There is always a point in life where one has to grow up, and experience the world in its true form, whether by choice or by force. It is an important part of life that changes one’s personality and their perspective of the world. This important transition is a focal point of life, and changes people as they learn about the world. Scout in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird demonstrates what happens to people when they grow up when her life takes a turn and forces her into a young lady. At the beginning of the book Scout is a spirited tomboy who takes the world into her hands, and at the same time, oblivious to the suffering of the real world. Through hardship and persecution she reveals a brand new person buried beneath her childish
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On the first day of school Miss Caroline, Scout’s teacher, gets mad at her for saying how the Cunninghams are poor and at lunch she seeks him out in the schoolyard, “...when I was rubbing his nose in the dirt Jem came by and told me to stop” (Lee 30). Scout is very immature in the fact that she speaks her mind and lets all of her feelings out without thinking about them. She gets mad at Walter for getting her in trouble with the teacher so without thinking she gets in a fight with him as soon as she sees him because she does not recognize the consequences of her actions. By the events that are soon to happen in her life, she will grow and mature to see that sometimes she needs to control herself for the benefit of the people around her. She soon learns what it means to be mature from the help of her surroundings and people around her. She sees the ignorance and prejudice from her community and this shows her what the real world is like. Luckily she had an example like Atticus to guide her through these times which will determine how she turns out. She demonstrates her newfound maturity when she is on the porch with Atticus and he asks her if she could possibly understand what is going on. “‘Yes sir, I understand’ Mr. Tate was right’... ‘it’d be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird, wouldn’t it?’” (370). Scout shows that she has
On the first day of school Miss Caroline, Scout’s teacher, gets mad at her for saying how the Cunninghams are poor and at lunch she seeks him out in the schoolyard, “...when I was rubbing his nose in the dirt Jem came by and told me to stop” (Lee 30). Scout is very immature in the fact that she speaks her mind and lets all of her feelings out without thinking about them. She gets mad at Walter for getting her in trouble with the teacher so without thinking she gets in a fight with him as soon as she sees him because she does not recognize the consequences of her actions. By the events that are soon to happen in her life, she will grow and mature to see that sometimes she needs to control herself for the benefit of the people around her. She soon learns what it means to be mature from the help of her surroundings and people around her. She sees the ignorance and prejudice from her community and this shows her what the real world is like. Luckily she had an example like Atticus to guide her through these times which will determine how she turns out. She demonstrates her newfound maturity when she is on the porch with Atticus and he asks her if she could possibly understand what is going on. “‘Yes sir, I understand’ Mr. Tate was right’... ‘it’d be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird, wouldn’t it?’” (370). Scout shows that she has