To Kill A Mockingbird Scout As A Role Model

What if you never knew who your mother was and you didn't have her around as a role model? In the book To kill a mockingbird scout has no memory of her mother since she has died. In the book Scout does not only suffer from never knowing who her mother was but also the evils of racism and power of silence. In To kill a mockingbird has no female mother to take care of her when Atticus is away all she has is her maid Calpurnia. In the book scout has become a tomboy which means she is a girl but she dresses like a boy and also acts like one she also hates looking like a girl and acting like one and some people don't like it one scout doesn't act like a “girl” scout gets offended when she is called a girl. "Scout, I'm tellin' you for the last time, shut your trap or go home—I declare to the …show more content…
Scouts acts like how she is because of her family and friends she also takes criticism personally and will either fight or change the way she acts. In the book To kill a mockingbird they have to face racism and people who will treat others differently because of their skin color. In the book Atticus Finch has to deal with the evils of racism because to defend his client who is african american ands been wrongly accused of a crime. "As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you forget it—whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash"(lee 217). Atticus tries to defend his client, Tom Robinson, but it is very difficult because of racism, Atticus is trying to tell the jury white men will overrule black men everyday and if you do that you are trash, Atticus is also telling the jury the color of his skin shouldn't matter and what matters is the evidence behind the case and it is clear that his client is innocent and did no