Scout’s Changes
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a story of two young kids growing up and learning to love everyone. Scout and Jem’s characters grow and change as they begin to understand Boo Radley and his way of life. Scout becomes more mature and aware of the situations going on around her as she get older and more connected to the world. From believing that Boo is a scary squirrel eating monster that never leaves his house, to realizing that he and a good hearted man who cares deeply about her and her brother, Scout’s mind changes from being filled with rumors and petty comments, to facts and love for this man who saved her life.
Initially, both Jem and Scout were under the impression that Boo Radley was the equivalent of a wild animal. Both kids grew up hearing bad things about Boo, ranging from him stabbing his father in the leg to hearing that “he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that's why his hands were bloodstained -- if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the …show more content…
Her childlike curiosity began to get the better of her as she took the toys from the knothole. Scout and Jem quickly realized that the gifts within the knothole were coming from Boo Radley as a kind of communication tool while Scout and Jem. “Our biggest prize appeared four days later. It was a pocket watch that didn’t run, on a chain with an aluminum knife... ‘You reckon we oughta write a letter to whoevers leaving us the things?’ ‘That’d be a right nice, Jem, we can thank em” (Lee 81). Scout had started to develop a bond with Boo after finding the toys in the knothole. She began to realize that Boo is not a scary monster that everyone made him out to be. Scout is understanding that not every rumor you hear from your nosy neighbors is true. She soon felt saddened once the knothole was filled with cement, realizing that she and Jem could not thank Boo for the
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a story of two young kids growing up and learning to love everyone. Scout and Jem’s characters grow and change as they begin to understand Boo Radley and his way of life. Scout becomes more mature and aware of the situations going on around her as she get older and more connected to the world. From believing that Boo is a scary squirrel eating monster that never leaves his house, to realizing that he and a good hearted man who cares deeply about her and her brother, Scout’s mind changes from being filled with rumors and petty comments, to facts and love for this man who saved her life.
Initially, both Jem and Scout were under the impression that Boo Radley was the equivalent of a wild animal. Both kids grew up hearing bad things about Boo, ranging from him stabbing his father in the leg to hearing that “he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that's why his hands were bloodstained -- if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the …show more content…
Her childlike curiosity began to get the better of her as she took the toys from the knothole. Scout and Jem quickly realized that the gifts within the knothole were coming from Boo Radley as a kind of communication tool while Scout and Jem. “Our biggest prize appeared four days later. It was a pocket watch that didn’t run, on a chain with an aluminum knife... ‘You reckon we oughta write a letter to whoevers leaving us the things?’ ‘That’d be a right nice, Jem, we can thank em” (Lee 81). Scout had started to develop a bond with Boo after finding the toys in the knothole. She began to realize that Boo is not a scary monster that everyone made him out to be. Scout is understanding that not every rumor you hear from your nosy neighbors is true. She soon felt saddened once the knothole was filled with cement, realizing that she and Jem could not thank Boo for the