How Does Scout Mature In To Kill A Mockingbird

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“Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.” - /Ralph Waldo Emerson /. The character Scout is the narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird following her story in her point of view. Scout is an interesting character because of her childish nature slowly evolving into someone more grownup at her young age. Scout has her own struggles throughout this book as well in getting over hatred. Scout has to go through the struggles of overcoming racism and growing up. Scout is a young girl whom has to mature at a young age trying to keep her innocence throughout this book. She’s is an immature, adventurous, and smart child that grows throughout a racist time period in the 9130s. Scout’s best trait has to be her intelligence. In the book To Kill a Mocking Bird from the very beginning it shows that Scout is very smart for her age. Scouts teacher, Miss Caroline, was very irritated that she could read already for a first grader, (Chapter 2). Miss Caroline stated, “Your father does not know how to teach…” In the regards for Scout reading My First Reader and The Mobile Register aloud. Showing that in this chapter she already had the knowledge surpassing other children in …show more content…

She, as Atticus’s daughter, had to go through harsh words and derision from people in the small town since her father was defending a person of colour in a rape trial and other cases. Harassed and judged the Finches dealt with slurs such as “negro lover.” A main issue was when Scout and her brother Jem was a target to the drunk and furious Mr. Ewell. Scouts father, Atticus, was defending Mr. Tom Robinson that lead the racist man, Mr. Ewell, to attack and even attempted to murder the two children walking home, (Chapter 28). With Scout having to go through that she had a pretty clear idea why racism was such a huge deal. Having to face the harsh reality of racism is another reason of her early

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