Scout Growing Up In To Kill A Mockingbird

Scouts character is both Inquisitive and observant. Scout asks a variety of tough questions. Most of the questions aren't very politically correct, but she does not know better. As a child, Scout doesn't understand the full reasons of what happens around her, making her an observer.

Throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, the narrator and protagonist, Scout, grows not only physically and emotionally as well. Through experience, Scout undergoes emotional change, taking her from her child self, to her more developed self. In addition, Scout learns through observing others and learning that they are not who she believes to be. And although a great deal of Scout’s development can be credited toward her superiors who directly teach her, it is Scout herself who truly discovers what maturity is, and how its relation to morality makes the world.

How Scout Develops from a Tomboy to a Young Lady in To Kill a Mockingbird

Jean Louise “Scout” Finch has an evolution of character when certain conflicts and realizations lead her to change throughout the novel. At first, Scout is innocent, thinking that her home, Maycomb County and the people in it, are going to be the same as they were close to twenty years ago. Scout is a smart girl, young and confident, she does not worry about what she’s wearing or what others think of her. Scout wears clothing that her aunt and the people of Maycomb wouldn’t accept, “I do wish this time you’d try to dress better when you’re home. Folks in town get the wrong impression of you. They think you are-ah-slumming.” (Lee 21). Aunt Alexandra has told Scout many times that she should not dress the way she does but Scout doesn’t listen.

  Early in the novel, Scout illustrates the courage she embodies.  On her first day of school, Scout acts as an ambassador for the entire class.  She takes the duty of informing Miss Caroline of Walter Cunningham's situation.  Miss Caroline had just scolded Scout for her ability to read, however, Scout still feels the classes' need for leadership.  Most children at her age would fear speaking

The human mind is a complex organ that absorbs information and locks it in. All though people think trial and error is a waste of time, it is a great way to obtain information. Coming-of-age involves recognizing different perspectives.

The first reason why Scout is interesting is because she’s very smart for someone her age. Right from the beginning when she first got to school, Scout’s teacher named Miss Caroline Fisher made her read the board and when she figured out that Scout can do it with ease, she made Scout read quotes from The Mobile Register. Scout is only in the first grade so, it’s quite surprising that she can read that. So, Miss Fisher claimed that Scout’s father was teaching her and she quotes, “If he didn’t teach you, who did? Miss Caroline asked good-naturedly. Somebody did. You weren’t born reading The Mobile Register” (page 22). Scout keeps saying that her father doesn’t teach her but Miss Fisher doesn’t believe her. I personally think

Scout faced many challenges like being exposed to the evil side of human nature. Meanwhile Scout began to lose her innocence. She had struggled to maintain that there was good in the human capacity. Furthermore, she has faced other problems like their neighbor Boo Radley, he seemed suspicious to them including every single encounter they had with him became more odd each time. Boo Radley was an odd boy they had been getting presents from him however they didn’t even know it. Like when Jem had found his clothes hanging on the fence “it was like knew I was coming back(Lee, 77-85)”. But with Scout’s intelligence they will eventually figure it out. Even though Scout did not enjoy school she was intelligent ironically when Jem would tell her it will get better she kept her head up.“After making me read most of My First Register aloud, she discovered that I was literate and looked at me with more than faint distance (Lee, 17).” Scout got most of her intelligence from her father he was a lawyer and brother Jem and Atticus. “Listening to the news of the day, Bills to Be Enacted into Laws, the diaries of Lorenzo Dow anything Atticus happened to be

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a fictional novel about a young girl named Scout Finch. The story revolves around Scout and her family as they face prejudice and discrimination in Maycomb County. At the beginning of the novel, Scout is an innocent girl who hasn't come into contact with the evils of the world. At the end of the novel, Scout develops with understanding of that good always wins over evil no longer is always true. The events Scout saw made her knowledgable and aware of the human nature around her to mature with understanding of the world.

Throughout the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout begins to mature in many different ways. Besides her physical appearance that starts to develop, she begins to control her anger, she matures throughout the Tom Robinson trial, and she conquers some of her fears.

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.

One can tell, even at a glance, that she is not your typical six-year-old girl. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout is the one that always keeps the story interesting. Her many daring and dangerous experiences constantly keep the reader engrossed. While Scout is just following her nature, she often times is scolded for her actions. She captivates her readers by displaying her curious and courageous side, while also being a caring individual.

"Atticus had promised me he would wear me out if he ever heard of me fighting any more; I was far too old and too big for such childish things, and the sooner I learned to hold it in, the better off everybody would be. " (Lee, 85) Jean Louise Finch, known as Scout, stands out in the prim and proper southern town of Maycomb, Alabama. Over the course of the novel, Scout's life experiences, good or bad, shape and mature her into a sophisticated young lady. In To Kill a Mockingbird, the first few lines of dialogue indicate that Scout is extremely intelligent.

Growing up isn’t just being a year older it’s more about the journey along the way, understanding of life, and change. In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee the characters learn that grow in age and understanding. The book, To Kill A Mockingbird takes place in the great depression, in a small town called Maycomb. Throughout the town a lot of people believe in discrimination and think it is right. But there are some people like Atticus, Scout, and Jem who believe there is just one kind of folks, folks.

In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout is one of the main characters and the narrator. During the time the book begins, she is a little 6 year-old girl who is mature for her age, and she continues to mature as the book progresses. Over the course of the novel, Scout develops an exceptional character which is constantly changing from the effects of different events and characters. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee uses the minor characters Boo Radley, Miss Maudie, and Aunt Alexandra to help develop Scout into a strong and compassionate human being from the innocent child she used to be.