When it comes to maturity, people tend to refer to adults but not in Harper Lee’s pulitzer winning novel To Kill A Mockingbird. The coming of age novel is written in a way the readers can experience how the narrator and the main character, Scout, matures. It gives an occasion to fully study the process of her growth and draw the changes in her personality or perspective that result from it. The readers would say they watched Scout grow since she experienced a lot of changes in her life that made her age in maturity. In fact, Scout changed in so many ways in her acknowledgement of human dignity which was an unknown concept before her eyes open and realize what the outside world really look like. She pursued with a development of self-control
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When Jem overreacts to Scout’s innocent question by grabbing her by the collar and shooking her to never say a word about the courthouse, Scout’s reaction is the following one: “I crept from Jem’s room and shut the doors softly, lest undue noise set him off again.” (Lee, 331). From someone who first fought Jem for showing a bit of superiority, Scout’s reaction is quite impressive and inspires a lot of maturity. Note that shutting the door is the first thought that comes in her mind. At this passage of the book, she even knows that she shouldn’t say a word anymore, which is a reaction totally different from the young Scout who spoke her mind. At that time, she does not have to wonder how she should riposte simply because by this chapter of the novel, fighting inequity with self-control and patience has become a spontaneous reaction. Once again, she is able to bear unfairness with some resilience which is quite impressive for an eight year old girl who would normally scream for justice when being treated unfairly but no. Even at such a young age, she shows that she will not give in to fighting but in tolerance. It has become a way for her to endure unfairness counter to her careless attitude from when she was only six. While self-control is that quality that makes one able to control her emotions and avoid overreacting to a random situation, Scout exemplifies how that quality took shape in her
When Jem overreacts to Scout’s innocent question by grabbing her by the collar and shooking her to never say a word about the courthouse, Scout’s reaction is the following one: “I crept from Jem’s room and shut the doors softly, lest undue noise set him off again.” (Lee, 331). From someone who first fought Jem for showing a bit of superiority, Scout’s reaction is quite impressive and inspires a lot of maturity. Note that shutting the door is the first thought that comes in her mind. At this passage of the book, she even knows that she shouldn’t say a word anymore, which is a reaction totally different from the young Scout who spoke her mind. At that time, she does not have to wonder how she should riposte simply because by this chapter of the novel, fighting inequity with self-control and patience has become a spontaneous reaction. Once again, she is able to bear unfairness with some resilience which is quite impressive for an eight year old girl who would normally scream for justice when being treated unfairly but no. Even at such a young age, she shows that she will not give in to fighting but in tolerance. It has become a way for her to endure unfairness counter to her careless attitude from when she was only six. While self-control is that quality that makes one able to control her emotions and avoid overreacting to a random situation, Scout exemplifies how that quality took shape in her