Atticus Reading Quotes

Throughout the novel, Scout is seen as an intelligent character which is particularly demonstrated in her knowledge, conversation with others and her interest in reading with her father, Atticus. Scout takes every opportunity to read with her father to further enhance her knowledge even when her father believes that the book is not appropriate for her. “Whatcha readin’?” I asked. Atticus turned the book over. “Something of Jem’s. Called The Gray Ghost.” “Read it out loud, please, Atticus. It’s real scary.” “No,” he said. “You’ve had enough scaring for a while. This is too-” “Atticus, I wasn’t scared.” (Lee 375). In this quote, shes asks her father to read to her the book that he is reading and although he disagrees at first because of the book being …show more content…
Through reading with Atticus, Scout learns a lot from him as he teaches her life lessons such as considering things from other views, to see things from other people’s perspective, and etc. As the days progress, Atticus tells Scout more about the trial and teaches her the truth about the world around her. Although Scout does learn a lot from reading and from Atticus, reading is something that both Atticus and Scout love to do and therefore, they enjoy their interest in reading together building character relationship. Character development also occurs in this quote as we learn more about Scout’s determination to get every opportunity to read or to be read to and her persistence. As a determined individual, Scout would do anything to get what she wants showing a persistent character. Although it was evident that she enjoyed reading from the beginning of the novel, Scout’s persistence to read became vividly evident in this quote as Scout would have fought back with her father if he had not agreed to read to her. Scout’s intelligence in the novel can be symbolized by a