All humans are apt to become prejudiced, and parents play a major role in prejudice acquisition to their children; those children are inclined to look up to their parents. However, Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird portrays a more affirmative image for the development of children; Atticus, Scout’s father and mentor, gives her lessons to stay unprejudiced and make good decisions. Scout actualizes those lessons frequently in the future. She encounters various conflicts which allow her to grow wiser, along with the aid of others around her. Scout matures with the help of her mentors who introduce her to unfamiliar ideas like femininity; she begins to sympathize with those she had misunderstood by executing those mentors’ advice and her modified
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After Cecil Jacobs taunts Scout, saying that her father is a disgrace, Scout is about to retaliate by using her fists until she “...remembered what Atticus had said, then dropped my fists and walked away, “Scout’s a coward!’ ringing in my ears. It was the first time I ever walked away from a fight” (Lee 76-7). Scout regards Atticus’ lesson to keep her head high and not use her fists to solve problems, walking away from a fight for the first time. She blossoms from her past, aggressive self and senses that it is better to walk away and disregard rude comments, as it is unworthy to get into another fight. Atticus’ advice has a tremendous influence on Scout; his actions and lessons impact her behavior and perspective. Thus, Scout learns to control her anger and is positively influenced by her father to grow up to be an independent and unprejudiced individual. Mentors who surround Scout strongly influence her maturation by implementing their morals, edifying and changing her …show more content…
Those developed perspectives lead to her ability to sympathize with those she misunderstood, and she evolves from her tomboyish, combative past self with the assistance of her mentors. For instance, she learns to walk in Boo’s shoes, become ladylike, and walk away from a fight, thus justifying her maturation. Therefore, Lee demonstrates that a parent does not always instigate prejudice in their child during their development and maturation; instead, Scout’s behavior is changed beneficially through the lessons that her father and aunt
After Cecil Jacobs taunts Scout, saying that her father is a disgrace, Scout is about to retaliate by using her fists until she “...remembered what Atticus had said, then dropped my fists and walked away, “Scout’s a coward!’ ringing in my ears. It was the first time I ever walked away from a fight” (Lee 76-7). Scout regards Atticus’ lesson to keep her head high and not use her fists to solve problems, walking away from a fight for the first time. She blossoms from her past, aggressive self and senses that it is better to walk away and disregard rude comments, as it is unworthy to get into another fight. Atticus’ advice has a tremendous influence on Scout; his actions and lessons impact her behavior and perspective. Thus, Scout learns to control her anger and is positively influenced by her father to grow up to be an independent and unprejudiced individual. Mentors who surround Scout strongly influence her maturation by implementing their morals, edifying and changing her …show more content…
Those developed perspectives lead to her ability to sympathize with those she misunderstood, and she evolves from her tomboyish, combative past self with the assistance of her mentors. For instance, she learns to walk in Boo’s shoes, become ladylike, and walk away from a fight, thus justifying her maturation. Therefore, Lee demonstrates that a parent does not always instigate prejudice in their child during their development and maturation; instead, Scout’s behavior is changed beneficially through the lessons that her father and aunt