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

How does a child's views of the world affect their future maturity? In To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout, a seven year old girl, grows up in a very troubled time, with large amounts of segregation between white people and people of color. So, when Scout’s father defends a black man falsely accused of rape charges; events start unfolding making her life go in a completely different direction than she expected. We see how she handles these mature topics around her as she is morphing from childhood to maturity. More importantly, Scout’s innocent views on reality start helping her understand events from the novel more clearly. Scout innocent actions help her out of potentially troubling situations. An example of this would be

However, Scout acknowledges her mistakes and uses them as learning experiences that helps her grow and mature. An example that shows this very well in the novel, “I remember the distant disastrous occasion when I rushed to young Walter Cunningham's defense. Now, I was glad I done it. “Soon’s school starts I’m gonna ask Walter Cunningham to dinner,” I planned have forgotten my private resolve to beat him up.” (Lee, Ch.23). This significant taught her a big lesson. That you shouldn’t judge others based on their differences. In the beginning of the book, Scout picks on Walter Cunningham, a classmate, for getting her in trouble with Miss. Caroline. She doesn’t stop to think about her words or Cunningham’s perspective of the situation. In short, she was being insensitive. Walter is from a poor family of farmers their eating habits aren’t like Scout’s. So naturally, Scout, being a child, picks on him for that. Now, later in the novel, Scout understands her mistake and tries invite him for dinner again as a way of apologizing. This quote shows that her innocence views is the bridge that lead her realize her