In this portion of the story, Scout also begins to experience the ideologies of the world first hand due to exposure of the Tom Robinson case. When Scout witnesses how the townspeople treat Tom because of his race, she begins to understand the extent of prejudice in Maycomb County. Over time, Atticus’s influence and this early exposure to prejudice helps teach Scout to accept people as they are, and to not judge others for their…
In the novel, Scout’s realization that “whiteness” and social status were far…
In the book To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Scout deals with prejudice like that based on her gender on a near constant basis. She faces prejudice at age six. This prejudice comes in different forms, but each form affects Scout and affects how she views being a woman. Scout deals with prejudice through demeaning comments from people close to her, seeing the common gender roles of women, and observing ways in which women were treated as lesser than men. The effects of this prejudice are seen through the ways that Scout constantly…
The author chose Scout to be the 1st person POV because Scout is a child and seeing a child's POV can be moving in the reader's eyes. Scouts gives her opinions on serious and racial situations in the book. But the main reason is that you have to adults v.s. Childrens POV in the book. You get to see two different sides of the situations (racial criticism).…
One of the main characters in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is Scout. Scout is a really honest person, she can make a long list of complaints about other people but herself. Scout comes from a rich family, and that is why they can afford help from a colored woman called Cal. Scout and Cal don't go along with each other, but Scout respect Cal. In the book, the author writes few scenes when Scout has a conversion about or with other colored people.…
Have you ever thought what the things our narrator (Scout) is telling you are reliable or not. For those that read To Kill A Mockingbird, we all know that Scout is narrating her perspective of a six year old as an adult. Scout is one of our main characters and speaker for this book, telling you all about her life and everything that she can describe to us. The following information will explain to you why one of our main characters, Scout, isn’t a very reliable narrator.…
Then that is different because you get a chance to see what the person is like based on them not on skin color, or money. Throughout “To Kill a Mockingbird” Scout is a naïve girl who would like to have all the information about something so that she can make her own perspective about it but in the beginning she made childish accusations. As the story progressed she was shown the true colors of people and understands how life is in Maycomb County, Alabama. Near the end she makes better decisions and the ideas that come to her mind make her seem more mature.…
As she said, “Walter looks like he has been raised on fish food (page 30).” As she talks about Walter, she doesn’t understand what he goes through, so she is too quick to judge him. Also, she states,” Jem seemed to have a fear of Boo Radley now that we walked beside him (page 31).” This is a good example because when she is saying that Jem is scared, she really does not know because Jem didn’t physically say he was scared. Scout is just basing it off of what she thinks instead of what Jem actually thinks of Boo Radley.…
Scout (An explanation of why Scout Finch is the very best character in this novel) To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is considered one of the most outstanding pieces of literature ever written by many. Lee creates many brilliant ideas that convey messages which have been studied by hundreds of teachers and students. Funny and entertaining, this novel not only captures the reader from beginning to end, but it portrays insightful messages that causes readers to take some concepts a little bit deeper. The time period that this book was written in was during times of hardship, discrimination, and many important events in history on the verge of taking place. Harper Lee takes these ideas of discrimination and racism and clearly shows her…
Scout is introduced into the novel as a very young, and innocent girl. She had much more time to learn and grow, she did not yet have the knowledge, or the maturity to understand the largely themed topics of racism and social classes that were presented in the novel. Lee demonstrates through Scout that children do not let other people’s opinions and societal ways influence on what they think is wrong, like convicting a black male who had an overwhelming amount of evidence that shown he was not guilty of his verdict. Scout did not understand why Tom Robinson had to go to jail when even she could see that he did not harm Mayella Ewell. This can be connected to Harper Lee when she was young, and the Scottsboro Trials had been taking place.…
This becomes a very prominent barrier that prevents many people from trying to see things from another’s perspective. Many of the town’s residents contain a strong hold onto their traditional beliefs, in regards to race and social class, which is an extremely noticeable issue. With many of the characters coming from various cultural norms, on more than one occasion, Scout comes face to face with these barriers. She strives to overcome, what seems to be, a…
“To kill a Mockingbird” Everything is different from a child's perspective. The narrator is not a reliable narrator in “To Kill a Mockingbird”. When the story takes place Scout is 6 years old and very naive. Kids are quick judges of character.…
Scout’s objection to these assumptions, then, shows that she believes that there’s only “one kind of folks”, including black people. This inclusive view of black people that regards them as equals in society shows that racism is ridiculous, since there is only one type of people. This further shows that racism divides society unfairly into different groups based on…
To begin with, Scout sees discrimination in contradiction of race, specifically black race the town Maycomb has against. In the…
Scout, unlike the other citizens of Maycomb County shows resilience to conforming to society’s conditions and values and the ways of the majority. She does not want to be a lady, which her Aunt Alexandra insists she do, and does not show the same level of hatred towards black people that others do. As she is still a child, she has not developed her…