Boo Radley Coming Of Age Essay

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee, Lee puts the spotlight on 2 young children named Jem and Scout Finch who were, out of the few children, growing up in Maycomb County, Alabama. Throughout the plot, the pair with goes many coming of age experiences. Scout, being the protagonist, tells us her point of view about the external conflicts that she encounters such as conversing with Jem about how she labels people in the world of racial unjust that the book takes place in. Thus the conversation leads to the children's realization of why Boo Radley won’t leave his home due to the way society is labeling people and how society mistreats people with colored skin. This chapter is key to Scouts coming of age experience that was developed by external conflicts, point of view, and the growth of the plot. To continue, previously in the chapter, Aunt Alexandra provokes Scout by telling her that …show more content…
Jem explains to Scout that there is four kinds of folk “There’s the ordinary kind like us and the neighbors, there’s the kind like the Cunninghams out in the wood, the kind like the Ewells down at the dump, and the Negroes.” (pg. 259) Scout then mentions the Chinese and Cajuns down in Baldwin County but Jem takes little notice and continues. Jem then says “our kind of folks don’t like the Cunninghams, the Cunninghams don’t like the Ewells, and the Ewells hate and despise the colored folks.” (pg. 259) He continues to go on, then Scout finally speaks her mind. “Naw, Jem, I think there is one kind of folks. Folks.” (pg. 260) Lee used the power of point of view to make this a more powerful saying from the character Scout. Thus, this passage shows Scout’s point of view on this whole scenario which leads to big plot development between Jem, Scout, and Boo