To Kill A Mockingbird Theme Analysis

Theme of To Kill A Mockingbird

Some people are forced to grow up faster than others, Jean Louise Finch was one of those people. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a work of historical fiction about a young girl, called Jean Louise or Scout, growing up in a small town. She and her brother are faced with certain obstacles that will force them to grow up. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee demonstrates growing up by becoming more mature, not seeing things the same as before, and learning life lessons.

Jem, Scout’s brother, is four years older than Scout. Jem was becoming wiser and Scout was not always happy about that. “In addition to Jem’s newly developed characteristics, he had acquired a maddening air of wisdom” (Lee 116). Jem had gotten

Scout learns that it is important to care for other people. “But neighbors give in return. We never put back into the tree what we took out of it: we had given him nothing, and it made me sad” (Lee 278). Scout is sad because she realizes that her and Jem did not give back to their neighbor, they only took, and that does not feel right to hert. She also sees how how other people treat each other. “Jem, how can you hate Hitler so bad an’ then turn around and be ugly about folks right at home” (Lee 247). She sees how people around her are being hypocritical because they were talking about how Hitler was a bad man, but they were were also treating people badly at home. While Scout was learning life lessons, Jem was too. “Jem was becoming almost as good as Atticus at making you feel right when things go wrong” (Lee 259). Jem was growing up to be like his father, kind, strong and caring. He was good at cheering Scout up as she discovers all the terrible things that are going on around her. Both of the Finch children were forced to grow up quickly, but they learned a lot of life lessons while doing