To Kill A Mockingbird Interpretation

Friedrich Nietzsche once said, “There are no facts, only interpretations”. In other words, what may seem as truth to someone, may be viewed as a lie by another. How people look at the same situation differ depending on their interpretation. This idea appears several times throughout the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and serves as the central lesson for the main character, Scout. In the novel, Scout encounters several conflicts that require her to not jump to conclusions, but instead consider the situation from someone else’s interpretation and perspective. One such situation occurred after she had walked Boo Radley home, and got the opportunity to look at her familiar neighborhood from another angle (372). Through that experience she is able to mature, and learn how to see the good in the most desperate of situations. In turn, this development serves to demonstrate how maturity comes through recognizing different perspectives. In tracking Scout’s development throughout the novel, one gains an understanding of how maturity is reached. Earlier in the novel, Jem, Dill, and Scout used to spend their summer days around the mystery of Boo Radley, where they reenacted his life story through creative plays, and thought up elaborate plans to be able to meet him (51). They even

In a long journey through new and difficult situations, Scout was able to not only establish her own view of the world, but could also be able to understand other people’s interpretations of the world as well. In doing so, she matures and grows from an innocent, care-free girl to a thoughtful and caring individual. It is through this lesson that readers should understand that it’s not someone’s age or height that makes them an adult or proves their maturity, but rather their deeper understanding of the world they live in, and their deeper understanding of the people that surround