Maturation In To Kill A Mockingbird

In the first part of the book Scout returns home complaining about her new teacher, Miss Caroline, not knowing how to act in Maycomb and getting in trouble with her. Learning Miss Caroline recently moved to Maycomb trying but struggling to adjust to Maycomb, Atticus tells her, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-until you climb into his skin and walk around in it”(39) It's an important and occurring quote showing what Atticus sees of people. It also connects to the real life, since there are many times in life a person did not understand what the other feels from their perspective which stirs trouble in the future. The book continues telling the reader this specific quote is barely applied by the town’s citizens showing the result as an huge problem still never fully learned from.

This quote demonstrates the kind of person Atticus is, a person that sees others’ true colors, such as Mrs. Dubose being courageous, not rude. Another example that proves that Atticus does what is right is when he tells Scout that he tries to like everyone. He says, “‘I do my best to love everybody... I'm hard put, sometimes—baby, it's never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn't hurt you’”(Lee 144-145).

"First of all … if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from their point of view- until you climb in their skin and walk around in it (page 39)" This quote from a conversation between Atticus and Scout shows how he believes in the idea of widening your perspective, and being able to show others what it's like to see things in a new light. Atticus is a father of two, so it's very important for him to give his children lessons that they will be able to keep with them for their entire lives. " Simply because we're licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win. (page 101)"

In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, the main protagonist Jean Louise “Scout” Finch from Maycomb County, Alabama, goes on a strenuous moral journey thats problems will shape her to be the character she is. Throughout the story, Scout and her family face many challenges that test, but also prove, her ruling personality trait of compassion and the potential to not judge others. She also displays her ability to be perceptive of people and see life from their point of view when her father Atticus takes on the job of defending Tom Robinson, a black man, who was accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman. When he gets called on to do this, he opens his family up to harassment and ridicule by the townsfolk. Scout doesn’t quite understand why he decides to take on a case like that, but he explains to her that,

By suggesting that Scout try to see things from another perspective, Atticus tries to instill in her a

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

During the case, Atticus had to go against the social norms to help someone. One day a boy named Cecil Jacobs made fun of Scout and said that her dad was a, “nigger lover.” When Scout got home, later that day, she told Atticus about what had happened at school. Atticus simply responded that he was, “simply defending a Negro,” (Lee 86). Later on in the case, Tom was faced with the threat of Walter Cunningham

“Shoot all of the Blue Jays you want, if you can hit them, but Remember it’s a sin to kill a Mockingbird.” That was a major quote in Chapter 10. I chose Chapter 10’s Rabid dog scene from the book To Kill A Mockingbird as my Coming of Age scene. Let’s talk about three literary elements from that one particular scene/chapter.

No matter what anybody says to you, don’t you let ‘em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change” (101). Atticus knows that in the past Scout has used more of a violent approach in confrontation with others and he is telling her to keep on going and don’t give in to confrontation and become civil to those who have done wrong to her. Atticus wants Scout to be the better person and to use her head. Atticus is always there to help Scout comprehend many real world situations, such as the Tom Robison trial and verdict.

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” (Chapter 3 TKAM). This essential piece of advice from Atticus guides Scout through the her journey of growing up and helps her develop an enriched sense of self, she understands that not everyone around her is the same. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee portrays children all being raised in the same small town while having completely different backgrounds and morals. Harper Lee’s book illustrates how the varying aspects of a child's life affects their behavior and outlook on life. Surroundings, Family, and financial status all play a big role in how the children were prepared to be active, responsible,

Literary elements take up substantial fragments in stories today. In the novel “To Kill A Mockingbird”, there is a young boy named Jem Finch and throughout the story, you start to realise that he’s growing up, not physically, but mentally, we call that ‘the coming of age’. Jem’s coming of age experience is developed at Mrs.Dubose’s (a bad tempered old lady) house through conflict, irony, and symbol.

Coming of age is the process a character goes through in order to mature. Scout and Jem both go through this process. Scout tells the story of To Kill a Mockingbird through the eyes of her 6 year old self. In chapter 10 Scout has an intervention with Miss Maudie about what her dad told her, it is a sin to kill a songbird. Miss Maudie agrees with Atticus' saying and this opens the eyes of Scout. Then, later in chapter 25, Scout reads Mr. Underwood's editorial on how the conviction of Tom Robinson is like the slaying of a songbird. This makes Scout understand more about why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird, but still does not understand fully. Finally, in chapter 30, Scout finally fully understands why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. She

Maturing is a natural process which molds every individual along the way. Two children, Scout and Jem, from Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird, learned about life by witnessing prejudice, observing the odd characteristics of their fellow townspeople, Maycombians, and simply grasping concepts as they grew older. Compared to colonial children, Scout and Jem lived a luxurious life. Early Americans started laboring at an extremely young age, which demonstrated how difficult life would be for the rest of their time. In the modern world, the expanding convenience of technology also complicates kids' lives. Modern adolescents may not wake with the sun to work on the farm, but they are pressured to keep up with the latest user-friendly technology as well as the demands of

The significance of coming of age to me is to adapt to the new age and learn from our mistakes in the past times. In some point of time there are things that can be challenging due to physical problems or social struggle. In the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” there was a coming of age scene of where Atticus, a white person, defends Tom Robinson, a black person. This is where you can see some of the literary elements that take place in this books such the plot, the conflict, and the setting. In this essay I will be reviewing over the literary elements that is confined within the courthouse scene

“ Atticus had promised me he would wear me out if he ever heard of me fighting anymore ; I was too far old and big for such childish things, and the sooner I learned to