Examples Of Moral Development In To Kill A Mockingbird

Have you ever experienced or seen someone grow so much from where they have started? Well in the book “To Kill A Mocking Bird” by Harper Lee, it tells the story of the Finch family, who are a bourgeois family, and inhabitants of Maycomb Alabama. One of the main characters named Scout shows a lot of not just physical development, but Moral Development as well. She went from following what people had told her, to admonishing her old ways and taking the lessons she received and applying them into her life. The moral development shown in this book connects to Lawrence Kohlberg’s “Stages Of Moral Development,” because it shows the difference between all the stages or moral development, and the work it takes to get to each level. This is what Scout

Although she can be stubborn, she has a side of her where she doesn’t bicker or go against anyone. Instead, she goes with how everyone else wants things to be. She doesn’t argue with them, and does what they want her to do. One example of this was in chapter four, Dill and Jem think Scout is being scared not wanting to join in on their plans to torment Boo Radley. They think she turning more like a girl. More girly everyday. This suggests that the boys don’t want Scout to follow them in their schemes. After Scout hears this, she says “But I kept aloof from their more foolhardy schemes for a while, and on pain of being called a g-irl, I spent most of the remaining twilights that summer sitting with Miss Maudie Atkinson on her front porch.” (Lee 46) This quote shows how Scout is not contradicting Jem or Dill in what they said about her. She is going with the flow, and deciding to not make a big deal about it. She takes a break from hanging out with them, but instead, she is branching out and talking to new people. She goes over to Mrs. Maudie’s house, chats with her, and gets to know her better. Scout ends up

For example, in chapter three, Scout comes back from her first day of school, and she doesn’t like her teacher, Mrs. Caroline at all, and feels indignant towards her. Mrs. Caroline is the odd one out in the town. She doesn’t understand the town, and doesn’t fit in because she is new. She also limits Scout to the extent which she doesn’t like. She doesn’t let her read or write in cursive, because she claims that Scout is too “young.” She says that Atticus had taught Scout all wrong, and that she wouldn’t be able to ready anymore, ever. When Scout tells Atticus about her day at school, and begs for him not it send her back, Atticus says to 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” (Lee 33) These quotes show that Atticus is saying how you should try to put yourself in the other person's place and understand why they act the way they do even if you don't agree with it. There might be something going on with the other person that you don’t know, which could cause them to act the way they do. Atticus is telling Scout to respect that person as best as she can, and before she gets upset with them, she should try to see the other side of the situation. A couple chapters later, Scout applies Atticus’s advice when Jem was acting moody and silent. She says “As Atticus had once