Characters in a book not only tell the story, but teach the reader a lesson. To Kill a Mockingbird is a book that exhibits racism and gives the readers a taste of what it was like in the 1930’s. One of the several major characters of this book is Jean Louise Finch, better known as Scout. She matured greatly because of women characters such as Miss Maudie, Calpurnia, and her Aunt Alexandra. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout teaches all readers the lesson of how it is important to have a motherly figure in your life; she does so through possessing the traits of being curious, tomboy, and hot tempered. First off, Scout is a very curious, young girl. Her curiosity drives her to do things that do not always seem to be the best of ideas, for example, “I stood on tiptoe, and withdrew two pieces of chewing gum minus their outer wrappers”(44). She had found gum with no wrappers inside of a tree, and decided to eat it with no second thoughts. Scout …show more content…
She likes to play with her brother and friend suggesting, “Let’s roll in the tire”(49). Girls who are tomboy often like to do such things because it is fun for them. Moreover, Scout is rarely seen in anything else besides her usual clothing; she would rather be in her overalls than be more like a lady. This is known by her Aunt Alexandra, the main person who pushes Scout to wear dresses; she brings Scout her overalls when her and Jem come home after Mr. Ewell, a townfolk, attacked them. Tomboys do not like to do girly things including wearing certain types of clothing, “I could not possibly hope to be a lady if I wore breeches; when I said I could do nothing in a dress, she said I wasn’t supposed to be doing things that required pants”(108). Scout prefers pants over dresses, showing that she is tomboy. Possessing this trait causes Aunt Alexandra to attempt to teach her niece to be more of a lady, which Scout did learn to do; resulting with her maturing a little bit
As people grow in life, they mature and change. In the novel , To Kill a 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.
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.
Scout is a young girl growing up in the south, she is intelligent, thoughtful, and good natured. Her identity is somewhat uncommon during the time she lives in. She is characterized as a tomboy, who doesn’t always act “lady like” or proper by southern standards. Scout most likely became the type of person she is by the care of her father, Atticus. He shapes her mind, while trying to protect her from a dangerous world and preserving her childhood.
Scout Finch is the main character of To Kill A Mockingbird. Throughout the story, Scout will learn courage and kindness, and doing what is right. When the book begins, Scout is only 6 years old, and still has a lot to learn. She is a kind person and wants to make Atticus proud, but she has a lot of growing up to do.
To start, Scout isn’t able to see things from other people's points of view when she invites Walter Cunningham over for lunch on her first day of school and he pours molasses syrup all over his lunch. She isn’t able to realize that other people do things differently than she does. When she asks why he is doing this, Calpurnia scolds her for asking and tells her that some people just do things things differently. Since she is developing, she is able to realize that Boo Radley is actually a nice, caring person instead of a crazy, squirrel eating, monster. She realizes this when Miss Maudie’s house catches on fire and someone puts a blanket around her while she is standing outside. She realizes that it was Boo Radley is actually a caring person. This shows she is developing because she can discover things about other people instead of just sticking to her first impression of someone. Finally, Scout shows she can see things from other people’s perspectives when she walks Boo Radley home and stands on his porch and watches the last two years play out from his perspective. She is also showing that she changed when she is sad that she never put anything back in the knothole in the tree to give back to Boo. To finish, she has changed by being able to see things how other people see them. She shows she changes when she doesn’t understand why Walter Cunningham
However, Scout acknowledges her mistakes and uses them as learning experiences that helps her grow and mature. An example that shows this very well in the novel, “I remember the distant disastrous occasion when I rushed to young Walter Cunningham's defense. Now, I was glad I done it. “Soon’s school starts I’m gonna ask Walter Cunningham to dinner,” I planned have forgotten my private resolve to beat him up.” (Lee, Ch.23). This significant taught her a big lesson. That you shouldn’t judge others based on their differences. In the beginning of the book, Scout picks on Walter Cunningham, a classmate, for getting her in trouble with Miss. Caroline. She doesn’t stop to think about her words or Cunningham’s perspective of the situation. In short, she was being insensitive. Walter is from a poor family of farmers their eating habits aren’t like Scout’s. So naturally, Scout, being a child, picks on him for that. Now, later in the novel, Scout understands her mistake and tries invite him for dinner again as a way of apologizing. This quote shows that her innocence views is the bridge that lead her realize her
For a young girl to grow up in a world of prejudice, white supremacy, and understanding what life was like for colored individuals in the 1960s was difficult because she has not fallen out of her innocence, yet. Scout Finch is a confident seven-year-old girl because her father is an honorable and intelligent individual in Maycomb.
Scout Finch is a little girl from To Kill a Mockingbird who is full of curiossity, who is daring and is also a tom boy. Scout in the novel made a big impact on all the characters in the story in which she found out what Boo Radley looked like and found out he was not dead and also she was also always a step ahead of everyone, she was the smartest in her class and she kept Aticus thinking. Scout got to step inside of other peoples shoes just as Cal wanted her to do. Scout Finch was taught throughout how to see people from there prospective. This book would be great for any group of readers who like mystery and old southern
To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the greatest works of literature which displays how the morals of a human being can be influenced and change over time. The narrator, Scout Finch, recounts her childhood from an older perspective, and tells the reader about her experiences starting from age six. At the beginning of the novel, Scout is a rebellious, hot-tempered girl who will listen to her father, but will also get provoked and start fighting very easily. She goes along with society and treats everyone based on how society judges them, causing her to treat poor people with disrespect and call black people by another common name besides Negro. By the end, she has changed more than any character,
In English we are reading “To Kill a Mockingbird”. This story is about a young girl who goes by the name Scout. In the story to far she has shown herself to be a very tough girl for her age. She knows what she wants, is very intelligent for her age which will be very helpful in the story, she also has an okay bound with people, she knows how to interact with them. So far in the story it is really just her showing that she wants to be tough and a rebel like her brother and her friend Dill.
Firstly, Scout, also known as Jean Louise finch is able to overcome the obstacles in her way to see the goodness in life because the evils demonstrated numerous times in the novel doesn’t destroy her innocence. As the novel progresses thro...
As a child grows, many people influence their development as a person. Some people impact more than others, and a select few really leave their mark. In Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird,” several characters play this role. Among them, Miss Maudie Atkinson, a woman who proves herself a strong character, prevails as the one who has the greatest impact on Scout Finch, the protagonist of this novel. As Scout matures and grows up, her views on the world around her change. Through subtle yet effective ways, Miss Maudie teaches Scout many life lessons about being humble, judging, and attitude, all of which ultimately have a great effect on the kind of person Scout develops into and her outlook on the world.
She does not realize that people can be so cruel at first, and she doesn't understand how adults think. Throughout this she is challenged to understand and start acting the way that her society requires. One of the first problems she runs into is being a women, which she has trouble with. Her brother Jem is constantly telling her about how all the girls are annoying, and tells her to stop acting like a girl because they are horrible. He also tells her that if she keeps acting like that she will turn into a girl, and this is sad because she cannot help being a girl. “I was not so sure, but Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always imagined things, that's why other people hated them so, and if I started behaving like one I could just go off and find some to play with.” Jem saying things like this really gets into her head, and she believes that girls are bad and she shouldn't act like one even though she is one. Boo Radley was another one of the main topics that affects Scout and challenges her way of thinking. She has heard many stories of the horrible things that Boo Radley has done, and that he is a monster. She believes the stories that he eats animals raw and sneaks around at night, killing people who are out. “ “Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that's why his hands were
Harper Lee provides the reader with several examples of typical Maycomb females. She establishes Scout's masculinity with fighting and explains her demeanor by contrasting it with the typical female adults of the novel. The author also allows Jean Louise to wear masculine clothing and gives her a manly nickname. Therefore, the author favors Scout's unique personality and implies women do not have to act in a stereotypical manner. The book might inspire young girls to become independent and create their own unique personalities. To Kill a Mockingbird emerges as an important novel that contradicts female society and suggests that girls should not feel pressure to act in scripted "womanly" roles.
In many societies, women can be seen as inferior to men as some believe women symbolize weakness and vulnerability. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, portrays the child narrator, Scout Finch, as a bullheaded tomboy who is the daughter of a lawyer defending Tom Robinson, a black man, who was accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman, in the 1930’s. Scout’s hardships are shown throughout her life, and without a mother figure she is left clueless on how to be a proper lady during these difficult times. Her Aunt Alexandra later becomes Scout’s necessary mother figure. Harper Lee uses Scout’s female perspective, Aunt Alexandra’s guidance, and the ideology that women should follow the etiquette of being a proper woman