Scout’s world is very limited to the little bubble she lives in, and with her being our guide through the story we too are often sheltered from events that occur outside. A main part of the plot is the Tom Robinson case. Scout is many ways is confused about this case, why is it so important, what is rape, why does Mrs. Robinson need money, why are people saying mean things about Atticus? Scout truly only sees a small part of the picture, it is partly because of how young she is, but it is also due to her character. When she hears someone trash talking her family her first instinct is to fight them, but Atticus tells her no, that is wrong. She doesn’t understand why she can’t stick up for her family, and even though she never really comprehends
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In one such circumstance after Atticus had told Scout that even though she would be facing some tough treatment, she should, “Hold her head high, and keep her fists down.” Scout tries to take Atticus’ words to heart and succeeds until one fateful day in the schoolyard with Cecil Jacobs.”My fists were clenched and I was ready to fly...He had announced in the schoolyard the day before that Scout Finch’s daddy defended n*ggers. I denied it, but told Jem.” She doesn’t even understand what Cecil Jacobs was saying, proven when she asks Jem, “What’d he mean sayin’ that?”, only that for some unknown reason she must be taunted for being a coward. Outside of Scout’s narration we can assume that Atticus is receiving poor treatment, harsh judgement, and pressure to not serve Tom Robinson the same way he would a white man. His hope is that his children do not struggle through the case the same way he has to. Yet this prejudice that Atticus experiences is so far away from Scout’s world it never even crosses her mind what he could be going through, or what he could be trying to shield her and Jem from. Tom Robinson is a case that causes great confusion in Scout, because her world, as a young girl, is so separate from the reality of the adult
In one such circumstance after Atticus had told Scout that even though she would be facing some tough treatment, she should, “Hold her head high, and keep her fists down.” Scout tries to take Atticus’ words to heart and succeeds until one fateful day in the schoolyard with Cecil Jacobs.”My fists were clenched and I was ready to fly...He had announced in the schoolyard the day before that Scout Finch’s daddy defended n*ggers. I denied it, but told Jem.” She doesn’t even understand what Cecil Jacobs was saying, proven when she asks Jem, “What’d he mean sayin’ that?”, only that for some unknown reason she must be taunted for being a coward. Outside of Scout’s narration we can assume that Atticus is receiving poor treatment, harsh judgement, and pressure to not serve Tom Robinson the same way he would a white man. His hope is that his children do not struggle through the case the same way he has to. Yet this prejudice that Atticus experiences is so far away from Scout’s world it never even crosses her mind what he could be going through, or what he could be trying to shield her and Jem from. Tom Robinson is a case that causes great confusion in Scout, because her world, as a young girl, is so separate from the reality of the adult