Scout's Childhood Analysis

Why is the perspective of a six year old a good way to tell a story? Scout, a six year old is looking through the lens of a child in the regards to what an adult might or might not see. Children tend to see what adults are blind to and they are able to look at a situation with an innocent view and interpretation. Scout grows throughout the story and as she narrates she grows as a woman and sees what others tend to turn away from. This maturity comes from the events she has witnessed and her father’s upbringing. Scout being so young experiencing all of what is happening in Maycomb, gives her a new perspective of what life is truly beyond childhood and the expectation of the role of a girl and woman is. Scout is a precocious child that Atticus has raised to think for herself. She is at the point in her young life where she is forming her own opinions and perspective due to the actions and events in her life. “ Her youth, her innocence, acute sense of justice and naive …show more content…
“ As Scout matures, her understanding of people in her community becomes more sophisticated” (Malia p.1). Scout understands that the majority of the townspeople detest African Americans because they were a different color. Also, she comes to realize what is expected of a proper young Southern woman such as manners, speech, and dress. Also, the issue of leaving the care of properly raising a white Southern children would not be left to their black housekeeper Calpurnia.
Scout’s Aunt Alexandra came to Maycomb because Atticus needed her to take care of Jem and Scout, since he was working late. Alexandra was completely discouraged for how Scout was raised, since Scout had no mother Alexandra was going to teach how to be a proper lady (Lee p.145). Atticus felt leaving the care of properly raising a white Southern child would not be left to their black housekeeper