Scout Finch Grows Up
The historical fiction novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee tells the story about two children growing up in Maycomb, Alabama. In Maycomb, a friendly, neighborly society, where everyone knows everyone live Scout and Jem Finch, typical, curious children, with no mother, but they have a motherly figure, Calpurnia, that helps out around the house. Scout is a girl who loves adventure, and spending time with Jem and Dill, some of her only friends. There are many people in the novel that Scout meets and looks up to, that teach her valuable life lessons, and form her into a better character.
One example of a person that helps Scout grow is Cecil Jacobs. Cecil Jacobs, one of Scout’s school friends, teases Scout about her …show more content…
What irritates Aunt Alexandra so much is that Scout doesn’t have the proper conduct of being a lady, and throughout the novel Aunt Alexandra tries to turn her into more of a lady, “Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire. I could not possibly hope to be a lady if I wore breeches; when I said I could do nothing in a dress, she said I wasn’t supposed to be doing things that required pants. Aunt Alexandra’s vision of my deportment involved playing with small stoves, tea sets, and wearing the Add-A-Pearl necklace she gave me when I was born” (108). Aunt Alexandra highly disapproves of Scout's Not acting like a lady, but Scout doesn’t like the fact that she has to act like a lady, she doesn’t like being stereotyped like this. Aunt Alexandra has Scout act very much like a lady, and at times, Scout wants to please her aunt, especially when times were rough. During a missionary society meeting at the FInch’s household, Atticus brought news to Calpurnia, Alexandra, and Scout that Tom Robinson is dead, and after he leaves, the women have to pretend that everything is normal, Scout too, “After all, if Aunty could be a lady at a time like this, so could I.” (318) This is one of the moments where Scout acts like a lady to please her Aunt's desire of acting more like a lady. Aunt Alexandra teaches Scout to become more of a lady, and helps her grow and mature as a young
The historical fiction novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee tells the story about two children growing up in Maycomb, Alabama. In Maycomb, a friendly, neighborly society, where everyone knows everyone live Scout and Jem Finch, typical, curious children, with no mother, but they have a motherly figure, Calpurnia, that helps out around the house. Scout is a girl who loves adventure, and spending time with Jem and Dill, some of her only friends. There are many people in the novel that Scout meets and looks up to, that teach her valuable life lessons, and form her into a better character.
One example of a person that helps Scout grow is Cecil Jacobs. Cecil Jacobs, one of Scout’s school friends, teases Scout about her …show more content…
What irritates Aunt Alexandra so much is that Scout doesn’t have the proper conduct of being a lady, and throughout the novel Aunt Alexandra tries to turn her into more of a lady, “Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire. I could not possibly hope to be a lady if I wore breeches; when I said I could do nothing in a dress, she said I wasn’t supposed to be doing things that required pants. Aunt Alexandra’s vision of my deportment involved playing with small stoves, tea sets, and wearing the Add-A-Pearl necklace she gave me when I was born” (108). Aunt Alexandra highly disapproves of Scout's Not acting like a lady, but Scout doesn’t like the fact that she has to act like a lady, she doesn’t like being stereotyped like this. Aunt Alexandra has Scout act very much like a lady, and at times, Scout wants to please her aunt, especially when times were rough. During a missionary society meeting at the FInch’s household, Atticus brought news to Calpurnia, Alexandra, and Scout that Tom Robinson is dead, and after he leaves, the women have to pretend that everything is normal, Scout too, “After all, if Aunty could be a lady at a time like this, so could I.” (318) This is one of the moments where Scout acts like a lady to please her Aunt's desire of acting more like a lady. Aunt Alexandra teaches Scout to become more of a lady, and helps her grow and mature as a young