Jean Louise Finch Maturity

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If I had a chance to swap places with a book character I would choose to be Jean Louise Finch. Jean Louise Finch is brave, courageous, mature for her age, and is intelligent. In the book To kill a Mockingbird Jean Louise Finch is referred to as Scout. To kill a Mockingbird is set in 1932 and Scout’s father Atticus is a lawyer who is defending a black man. Tom Robinson the man Atticus defended was accused of raping a nineteen year old white woman.
Firstly, Scout was very brave during the duration of the approaching trial there was many kids in her class that teased her about her father's actions. Many of Scout’s family members weren’t too happy when they heard what Atticus was doing. Scout stuck by her father through thick and thin, even when people thought they were disowning their family’s name. Scout again showed bravery during the morning of the trial. Scout, her brother Jem, and her friend Dill went down to the courthouse and watched the trial unfold. Scout surprisingly knew what was going on and knew what everyone was talking about, even though everyone thought she didn’t understand. I think a lot of people underestimate Scout in this book, she is real grown for her age.
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One night Scout unintentionally scared off a mob just by innocently talking to them. She also showed courage when Dill, Jem, and her would try to make Mr. Arthur Radley come out of his house. Mr. Arthur Radley often referred as Boo in the book, lived in his father's home and would never come out in the daylight. Later on in the book Scout gets attacked and she showed courage by being okay. When little girls get hurt they cry, not once did she cry while this happened. If I were Scout I would most likely be a mess and crying over what had happened. Scout was around the age of nine years old when she and her thirteen year old brother Jem got attacked. For Scout’s age she showed real

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