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them. But I liked them.”(Lee.312). Despite Aunt Alexandra’s incessant effort to teach Scout to be a lady, she never truly becomes what her Aunt wants her to be. Scout sees no problem with acting tomboyish, so Aunt Alexandra's advice causes no change in Scout.
Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird, the biggest mystery is Boo Radley. In the beginning of the story Scout, Jem, and Dill are convinced Boo is a monster and create stories and play games all about him. Eventually though, Scout begins to discover and learn more about Boo and what has made in the way he is. At one point in the end of the book Jem realizes that Boo was protecting her and Jem the entire time, saying “Just standing on the Radley porch” was enough to make her realize this. In

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