane way the Finch’s treated Calpurnia. Due to racism that was not a result of the Tom Robinson Trial, this did not occur in other homes. In the Tom Robinson trial, the outcome of the trial, was the result of racism in the jury since, the evidence clearly showed that Tom Robinson was innocent. However, the only racism did not occur solely during the trial, due to the trial, many people such ...

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...world. Some of this was maturity but this was also nobility. This is because the fact that Scout had increased her understanding of the world, she had not only seen and experienced it.

The understanding of racial equality is an aspect of Scout unlike the others of nobility and maturity. Although Scout’s understanding of racial equality did develop throughout the book just as the other aspects did, it is different as it is the core of her nobility and maturity. Even though one of the most immense differences between Scout and others of her nobility and maturity is her age, the other difference, which is even more important, is her view on racial equality. By having the root of her most immensely different aspects from others and the sole of her whole difference being her views on racial equality, this aspect of Scout is the most important out of the three mentioned.