To Kill a Mockingbird
“Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” That quote is remembered throughout the book in Scout Finches mind. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird Written by Harper Lee is a story about a family living in Macomb County who get mocked and harassed by a group of people who live in their shire, because of an African American accused of rape. Scout Finch and her brother, Jem, two of the main characters, are both curious and strong minded. They stand up for their father who is the lawyer for the African American, Tom Robinson. Besides being curious and strong minded, Scout Finch, is also daring, and a Tom-boy and examples of these characteristics are given through the
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novel. Scout Finch is daring when she says “‘Walter’s one of the Cunninghams, Miss Caroline.’” Miss Caroline, her teacher, responds, “‘I beg your pardon, Jean Louise?’” (Lee26) This is daring because she calls out Walter Cunningham for being poor.
The teacher, Miss Caroline had offered to give Walter a few quarters for lunch. Scout embarrasses him for being poor and she was daring enough to call him out in front of the class. Another example of how daring Scout is, is when she beats up Walter Cunningham.
Another characteristic that represents Scout is her curiosity. She is curious when she, Jem, and Dill all went over to the Radley House to see what was inside, and to see if Boo Radley was dead or alive. Scout was full of Curiosity that even when she was scared she knew she had to take a look for her self. Scout says
“‘Jem, please”
“Scout im tellin’ you for the last time, shutyour trap or go home-- I declare to the lord you’re gettin’ more like a girl every day!”(Lee69). This is just a example of how Scout is full of curiosity. Another example of Scout’s curiosity was when she wondered about why Mr. Cunningham paid Atticus for his legal work in nuts and turnip greens. Atticus says “let that be the least of your worries, Walter,” When Scout asked Jem what entailment was, “Jem described it as a condition of having your tail in a crack,” I asked Atticus if Mr Cunningham would ever pay us back” Atticus says “Not in money,” but before the years out I’ll have been paid. “You watch.”(Lee27)
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Then finally, the book demonstrates how Scout is a Tom boy. Some examples that show she is a tom boy is when she rolls down the street in the tire. “‘Jem Scowled darkly at Scout, but said “Well, are we gonna play anything or not?” “Lets roll in the tire,” Scout said.
Jem sighed. “You know I’m too big”
“You can push”. Scout said.(Lee49) This is her being a tom boy because she is doing something that not a average girl would do back then. Another example is that she loves her overalls. And how much she hated dresses. Scout says in the story “I felt the starch walls of pink cotton penitentiary closing in on me, and for the second time in my life I thought of running away”.(Lee182) This represents her as a tom boy because a girl back then was suppost to be lady like and her Aunt Alexandra always gave her a hard time for it.
Scout Finch is a little girl from To Kill a Mockingbird who is full of curiossity, who is daring and is also a tom boy. Scout in the novel made a big impact on all the characters in the story in which she found out what Boo Radley looked like and found out he was not dead and also she was also always a step ahead of everyone, she was the smartest in her class and she kept Aticus thinking. Scout got to step inside of other peoples shoes just as Cal wanted her to do. Scout Finch was taught throughout how to see people from there prospective. This book would be great for any group of readers who like mystery and old southern
novels.
Scout reveals her misjudgement on Ms. Caroline in the beginning of the story. Ms. Caroline notices Walter Cunningham with no lunch and offers to buy him lunch but he refuses the offer because Cunninghams don't take anything they can't pay back. Scout informs Ms. Caroline about the situation and she gets upset with Scout and spanks her leaving Scout with a bad impression. Scout informs her dad about the situation and Atticus tells her,¨ “First of all,” he said, “if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-”...
Atticus, the father of Jem and Scout, was right when he said, ¨you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them.¨ Scout realizes that Boo Radley is not who everyone rumors him out to be. Scout learns that you need to spend time with a person to find out who he truly is. She learns this after walking Boo Radley home after the disturbing experience the Finch kids had been in. Scout finally understood what life looked like from Boo Radley's perspective when she is standing with him on his front porch. Also, when Scout talks to Atticus at the end of the book he shows her how she has turned into a wonderful young lady. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee develops the theme that believing rumors will lead you to false assumptions unless you have walked in that person's shoes through imagery, characterization, and point of view.
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee is a remarkable novel following the childhood of Jem and Scout, the son and daughter of Atticus Finch. Living in a small and drama filled town of Maycomb County they encounter a great deal of people who do not stand by their word. Hypocrisy occurs throughout this novel first by a man named Dolphus Raymond, then by two women Mrs. Merriweather and Miss Gates.
Many of the scouts learning experiences are in clearly insignificant scenes. Ultimately she must learn to respect the difference in behavior between vastly different people, especially when the behavior differs from the normal as radically as in the cases of Boo Radley, Mrs. Dubose, and the Cunninghams. So early in the novel, Scout in the novel, Scout is faced with some confusing experiences at school, where she confronts a teacher who doesn’t understand why she can read and where she meets Walter Cunningham. Later, Atticus explains to her that to judge a person, you must try to see things from that person’s point of view. You must learn to walk around in his skin.
In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Scout Finch tries to please her father, but living with no mother it’s hard to know how to act. It’s natural to follow Jem, her brother, when that is her only friend through out the years. Imagine hearing gossip about your father from friends, neighbors, and even your own cousin. Scout had to push through all of the gossip and believe in her father. Throughout the novel Scout shows how social she can be. To Kill a Mockingbird is a great novel that keeps you reading. Scout has a positive effect on events such as at the jail, she was the reason that the mob left. She also always curious so she is more mature than most kids her age. Through the journey of the trial she shows how hot-tempered, tomboyish, and mature she can be.
One thing that Scout learns is not to believe that everything she hears as the truth. This is a very good lesson because if you did, you become very confused because people can rarely agree on how a story went. For instance, when Scout wants to know more about Boo Radley, Stephanie Crawford gets excited because she sees this as an opportunity to open her mouth and goes on to tell Jem that, " she woke up in the middle of the night and saw him looking straight through the window at her .... said that his head was a skull" (13.) Then Jem goes further into what he heard by saying, " he dined on raw squirrel and any cats he could catch" (13.) This shows how the town compensates not knowing things about others by making up stories. Also Scout sees lies getting passed off as truth when Atticus takes on Tom Robinson as a client. Mean things are spread about Atticus and his credibility is questioned. Since Scout has a short temper and ears that hear everything she is easily offended at the comments that are said, such as the comment made by Mrs. Dubose, " Your father father's no better than the ni**ers and trash he works for." This angers Scout and Jem very much. It also shows that the town isn't happy with the moral decision's that Atticus makes and feel the need to bash him in unfair ways. Scout learns that if she keeps listening to what is said, she would go insane from not hitting anyone.
The novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, is an American classic, narrated by the young Scout Finch, the most engrossing character in the book. The novel is about the adventures of two siblings over the time of about three years. Jem and Jean Louise (Scout) Finch were two young siblings who one day met another young boy named Dill. Over time, Jem and Scout grow up under the careful watch of their father and friends, learning how to be adults. They play games, they sneak into a courthouse, and they learn a valuable life lesson. Scout was an intriguing character. As the narrator, you learn more about Scout’s feelings towards the events in the book and soon learn to love her. Let me introduce you to Scout Finch.
Scout Finch is the main character of To Kill A Mockingbird. Throughout the story, Scout will learn courage and kindness, and doing what is right. When the book begins, Scout is only 6 years old, and still has a lot to learn. She is a kind person and wants to make Atticus proud, but she has a lot of growing up to do.
came over for dinner at Scout’s house, Scout unintentionally insulted Walter when he was pouring molasses all over his food to enhance the flavor. Since Walter is poor, to make his food more flavorful, he developed a habit of adding molasses on his food to improve the taste; Scout had a high standard of living; so she found this odd. Call chided Scout afterwards about how she was mean and that she sould try to see things from other people’s perspectives before judging
Scout first learns to show compassion and tolerance by refusing to go to school because she hates Miss Caroline. Atticus tells her that, 'First of all, if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along better with all kinds of folks. 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'; (30). When Atticus told her this, she began to accept Miss Caroline as well as other people's differences and opinions.
Scout starts to understand people’s needs, opinions, and their points of view. In the beginning, Scout does not really think much about other people’s feelings, unless it directly pertains to her. Jem and Dill decided to create a play based on the life of one of their neighbors, Boo Radley. According to neighborhood rumors, Boo got into a lot of trouble as a kid, stabbed his father with scissors, and never comes out of the house. The children create a whole drama and act it out each day. “As the summer progressed, so did our game. We polished and perfected it, added dialogue and plot until we had manufactured a small play among which we rang changes every day” (Lee 52). Scout turned Boo’s life into a joke, something for her entertainment. She did not think about how Boo would feel if he knew what they were doing. Near the end of the book, while Boo was at the Finch house, Scout led him onto the porc...
Scout is a really curious girl but she is often scared of what she is seeking to find. Scout is curious but scared of Boo Radley the reason being of all the rumors people are saying about him. “Through all the head-shaking, quelling of nausea and Jem yelling, I had heard another sound, so
As Scout grows, she starts to see Boo as a person, as apposed to some sort of an evil creature. By stopping her games, and the tormenting of Boo, she shows respect for him and shows dignity in herself.
Even though many social forces impact Scout in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, gender impacts Scout the greatest. It affects her in how other people treat her. Unexpectedly, Aunt Alexandra shows up at the Finch household, and Scout asks why she had just shown up. Aunt Alexandra replies, “We decided that it would be good for you to have some feminine influence. It won’t be many years, Jean Louise, before you become interested in clothes and boys” (127). After Alexandra says this, Scout becomes puzzled because she does not think she needs a “feminine influence”. But, as she becomes older she is expected to act more lady like. Since she is a girl, she is expected to act prim and proper. Her being raised around men is acting against these stereotypes. Certainly, it is obvious that boys are more daring than girls. So while Jem and Dill want to get a sneak peak inside of Boo Radley’s house, Scout gets a little apprehensive. Jem shouts out, “Scout I’m telling you for the last time shut your trap or go home. I declare to the lord you’re getting more like a girl every day,” (51-52). After Jem said this, she decides she has no option but to join them. She does...
Another way Scout changed a lot was in the way she treated Boo Radley. At the beginning of the book Jem, Dill, and herself enjoyed playing "Boo Radley" as a game and tormenting him by trying to have a chance to see him or prove their bravery by touching the house. As time went on, Scout's fears and apprehensions regarding the Radley place slowly disappeared. She mentions how "the Radley Place had ceased to terrify me (her)..." As she matures and is more able to take care of herself, she realizes more and more that Boo Radley is a human being, just like herself.