In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird the main character Scout goes through many child and adult-like problems. Scout is a reliable narrator because since she is young, talks to many different types of people and hears their opinion in issues, and Scout is amazing at describing people and situations. Scout is a reliable narrator because she is young, which means she is learning new things about her town and about people, Scout’s view on things change as she learns, and Scout’s childhood could be comparable to the readers childhood. Scout is learning things about Maycomb which make it a bad place, “Maycomb’s usual disease… people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up”(Lee, pg. 117). Maycomb’s disease is racism, because
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Scout is a reliable narrator because she talks to many people that she is not supposed and finds the truth about a rumor that might have had spread around Maycomb, “Mr. Dolphus Raymond...nothing but Coca-Cola...I’m not much of a drinker”(Lee, pg. 267 & 268). Only one person in Maycomb would talk to an alcoholic, and that is Scout would talk to a person who seen as being a drunk because no one else would have talked to Mr. Raymond expect Scout. Scout gets many points of view because she kept hearing rumors that Mr. Raymond was a drunk evil man, even though he was just pretending to be an alcoholic. Scout tries to find that truth and just care what people think of her, even if she goes and talks to an innocent man whose name and reputation has been destroyed. Scout will sometimes listen to conversations Atticus is having with other adults and Atticus knows that she is listening, so he will talk about basic life lessons that most parents might not tell their children, “heard Atticus and Uncle Jack...she and Jem will have to absorb some ugly things...Go to bed”(Lee, pg. 115, 116, & 117). Scout is a reliable narrator because even though Atticus knew that Scout was standing around the corner listening to their conversation, he still talked to Uncle Jack normally because he believes in …show more content…
Scout is excellent at describing what people look like, “Her weight was on one leg; she rested her left elbow on the curve of her hip, pointing at us. She was bullet headed with Star age almond shaped eyes, straight nose, and an Indian-bow mouth.”(Lee, pg. 119). When Scout is describing something or someone, she paints a picture in your head. Scout was describing Lula remarkably well because she was describing her face and her body down to the smallest detail. Scout also gets very creative when describing people, “Mr. Ewell had a scalded look; as if an overnight soaking had deprived him of protective layers of dirt, his skin appeared to be sensitive to the elements”(Lee, pg. 239). Scout uses very creative words to describe people or something be used tries to have as much detail as possible because if she doesn't have enough detail in what she is describing the reader might get a picture of what the thing or person looks like. Scout describing someone is the equivalent of Leonardo Da Vinci painting a picture. Scout is so amazing at describing something, that she doesn’t even have to see it, “Wore thick cotton pants… soft swish of cotton on cotton, wheek, wheek, with every step”(Lee, pg. 350). When Jem and Scout were coming walking home from the play, Bob Ewell was trying to kill them, but since it was so dark they couldn’t tell who it
Scout is a reliable narrator because she talks to many people that she is not supposed and finds the truth about a rumor that might have had spread around Maycomb, “Mr. Dolphus Raymond...nothing but Coca-Cola...I’m not much of a drinker”(Lee, pg. 267 & 268). Only one person in Maycomb would talk to an alcoholic, and that is Scout would talk to a person who seen as being a drunk because no one else would have talked to Mr. Raymond expect Scout. Scout gets many points of view because she kept hearing rumors that Mr. Raymond was a drunk evil man, even though he was just pretending to be an alcoholic. Scout tries to find that truth and just care what people think of her, even if she goes and talks to an innocent man whose name and reputation has been destroyed. Scout will sometimes listen to conversations Atticus is having with other adults and Atticus knows that she is listening, so he will talk about basic life lessons that most parents might not tell their children, “heard Atticus and Uncle Jack...she and Jem will have to absorb some ugly things...Go to bed”(Lee, pg. 115, 116, & 117). Scout is a reliable narrator because even though Atticus knew that Scout was standing around the corner listening to their conversation, he still talked to Uncle Jack normally because he believes in …show more content…
Scout is excellent at describing what people look like, “Her weight was on one leg; she rested her left elbow on the curve of her hip, pointing at us. She was bullet headed with Star age almond shaped eyes, straight nose, and an Indian-bow mouth.”(Lee, pg. 119). When Scout is describing something or someone, she paints a picture in your head. Scout was describing Lula remarkably well because she was describing her face and her body down to the smallest detail. Scout also gets very creative when describing people, “Mr. Ewell had a scalded look; as if an overnight soaking had deprived him of protective layers of dirt, his skin appeared to be sensitive to the elements”(Lee, pg. 239). Scout uses very creative words to describe people or something be used tries to have as much detail as possible because if she doesn't have enough detail in what she is describing the reader might get a picture of what the thing or person looks like. Scout describing someone is the equivalent of Leonardo Da Vinci painting a picture. Scout is so amazing at describing something, that she doesn’t even have to see it, “Wore thick cotton pants… soft swish of cotton on cotton, wheek, wheek, with every step”(Lee, pg. 350). When Jem and Scout were coming walking home from the play, Bob Ewell was trying to kill them, but since it was so dark they couldn’t tell who it