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What Is Scout's Point Of View In To Kill A Mockingbird

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To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, tells the story of a six year old girl named Scout, seeing evil, hypocrisy, and injustice in the adult world. The novel takes place in her eyes, enabling the reader to know what she’s thinking but preventing them to know what’s going on in the other character's head. Scout’s character developed over the three years that the novel covers into a wiser child than most children in today’s society, but in the novel’s setting, it is a believable maturation. The novel benefited greatly from being told in Scout’s perspective. One of the advantages is that the reader gained insight into Scout’s opinions. The reader gains a connection with the narrator of the novel, far closer than with any other character in the

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