Disillusionment In Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird

Harper Lee’s novel Go Set a Watchman is a sequel of her previous To Kill a Mockingbird, in which the author portrays the story of a girl Scout, who is now twenty-six years old and visiting her home town for very short period of time, though Maycomb is her hometown but nothing remains the same. Moreover, the author uses her disappointment as a theme which she feels for her home which is now become an ice cream shop as well as she feels great disenchantment with her father as Mr. Atticus completely changes her personality even her childhood friend Henry, changed a lot. Thus, when she comes back from the New York which is her new residency, she only faces grief and unexpected personalities of her beloved ones. Hence, author Lee brilliantly uses

Couple of times in the novel, Scout goes through with the feeling of disappointment, which makes her dejected and sorrowful. For instance, the first disillusionments emotion she receives from her father, as Mr. Atticus is completely changed now, because Mr. Atticus is the person who always favors justice, believes in equality and always stand against racism however, he brings drastic change in his personality, now he favors racism and believes inequality. The author represents Scout dejected feeling as, “She walked down the steps and into the shade of a live oak. She put her arm out and leaned against the trunk. She looked at Maycomb, and her throat tightened: Maycomb was looking back at her. Go away, the old buildings said. There is no place for you here. You are not wanted. We have secrets” (111). Thus, Mr. Atticus changed personality greatly affect Scout’s mind and she is quite disappointed with Mr. Atticus negative attitude. Another time when she feels such unwanted emotion is with Henry, who is her childhood love and they both want to marry, but because of difference in mentality Scout changed her decision. Like Mr. Atticus, Henry used to be an honest person; somehow, he also brings huge change in his personality and become a racist like he also believes inequality, wants his land free from black and does not have any respectful feelings for blacks. The author sated about Scout and Henry’ relation as, “ The possessor of the right to kiss her on the courthouse steps was Henry Clinton, her lifelong friend, her brother 's comrade, and if he kept on kissing her like that, her husband. Love whom you will buy marry your own kind was a dictum amounting to instinct within her” (9).This shows that though Scout loves Henry but because of his negative personality, she