An Analysis Of Scout's Maturity In To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

To begin with, the first incident takes place when they visit Scout’s Aunt Alexandra. Scout recalls a memory, which she remembers as “Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire. 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.” This shows me that even though her aunt argues that Scout needs to act more like a lady now, Scout denies this and is satisfied with how she dresses. In addition, Aunt Alexandra wants Scout to spend her time playing with “small stoves, tea sets, and wearing the Add-A-Pearl necklace.”(Lee, 83) Scout’s aunt tries to convince her to becoming accustomed to activities that will encourage her towards becoming a ‘proper’ lady

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 main characters in To Kill a Mockingbird is Scout and she shows empathy multiple times. When Jem is told he has to read to Mrs Dubose, Scout goes with him. Seeing Mrs Dubose lying in bed, looking sick, Scout notes that she feels sorry for her. "In the corner of the room was a brass bed, and in the bed was Mrs Dubose. I wondered if

Scout Finch changes and grows significantly over the course of Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird. In the beginning of the novel, Scout is a young girl who hadn't thought much of the prejudice in the world and was quick to judge others. Throughout the novel she becomes more aware of the prejudice in her own community, more sympathetic and understanding of others, and learns to stick to her morals. These changes were largely influenced by her father's example, the trial he was a part of, and her experiences in school.

Everyone changes over time. Whether you are introduced to a new group of people or go through a new situation, we all change. In "To Kill A Mockingbird," Scout goes through many changes throughout the course of the book. She experiences what life is like with bullying, racism, and our legal system. Scout watches as a man goes on trial for sexual assault and her father gets harassed for becoming his defense attorney in rural, racist Alabama.

Atticus, the father of Scout and Jem, plays an immensely important role in the children’s maturing by teaching them valuable life lessons that benefit their character and knowledge of how to live in the world. When telling Jem and Scout why Mrs. Dubose acts the way she does, and how he thinks she is one of the most courageous women he knows, he says, “Courage is when you know your licked before you begin but you begin anyway”(128). The children learn that Mrs. Dubose was not a mean, old, wicked lady; she was a person trying to get rid of an addiction, even though it would cause her pain to do so. This entire conversation shows Scout and Jem that people are not always what one perceives them to be, and that one needs to understand why someone does the things they do before they judge

In conclusion in to kill a mockingbird scout at first judged people on their appearance but when she puts herself into their shoes she learns what they go through. She learns not to judge people so quick on how they look or how they act. Like dolphus raymond,walter cunningham,mayella ewell,boo radley and mrs.dubose . she judge them too quick she always thought and seen them through a certain way but that changes when she learns what they go through and what happen to them. She starts to understand and put herself into their

When real life problems are seen from the perspective of a child, they often change the child in dramatic ways. Such is the case in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, a story narrated by a young girl living in Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression. The young girl, Scout, lives with her brother and father, a lawyer who is defending a black man accused of raping a woman from town. In the beginning of the story Scout spends her time playing silly games around the house and yard with her brother Jem and neighbor Dill. As she becomes more aware of the social bias and racial tensions that are building in the small town, Scout and her world begin to change. Although Scout may not fully understand the ins and outs of the real world, she

The transition from innocence to experience is a major theme in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, The character of Scout, on particular, portrays this theme exceptionally well. At the beginning of the novel, Scout is an innocent, good-hearted five-year-old child who has no experience with the evils of the world, as the novel progresses, Scout has her first contact with evil and she begins to mature. By the end of the novel her persperctive on people changed from that of a child to that of a grown-up.

Later in the novel when both the children have matured since the beginning, Scout has found herself involved in the ladies meeting by Aunt Alexandra and realises what it is like to be a lady. After hearing the horrid announcement of Tom Robinson’s death, Scout sees how affected by the news Aunt Alexandra is she till retains her lady-like manners as she has company. Scout thinks, “After all, if Aunty could be a lady at a time like this, so could I.” Scout allows herself

Dubose. For instance, Scout was amazed when her father talked to her without being nervous or getting caught up on her words. “ It was times like this when I thought my father who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived”(pg.134). When Scout sees Atticus talking to Mrs. Dubose with so much respect and after what she just said about him, she thinks that he is very brave. Later on in the novel Scout finds out why Mrs. Dubose is so mean, it’s because she was addicted to morphine in her younger years, making it hard on her and others, then Scout realises that she is also very courageous, because she is fighting the need to have the morphine.

To begin, Mrs. Dubose displayed courage in this book by overcoming addiction. While she was living, Scout and Jem thought that Mrs. Dubose was a horrible person, but they thought differently after Atticus explained why she died. “Mrs. Dubose was a morphine addict,” Atticus had said (Lee, 147). “She was going to leave this world holden’ to nothing and nobody,” (Lee, 148). Atticus said this to explain how going over to Mrs. Dubose’s house had helped her overcome her addiction and as a result, he said, “She was the bravest person I knew,” (Lee, 149). From this, Scout and Jem learned that courage is not just having the guts to fight another person, it is also the strength in the face of pain.

Dubose was one of the examples Atticus used to teach scout how to be empathetic. Scout herself described Mrs. Dubose as “plain hell” (Lee 7). Every single time Jem, Scouts older brother, and Scout passed Mrs. Dubose’s house on their way to the city they would be verbally harassed. One day when Jem and scout were on their way back from the city they passed Mrs. Dubose’s house and Jem got fed up by all her rude and unnecessary comments so he ruined her garden. As a punishment she asked that Jem come to read to her every day after school. Although “Jem and I (Scout) hated her (Mrs. Dubose)” (133), Atticus still made them both go to read a book to her every day because he “wanted you (Them) to see what real courage is” (146). What the kids don’t know is that Mrs. Dubose is actually a morphine addict who was coming clean right before her death. Mrs. Dubose could have just been on medications until she died but she wanted to “die beholden to nothing and nobody” (146) which is what Atticus wanted to show the kids. Even though she was considered an “Old-hell devil” (145) she was actually just fighting a greater battle which was making her come across as unpleasant and rude. Scout starts to realize how she misjudged Mrs. Dubose which helps her become more

One’s childhood innocence is never lost, it simply plants the seed for the flower of maturity to bloom. It seems that almost every adult chooses to either forget or ignore this childhood vulnerability. But ironically, it was this quality that pushed them into adulthood in the first place. At the peak of their childhood, their post climactic innocence allows room for the foundation of maturity to begin to grow. In the sleepy southern town of Maycomb this is exactly what happens to eight years old Jean Louise “Scout” Finch. In To Kill a Mockingbird the character Scout is forced to surround herself with a very adult situation, when a trial comes to the small town of Maycomb. The trial raises the question that shakes the entire town up, what

Scout in To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee is a novel set in the United States during the 1930's. This novel deals with the hardships of growing up, among other important themes. Scout, the main character in the book, underwent many challenges during her early life that resulted in her maturing at a young age. Scout learned the meaning of racism, courage, and tolerance (comprehension).