Jean Louise Finch is a little girl in the story To Kill A Mockingbird who the story is seen from. She is a tomboy who goes by the name Scout instead of Jean. Her best friend in the story is her brother Jem Finch. The story starts out with Scout being 6 and Jem as 10. The story stretches out for about 3 years. Scout goes through many struggles during this time such as the struggles of a girl. It says here, “Aunt Alexandra looked across the room at me and smiled. She looked at a tray of cookies on the table and nodded at them. I carefully picked up the tray and watched myself walk to Mrs. Merriweather. With my best company manners, I asked her if she would have some. After all, if Aunty could be a lady at a time like this, so could I”(93). Another trial that scout goes through is starting school. She liked the idea at first, she would get to go with Jem and be able to play. But when she gets there she learns that she doesn’t like it and likes the teacher even less. The teacher, Miss Caroline Fisher, tells Scout that she learned to read wrong and she can’t do it like that. She also says that Scout can’t read with Atticus anymore, this really upsets her. Miss Caroline says, “Now you tell your father not to teach you anymore.
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Everyone is always gossiping about someone else or going after someone, no one ever actually shows much love in the story. I don’t know what made it okay to children like Scout to beat each other up, “Catching Walter Cunningham in the schoolyard gave me some pleasure, but when I was rubbing his nose in the dirt Jem came by and told me to stop”(22). The people judged the Radley family for never leaving their house when they don’t really know the facts, “heard Jem’s voice: ‘Scout, get away from there, come on!’ I raised my head and stared at the Radley Place steps in front of me. I froze. “Come on, Scout, don’t just lie there!” Jem was screaming”
Everyone is always gossiping about someone else or going after someone, no one ever actually shows much love in the story. I don’t know what made it okay to children like Scout to beat each other up, “Catching Walter Cunningham in the schoolyard gave me some pleasure, but when I was rubbing his nose in the dirt Jem came by and told me to stop”(22). The people judged the Radley family for never leaving their house when they don’t really know the facts, “heard Jem’s voice: ‘Scout, get away from there, come on!’ I raised my head and stared at the Radley Place steps in front of me. I froze. “Come on, Scout, don’t just lie there!” Jem was screaming”