Bullying affects a person both psychologically and physically. Many characters in To Kill a Mockingbird have been bullied or bully someone else. Psychologically, bullying affects a characters behavior and emotions. Physical wounds may also change the way a character behaves. Some characters that have been most prominately bullied are Miss Caroline, Scout, and Dill. Burris Ewell, Miss Caroline, Scout, Dill, and Jem have bullied other characters. Being a victim of bullying does not exclude a character from being a bully themselves. Burris Ewell is a poor boy with no morals or authority. Without being taught the proper way to behave in society, Burris is a very aggressive young boy. On the first day of school, Burris harasses Miss Caroline,
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Scout Finch an incredibly intelligent young girl who could read and write in cursive. Once Miss Caroline found this out she instructed Scout to stopped reading and writing because it was not the “correct way” to be taught. Scout had accepted this with relative cooperation before being called out again. Scout was whipped for informing Miss Caroline of the family situation of another child (pg. 28). Miss Caroline made Scout feel as though she should be ashamed for her intellect. Scout was also physically bullied. Miss Caroline asserted her dominance over Scout and the rest of her students by whipping Scout. After being whipped, Scout no longer cared for Miss Caroline’s feeling, especially when she gets bullied later in the novel. Miss Caroline gains a sense of pride from punishing Scout and causing the other students to laugh at her (pg. …show more content…
She beat him up one summer because he asked her to marry him (pg. 55). Scout targets Dill’s emotional weaknesses more than his physical ones. Dill stated that he doesn’t have a father on page 9 of To Kill a Mockingbird. Scout brought it up once after Dill said that he met his father while he was away. She asked him if a man’s beard was like his father’s and he said no. Scout laughed and said that he really hadn’t seen is father and Dill lied to them (pg. 63). Dill most likely lied about seeing his father to appear complete to his friends. Once Scout points out the flaw in his story, Dill is left with the psychological damage that comes with not having a
Scout Finch an incredibly intelligent young girl who could read and write in cursive. Once Miss Caroline found this out she instructed Scout to stopped reading and writing because it was not the “correct way” to be taught. Scout had accepted this with relative cooperation before being called out again. Scout was whipped for informing Miss Caroline of the family situation of another child (pg. 28). Miss Caroline made Scout feel as though she should be ashamed for her intellect. Scout was also physically bullied. Miss Caroline asserted her dominance over Scout and the rest of her students by whipping Scout. After being whipped, Scout no longer cared for Miss Caroline’s feeling, especially when she gets bullied later in the novel. Miss Caroline gains a sense of pride from punishing Scout and causing the other students to laugh at her (pg. …show more content…
She beat him up one summer because he asked her to marry him (pg. 55). Scout targets Dill’s emotional weaknesses more than his physical ones. Dill stated that he doesn’t have a father on page 9 of To Kill a Mockingbird. Scout brought it up once after Dill said that he met his father while he was away. She asked him if a man’s beard was like his father’s and he said no. Scout laughed and said that he really hadn’t seen is father and Dill lied to them (pg. 63). Dill most likely lied about seeing his father to appear complete to his friends. Once Scout points out the flaw in his story, Dill is left with the psychological damage that comes with not having a