Essay On How Scout Mature In To Kill A Mockingbird

Improved Essays
In this coming to age story, Scout goes through many times that change her. In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout changes by maturing, changing how she feels about people and learns to not act violent towards people. By the end of the book Scout matured in many ways. While being put in a stressful situation she is able to remain calm and remember Atticus’s advice; when talking about people sometimes you need to focus on the other person's feelings rather than your own. She taught the mob front of the jail (pg.) What was important and that what they were about to do was not the right thing. In another situation, after being told how Boo Radley was dangerous and should not be messed with, she realized that you cannot always judge a person based on what people say about them. While being exposed to the harsh realities Scout changes …show more content…
Constantly throughout the book, Scout gets chastised to stop talking or behaving violently.”Atticus had promised me he would wear me out if he ever heard of me fighting any more; I was far too old and too big for such childish things, and the sooner I learned to hold in, the better off everybody would be.” (chpt.9 page 99)

When having Walter Cunningham over for dinner she starts to call him out on everything different about him. She is quickly told that what she did was wrong but Scout continued to “stick up for herself” with violence. Later in the book, Atticus talks to her about how violence is not how she should be sticking up for herself. She then learns that sometimes just walking away solves more things than trying to get the last word.

Living in Maycomb Scout changes in many ways; such as maturing, changing how she feels about people and learning to hold her head up high. By simply walking through life Scout receives more than she bargained for. From fires to school, Scout taught and learned many

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    Walter's Empathy Quotes

    • 548 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Scout was angry with the ways Atticus had been treated and the names her classmates called her father. "This time we aren't fighting the Yankees, we're fighting our friends. But remember this, no matter how bitter things get, they're still our friends and this is still our home." Scout learns that she had been judging the kids at her school, for making fun of her dad, before understanding that she probably would have done the same thing if she was raised similar to them. She then realizes that they are her friends and to treat them with respect and compassion.…

    • 548 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    To Kill a Mockingbird and Inherit the Wind are two vastly different forms of literature, focusing on different topics, characters, and morals. Yet there is a similar theme within these stories that they share. Through various characters and traits, Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee and Harper Lee each demonstrate the necessity, as well as, the importance of change and growth through their characters. Scout, only a child throughout the To Kill a Mockingbird, doesn’t change but grows into her character.…

    • 1193 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    She started being more understanding and empathetic as the book went on, as a result of the trial and tribulations she went through. Growing up in Maycomb with things the way they were, made Scout maturer as time went on. She was proven time and time again that she should reserve judgement and that first appearances could be horribly false. This was seen with Boo Radley, Mrs. Dubose, Calpurnia, Judge Taylor, the Cunninghams, Mr. Raymond, and countless other examples. The gossipy and hypocritical nature of the town was broken in Scout by the events in the…

    • 822 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    For Scout, she showed signs of growing up when she first realized the flaws with her teacher, Miss Gates, when she was able to act like a lady for Alexandra, and when she saw life through Boo Radley’s eyes. Scout was in her classroom when she heard Miss Gates talking about how atrocious Hitler was, and that he persecuted Jews - she had said that she was glad America never did that. This struck Scout as strange and not right at all. In fact, Scout had to ask Jem about this to make sure she was hearing Miss Gates right.…

    • 893 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    This also tells us that she is in the stage of becoming mature. Not only Scout experiences a conflict with Boo Radley, but she also shows it during the Tom Robinson…

    • 715 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout learned how events in her life changed who she was physically and mentally. Scout begins as an annoying brat to Jem, but she eventually grows up and learns to respect him. Scout went through some good events in her life like Dill and Boo Radley when they decided to try to get Boo to come out of the house, but she also went through some tough events like the trail…

    • 1428 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Atticus Finch Mature

    • 1490 Words
    • 6 Pages

    People learn a variety of lessons in their life, which help them to grow and mature. Most of these lessons shape people and their personalities into the person they become through the journey of life. In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, in the setting of Maycomb, there are many influential characters, some of which have a big impact on Scout Finch’s life and shape her into the person she is at the end of the novel. An examination of Scout’s development of courage, empathy, and tolerance proves that through these, Scout becomes more mature and grown-up. To begin, Scout faces situations that taught her the invaluable lessons of bravery and courage, Atticus and Boo helped her to learn this.…

    • 1490 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Scout being a mature girl. Throughout life people is stereotyped, misread, and seen as something they aren’t. At this point we understand the change that Scout is having and the world where she’s living in, a cruel world, where the racism is in the streets and kids are innocent and they grow up just as they watch people acting in the streets. We could judge people at all the time, but with the pass of the time people change in different ways to think, act and physically.…

    • 548 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Scout has learned many lessons from Atticus but when she realizes a person cannot judge someone by what they look like until they know their story everything becomes more clear. Scout realizes this towards the end of the…

    • 906 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Due to Scout’s loss of innocence and she grew up to quickly which lead her to view the world more cynically. She views the world cynically as she might think she might be raped or hurt. When arriving to the courthouse and seeing the lynch mob and everyone trying to verbally attack Atticus caught up with Scout and “the full meaning of the nights events hit me, and I began crying” (208) because at such a young age “nearly nine years old didn’t do thing like that (experience something severe)” (208) shows that she was affected by the way Tom and…

    • 566 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    This is an eye opening moment for Scout because now she has been thrown into the middle of the race war between Whites and Blacks which gives her a better understanding of what’s happened to Tom and why Atticus is insulted for helping Blacks. Scout and Jem have disagreements the vast majority of brothers and sisters, but with Scout having a history of punching people and doing what is considered not ladylike Scout tends to get rowdy when she gets worked up by somebody. Jem and Scout during a disagreement get very violent and this is what Scout had to say about it “What had began as a fist fight became a brawl We were still struggling when Atticus separated us.” (Lee-157). Scout learns from this because not only did…

    • 1510 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Scout (An explanation of why Scout Finch is the very best character in this novel) To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is considered one of the most outstanding pieces of literature ever written by many. Lee creates many brilliant ideas that convey messages which have been studied by hundreds of teachers and students. Funny and entertaining, this novel not only captures the reader from beginning to end, but it portrays insightful messages that causes readers to take some concepts a little bit deeper. The time period that this book was written in was during times of hardship, discrimination, and many important events in history on the verge of taking place. Harper Lee takes these ideas of discrimination and racism and clearly shows her…

    • 1028 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Moral Development In the book to kill a mocking bird Scout has changed or she also got more mature throughout the story. One reason is that Scout starts to learn about how the people of Maycomb feel about blacks. Scout also changes due to the fact that she did not know who Boo Radley was then she was willing to walk Boo Radley home. The third reason why scout has changed is due to the fact that she has got more time to mature.…

    • 1067 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Moreover, Scout not only grows up through her development into womanhood, but also in her change in viewpoint on the controversial character Boo Radley. At the beginning Scout views Boo Radley as some sort of fantasy, like a mythical creature almost. She does not have a very mature viewpoint on Boo, and is terrified by him, simply because of the stories and tales she had been told by Jem and the people of Maycomb. Her immaturity is highlighted when she says; " Every scratch of feet on gravel was Boo Radley seeking revenge…insects splashing against the screen were Boo Radley’s insane fingers picking the wire to pieces” (Lee, Pg 61) Overtime though, the events taking place around Maycomb seem to change Scout’s ideas of Boo, for example the Tom Robinson trial, where she begins to understand the whole Boo Radley situation more maturely.…

    • 1188 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee there are many quotes. The quote “you never really understand a person until you consider things from their point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” sticks out the most. The thing that makes it stick out the most is about how true it is. In our generation we usually judge people by the way they look or dress but will never get to know them. Some other quotes similar to this quote are “ i had to put ourselves in her shoes and it was a honest mistake”,”people generally see what they look for and hear what they listen for.…

    • 790 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays