Josh Kennelly
Mr. Mariano
English 9
18 December 2017
Conflict and Purpose
In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout encounters many conflicts throughout the story. Scout interacts with many people in Maycomb County. The troubles and problems she experiences are part of growing up. Her father Atticus helps her trough many of these problems. These conflicts better shape the way she is. Some of those problems include Scout failing to convince her father to not let her go to school, Nathan Radley cementing the hole, and when Scout has to go with Jem to read to Ms. Dubose. Those conflicts taught scout a painful lesson and improved herself from what she used to be.
First off, when scout fails to convince her father to let her stay home from school, he refuses. To scout, this seems like a lethal blow. In reality, it is teaching her a very useful lesson. That lesson is that when times get hard, the worst possible thing to do is quit. In the story, Miss Caroline states; “We don't write in the first grade, we print. You won't learn to write until you're in the third grade" (17) This line shows how Miss Caroline is obviously skeptical about the amount knowledge and skill scout has when it comes to reading and writing. Miss Caroline then hits her on the hand with a ruler in the corner of the …show more content…
This creates a whole mess of issues for both Boo and Scout. It affects Boo because everybody looks at him in a negative way. Because of this, Boo does not have any friends, and the whole town looks at him in a negative way. It affects Scout because she is unable to know the real Boo Radley because of all the false rumors. As Boo continues go leave her and Jem gifts in the knothole, she gradually learns how good of a person Boo really is. The way that this conflict better shapes her is because she finally realizes what kind of person Boo is. This will help her not to judge people in the
Mr. Mariano
English 9
18 December 2017
Conflict and Purpose
In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout encounters many conflicts throughout the story. Scout interacts with many people in Maycomb County. The troubles and problems she experiences are part of growing up. Her father Atticus helps her trough many of these problems. These conflicts better shape the way she is. Some of those problems include Scout failing to convince her father to not let her go to school, Nathan Radley cementing the hole, and when Scout has to go with Jem to read to Ms. Dubose. Those conflicts taught scout a painful lesson and improved herself from what she used to be.
First off, when scout fails to convince her father to let her stay home from school, he refuses. To scout, this seems like a lethal blow. In reality, it is teaching her a very useful lesson. That lesson is that when times get hard, the worst possible thing to do is quit. In the story, Miss Caroline states; “We don't write in the first grade, we print. You won't learn to write until you're in the third grade" (17) This line shows how Miss Caroline is obviously skeptical about the amount knowledge and skill scout has when it comes to reading and writing. Miss Caroline then hits her on the hand with a ruler in the corner of the …show more content…
This creates a whole mess of issues for both Boo and Scout. It affects Boo because everybody looks at him in a negative way. Because of this, Boo does not have any friends, and the whole town looks at him in a negative way. It affects Scout because she is unable to know the real Boo Radley because of all the false rumors. As Boo continues go leave her and Jem gifts in the knothole, she gradually learns how good of a person Boo really is. The way that this conflict better shapes her is because she finally realizes what kind of person Boo is. This will help her not to judge people in the