In To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout Finch completes the hero’s journey, beginning with her mundane world in Maycomb County. Unlike Nick Carraway, her ordinary world does not hold much significance considering Scout wasn’t prepared for her call to adventure, nor was it voluntary. Her life changes when her father, Atticus, takes on a case to defend Tom Robinson, a black man accused of rape. Moreover, this is a pivotal moment in Scout’s life, she will begin to understand the society she lives in and separate from the life she is comfortable with. As she continues on this journey, she will learn about the tendencies of humanity and the unethical side of her town.…
Harper Lee, the acclaimed author of To Kill A Mockingbird, recounts the touching tale of a young child and her exposure to the disturbing and unsettling reality concerning her hometown of Maycomb, Alabama. Harper Lee’s use of diction, the manner in which something is expressed in words, while being reflective of the era and setting, imply a separation between formal and informal speech that is a representation of Scout’s developing intellect and the influence from her surroundings; the concept of like-mindedness and communal practices have been adopted by Scout. As Harper Lee describes the changes throughout the environment, Scout’s character is recognizably changing to match it accordingly. Scout’s perspectives develops from childlike, innocent,…
To begin, the author of the story To Kill A Mockingbird expresses her theme of “coming of age” through many ways. These ways include the development of the characters, symbols used, imagery, tone and motifs. Despite the fact, that she presents numerous themes, such as racism, and social class in the South, it is the coming of age theme that is most apparent in two characters Jem and Scout. As these characters are under the control of their principled father, Jem and Scout have to encounter events that test their beliefs, faith in father’s teachings and to understand the nature of human actions/behavior.…
Imagine you just moved into Maycomb next to the Finches. Even on the day you move in, there is already a great deal of drama. You hear all about the Tom Robinson case, and you witness Atticus shoot a mad dog. Through all of these events going on, you see something big: Scout Finch changing. Scout changes throughout the book because of the court case, her brother maturing, and her changing attitude toward Boo Radley.…
Throughout the course of the book To Kill a Mockingbird, the main characters, Jem and Scout, change their views on the not so fair world they thought they lived in. In the beginning of the book, both Jem and Scout thought everyone was treated fairly and are as innocent as they are. The author, Harper Lee creates crazy events for Jem and Scout to face, that ultimately change their views on the world and also help them grow as people. Through the use of child-like innocence and point of view, Harper Lee shows that the events in someone’s life, can lead to an early coming of age.…
Written in the 1950s and published in 2015, Go Set a Watchman is set prior to the peak of the Civil Rights movement, but not too early to the Supreme Court decision of Brown v The Board of Education. Hesitant to the desegregation of schools, the South differed from the rest of the nation by not respecting the outcome of the case. The NAACP and their progressive ideas scare the Caucasian population as they see the ideas as a means to change their traditions. The stories protagonist, Jean Louise Finch is flabbergasted to find that such resistance is in her home town of Maycomb, Alabama. Harper Lee expresses change through Jean Louise viewing her family and friends, Atticus, Hank, and Aunt Alexandra, and how they differ from her childhood memories.…
Many people don’t really have good grasps on what life would have been for a little girl in the 1930’s. In To Kill a MockingBird by Harper Lee shows a life in the 1930’s told by a young white girl named Scout. Scout achieves intellectual and emotional growth throughout the story by learning about new people, feelings, and accepting prejudice.…
Have you ever thought to yourself, what got me to where I am today? What actions did I make? Who/ What motivated me to do this? These are all typical questions that we ask ourselves whenever we think about our past that’s affecting our present.…
In Harper Lee’s literary classic, a novel entitled To Kill A Mockingbird, young, lighthearted Scout Finch deals with the ups and downs of growing up in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama. She has a lot to learn as she leaves childhood, especially trying to cope with and understand the behavior of humans. Throughout the novel, there are several experiences that teach Scout a lesson about life, which matures her throughout the course of the novel. In the end, the reader sees how much humanity in the outcasts can be seen by someone younger and with less life experience; 8-year-old Scout. Through Scout’s thirst for knowledge, her constant friendliness, care and compassion for others and her undying spark of hope and eagerness for others, Harper…
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, is a story about the act of maturation. Through the perspective of the young girl Scout, and the lenses of her wise father Atticus, her oldest brother Jem, housekeeper Calpurnia, and various others, Scout and Jem have a gradual realization of how different life can be when it is lived in either courage or in fear. Published in the 1930‘s in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, there was a separation of race: blacks and whites. There was a permanent mindset of segregation and superiority amongst one side, the whites. There is also a lesson of the misunderstanding of the way people act and why the act that way.…
Many novels have a goal of influencing readers to become better people overall, though none manage it quite as well as Harper Lee’s world famous novel To Kill a Mockingbird. The remarkable effects the novel had on its many readers is accomplished through its several characters, though none have the same influence as the book's main character. The main character in this novel is Jean Louise Finch, or Scout. This character, in particular, has the greatest effect on the books reader, with many looking up to her as a role model. It is fairly easy to see why she is also a popular character, as she displays many traits that either make her relatable to the reader.…
“To Kill A Mockingbird” is a novel written by Harper Lee and is one the most well known american novels in the world. The story is written in perspective of a young girl named Scout who throughout the story loses her innocence as she sees the reality of the world. Scout lives in a small town called Maycomb. Maycomb is flawed in several ways and to distinguish some of these flaws Harper Lee uses irony. Some of these flaws include education, racism and social classes.…
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a novel set in the 1930’s in the fictional of Maycomb, Alabama. It mainly focuses on racial discrimination and social injustice in the South while being told through the perspective of an elementary school aged girl named Jean Louise Finch who goes by “Scout”. Scout is a very intriguing character as she is smart for her age, but lacks understanding of human nature. With a lawyer father that defends Blacks when Scout hears insults directed toward her father she gets into fights to deny that racism exists. As the book goes on Scout comes to acceptance that racism and evil exist which causes her to lose innocence.…
The Education of a Mockingbird Life in the 1930’s was much different than it is now, but if one thing has stayed the same it is the dividing line between home life and school life. This dividing line does not make an exception for Harper Lee’s Scout Finch. Between all of the differences of home and school they all share a common goal. That goal is to educate the next generation, and help them learn how to function in our society. To Kill A Mockingbird perfectly illustrates how Scouts exposure to both a formal and informal style of learning helps her grow into a mature well learned person.…
Moral Development In the book to kill a mocking bird Scout has changed or she also got more mature throughout the story. One reason is that Scout starts to learn about how the people of Maycomb feel about blacks. Scout also changes due to the fact that she did not know who Boo Radley was then she was willing to walk Boo Radley home. The third reason why scout has changed is due to the fact that she has got more time to mature.…