Scout Finch In To Kill A Mockingbird

To Kill A Mockingbird written by Harper Lee, tells the adventures of two siblings and the happenings throughout their small town in Alabama during the 1930’s. The novel is narrated by six year-old Jean Louise Finch, often referred to as Scout. In Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill A Mockingbird.” Scout is boisterous, amenable, and valiant. Throughout the novel, Scout is boisterous. She enjoys being loud and energetic. When she, her older brother Jem, along with their friend Dill, decide to push each other around in an old tire this can be shown. “The tire bumped on gravel, skeetered across the road, crashed into a barrier and popped me like a cork onto pavement. Dizzy and nauseated, I lay on the cement and shook my head still … When I was able to navigate, I ran back to them as fast as my shaking knees would carry me.” (Lee 50). Jean Louise is the first one to have a turn and is pushed a little too hard down the small hill the Finch’s live on. Scout then hits a curb and goes flying into the Radley’s yard-- one that is feared throughout the neighborhood. She slowly gathers herself together and scurries out of the yard, screaming all the while. …show more content…
When Jem and Scout accompany Calpurnia to church, they learn a great deal about Cal and her culture. Instead of announcing all the differences she notices, Scout accepts them and asks about what she does not understand. “‘Cal,’ I whispered, ‘where are the hymn-books?’ ‘We don’t have any,’ she said. ‘Well how—?’” (121). Jean Louise is open to new concepts, “Line for line, voices followed in simple harmony until the hymn ended in a melancholy murmur. I looked at Jem, who was looking at Zeebo from the corners of his eyes. I didn’t believe it either, but we had both heard it.”