Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is set in Maycomb County, Alabama. Maycomb is in the deep south where racism is strong everybody knows everything about everyone. Scout Finch is a product of Maycomb and in To Kill a Mockingbird Scout narrates what goes on in this small town through her young eyes. Throughout Scout’s journeys in the novel she changes. Scout Finch is an always changing unique character who is intelligent, curious, and tomboyish.
Scout Finch is an intelligent young girl whose knowledge grows throughout Harper Lee’s novel. When meeting their soon to be friend, Dill, her brother, Jem, informs him, “Scout yonder’s been readin’ ever since she was born, and she ain’t even started school yet.”(Lee 8). This quote from Jem shows not only is Scout not in school but, she can read something most children cannot …show more content…
Scout and her brother Jem try finding a game to play and she suggests rolling in a tire. She gets into the tire and rolls to the Radley property(Lee chapter 4). This reminds me of the phrase “curiosity killed the cat” which is directly reflected as curiosity. Scout then talks about Boo radley on multiple occasions, such as, ““Miss Maudie,” I said one evening, “do you think Boo Radley’s still alive?””(Lee 57). These occasions of constant interest shows her curiosity and sense of knowledge.
Scout Finch is the definition of being tomboy in To Kill a Mockingbird. Scout tells Calpurnia ““Why? Jem’n me ain’t ever home unless it’s raining’.””(Lee 38). This automatically shows how she is an outdoors type and proves her to be a tomboy. On a semi-snowy day in the winter Scout helps Jem collect dirt and make a snowman type thing. “...When we have five baskets of earth and two baskets of snow, Jem said we were ready to begin.”(Lee chapter 8). Not only does the being outdoors show Scouts tomboy traits but, the gathering of dirt and snow adds more to
Scout Finch is an intelligent young girl whose knowledge grows throughout Harper Lee’s novel. When meeting their soon to be friend, Dill, her brother, Jem, informs him, “Scout yonder’s been readin’ ever since she was born, and she ain’t even started school yet.”(Lee 8). This quote from Jem shows not only is Scout not in school but, she can read something most children cannot …show more content…
Scout and her brother Jem try finding a game to play and she suggests rolling in a tire. She gets into the tire and rolls to the Radley property(Lee chapter 4). This reminds me of the phrase “curiosity killed the cat” which is directly reflected as curiosity. Scout then talks about Boo radley on multiple occasions, such as, ““Miss Maudie,” I said one evening, “do you think Boo Radley’s still alive?””(Lee 57). These occasions of constant interest shows her curiosity and sense of knowledge.
Scout Finch is the definition of being tomboy in To Kill a Mockingbird. Scout tells Calpurnia ““Why? Jem’n me ain’t ever home unless it’s raining’.””(Lee 38). This automatically shows how she is an outdoors type and proves her to be a tomboy. On a semi-snowy day in the winter Scout helps Jem collect dirt and make a snowman type thing. “...When we have five baskets of earth and two baskets of snow, Jem said we were ready to begin.”(Lee chapter 8). Not only does the being outdoors show Scouts tomboy traits but, the gathering of dirt and snow adds more to