To Kill A Mockingbird Reliable

Scout has told us many stories of her life from when she was young till now. Since many of her stories are from when she was young it is quite difficult to tell if her stories are true or not. From what has happened so far, all of her stories are from her point of view, so you never really know how her family or friends really felt. Also, some of the stories she told are from when she was really young, so not every detail she told might’ve been correct. Finally, since she is the narrator of the story her emotion does affect the way she tells the story. Due to these reasons it is quite difficult to find Scout a reliable source.

She is not a reliable character because she her emotions might affect the way she tells a story. In the story she is describing the Radley Place. She describes it as a creepy, scary place to be around, but to others it might’ve been just …show more content…
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.
To conclude, Scout is not a reliable character in To Kill a Mockingbird because all of her stories are from her point of view, some of the stories she told are from when she was really young, so not every detail she told might’ve been correct, and because since she is the narrator of the story her emotions affect the way she tells the