American writer Patrick Rothfuss once stated “When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.” Looking through the eyes of a young, immature girl can be moving more many, allowing the reader to remember times of no worry. Remember days like Scout Finch, looking back on her childhood like in the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee.
Scout Finch looks at conflicts, and everyday life differently than many of the average citizens in the 1940s. She question segregation and poverty, and asks why do they exist? Why is there pain in the world. That is why I believe she symbolizes a Mockingbird. …show more content…
The first trait that is represented by Purple, is Imagination. On page 39 Scout says,”It was a melancholy little drama, woven from bits and scraps of gossip and neighborhood legend: Mrs Radley had been beautiful until she married Mr. Radley and lost all her money. She also lost most of her teeth, her hair and her right forefinger...Boo hit it off one night when he couldn't find any cats and squirrels to eat.” This shows Scouts imagination, because she can up with the game, and made up what she think happened to Boo Radley. The second trait represented by purple is intelligence. On page 17 Scout states,”As I read the alphabet a faint line appeared between her eyebrows, and after making me read most of My First Reader and the stock-market quotations from The Mobile Register aloud, she discovered that I was literate and looked at me with more than faint distaste.” This passage shows Scouts intelligence because her teacher, Stephanie Crawford, assumed she would be illiterate, but she can read, unlike everyone else in her class. Many people have many traits, and do many things, and make decisions that allow them to embody many colors of the spectrum, and Jean Louise Finch is one of those
Scout Finch looks at conflicts, and everyday life differently than many of the average citizens in the 1940s. She question segregation and poverty, and asks why do they exist? Why is there pain in the world. That is why I believe she symbolizes a Mockingbird. …show more content…
The first trait that is represented by Purple, is Imagination. On page 39 Scout says,”It was a melancholy little drama, woven from bits and scraps of gossip and neighborhood legend: Mrs Radley had been beautiful until she married Mr. Radley and lost all her money. She also lost most of her teeth, her hair and her right forefinger...Boo hit it off one night when he couldn't find any cats and squirrels to eat.” This shows Scouts imagination, because she can up with the game, and made up what she think happened to Boo Radley. The second trait represented by purple is intelligence. On page 17 Scout states,”As I read the alphabet a faint line appeared between her eyebrows, and after making me read most of My First Reader and the stock-market quotations from The Mobile Register aloud, she discovered that I was literate and looked at me with more than faint distaste.” This passage shows Scouts intelligence because her teacher, Stephanie Crawford, assumed she would be illiterate, but she can read, unlike everyone else in her class. Many people have many traits, and do many things, and make decisions that allow them to embody many colors of the spectrum, and Jean Louise Finch is one of those