Throughout the book, To Kill A Mockingbird, one of the main characters, Scout, is impacted by sexism from her family, peers, and community. The book is set in the 1930’s when women were not thought of as equal. There were specific social rules that girls should follow and the ways that society told them to act. The scout is a character that is impacted by sexism throughout the story. She is a young girl that changes because of the oppression that is placed on her by her family and peers. The character Scout is affected by sexism, which Harper Lee uses to develop the reader’s perception of Scout from indecisive and confined to determined, criticized, and conflicted and finally to confident, clashed, and decisive.
At the beginning of the plot, …show more content…
The textual evidence that supports this claim is the following, “ ‘We decided that it would be best for you to have some feminine influence. It won't be many years, Jean Louise before you become interested in clothes and boys---’ I could have made several answers to this: Cal’s a girl, it would be many years before I would be interested in boys, and I would never be interested in clothes.” (170) This is when Aunt Alexandra is coming over to the Finch's house and tells Scout that she is not acting feminine enough and that she should act differently. The aunt is so worried about how Atticus is raising Scout that she decides to come live with them. Scout is criticized for whatever she is doing, and some people think that she needs to be more feminine, whereas others think that she should act for masculine. She is criticized no matter what. Jem and Dill are pulling her in one direction, and her aunt is pressuring her to be a normal girl that adheres to the social norms of the town. This also shows that she is conflicted, because she wants to act like herself, but she also wants to make her family and neighbors around her happy. The last sentence in this quote “I could have made several answers to this: Cal’s a girl, it would be many years before I would be interested in boys, and I would never be interested in clothes.” (170) This shows that she is determined to try to teach her family and especially her aunt that females are already influencing her like
At the beginning of the plot, …show more content…
The textual evidence that supports this claim is the following, “ ‘We decided that it would be best for you to have some feminine influence. It won't be many years, Jean Louise before you become interested in clothes and boys---’ I could have made several answers to this: Cal’s a girl, it would be many years before I would be interested in boys, and I would never be interested in clothes.” (170) This is when Aunt Alexandra is coming over to the Finch's house and tells Scout that she is not acting feminine enough and that she should act differently. The aunt is so worried about how Atticus is raising Scout that she decides to come live with them. Scout is criticized for whatever she is doing, and some people think that she needs to be more feminine, whereas others think that she should act for masculine. She is criticized no matter what. Jem and Dill are pulling her in one direction, and her aunt is pressuring her to be a normal girl that adheres to the social norms of the town. This also shows that she is conflicted, because she wants to act like herself, but she also wants to make her family and neighbors around her happy. The last sentence in this quote “I could have made several answers to this: Cal’s a girl, it would be many years before I would be interested in boys, and I would never be interested in clothes.” (170) This shows that she is determined to try to teach her family and especially her aunt that females are already influencing her like