To Kill a Mockingbird focused on many aspects of roles and stereotypes and the exposure of innocence to what the community is expected to do. Gender roles were a very large struggle for main character and female Scout, who was commonly influenced by her older brother Jem that anything girls did were bad and boy things were better. It was a struggle for her to get the community to understand that being a girl had less to do with what she's born with and more to do with who she is as a person.
Scout and Jem Finch were raised in Maycomb county, a small town in Alabama where everybody knew each other and how they contributed to society. They were raised by their widower father Atticus who worked as a lawyer. He always best at looking past people's roles and stereotypes and saw them for who they truly were. With an easygoing father and no mother figure, Scout was allowed to spend lots of time outside playing freely with her brother and their friend Dill who came down every summer. Being with the two influenced her to believe that acting like her own gender was a bad thing. With remarks from Jem telling her she's “gettin’ more like a girl every day” (Lee 69) when she disagreed with something going on, Scout started to believe that being a girl is when you didn't live up to a boy's standards. …show more content…
The grumpy old lady would sit on her porch and shout insults at the siblings when they passed by her house. Words were sometimes directed at Scout for her inability to be ladylike criticizing her wearing overalls and telling her she “should be in a dress and a camisole” (Lee 135) instead. Comments from her family occurred as well when her Uncle Jack (who she rarely crossed paths with) would express his disappointment in her swearing asking her if she actually wanted to be a lady. Scout would respond with not
Scout and Jem Finch were raised in Maycomb county, a small town in Alabama where everybody knew each other and how they contributed to society. They were raised by their widower father Atticus who worked as a lawyer. He always best at looking past people's roles and stereotypes and saw them for who they truly were. With an easygoing father and no mother figure, Scout was allowed to spend lots of time outside playing freely with her brother and their friend Dill who came down every summer. Being with the two influenced her to believe that acting like her own gender was a bad thing. With remarks from Jem telling her she's “gettin’ more like a girl every day” (Lee 69) when she disagreed with something going on, Scout started to believe that being a girl is when you didn't live up to a boy's standards. …show more content…
The grumpy old lady would sit on her porch and shout insults at the siblings when they passed by her house. Words were sometimes directed at Scout for her inability to be ladylike criticizing her wearing overalls and telling her she “should be in a dress and a camisole” (Lee 135) instead. Comments from her family occurred as well when her Uncle Jack (who she rarely crossed paths with) would express his disappointment in her swearing asking her if she actually wanted to be a lady. Scout would respond with not