Character Analysis
Jean-Louise Finch, more commonly known as Scout was the character that told To Kill A Mockingbird through her own eyes. Before the age of ten, she has done some pretty rambunctious things along with her wiser, older brother, Jem, and her best friend and future husband, Dill Harris. Living with her single father, Atticus, Scout discovers more about the people that live in Maycomb, Alabama. After a couple years Scout’s Aunt Alexandra moves in with the Finch’s to assist Atticus to turn Jean-Louise into the perfect lady and in years to come, a trophy wife. Although Scout is not a girly-girl and the entire town knows it, especially Miss Stephanie. She told Scout, “Well, you won’t get very far until you start wearing dresses more often” (Lee 230). Though, throughout the book Scout had short spurts of being an absolute tom-boy and spurts of trying to become a pristine, young, lady. One of the great adventures that the trio began was about a fellow neighbor, Mr. Nathan Radley who is usually referred to as Boo Radley. There were plenty rumors about Boo throughout the town. These rumors intrigued Scout to try to lure thought to be dangerous Mr.Radley out of his closed house. At first she was scared of the rumors …show more content…
Agitated the teacher told Scout, “Tell your father not to teach you any more” (Lee 16). “If I didn’t have to stay I’d leave” (Lee 18), Scout yelled to Jem when she got home from her first day of school. She didn’t want to give school another chance, but by law she was required to go. Nevertheless, “Catching Walter Cunningham in the schoolyard gave me some pleasure, when I was rubbing his nose in the dirt” (Lee 22). She was occasionally violent with the other school boys. She thought she was tough. They figured out she was tough the hard way when they would call her
Jean-Louise Finch, more commonly known as Scout was the character that told To Kill A Mockingbird through her own eyes. Before the age of ten, she has done some pretty rambunctious things along with her wiser, older brother, Jem, and her best friend and future husband, Dill Harris. Living with her single father, Atticus, Scout discovers more about the people that live in Maycomb, Alabama. After a couple years Scout’s Aunt Alexandra moves in with the Finch’s to assist Atticus to turn Jean-Louise into the perfect lady and in years to come, a trophy wife. Although Scout is not a girly-girl and the entire town knows it, especially Miss Stephanie. She told Scout, “Well, you won’t get very far until you start wearing dresses more often” (Lee 230). Though, throughout the book Scout had short spurts of being an absolute tom-boy and spurts of trying to become a pristine, young, lady. One of the great adventures that the trio began was about a fellow neighbor, Mr. Nathan Radley who is usually referred to as Boo Radley. There were plenty rumors about Boo throughout the town. These rumors intrigued Scout to try to lure thought to be dangerous Mr.Radley out of his closed house. At first she was scared of the rumors …show more content…
Agitated the teacher told Scout, “Tell your father not to teach you any more” (Lee 16). “If I didn’t have to stay I’d leave” (Lee 18), Scout yelled to Jem when she got home from her first day of school. She didn’t want to give school another chance, but by law she was required to go. Nevertheless, “Catching Walter Cunningham in the schoolyard gave me some pleasure, when I was rubbing his nose in the dirt” (Lee 22). She was occasionally violent with the other school boys. She thought she was tough. They figured out she was tough the hard way when they would call her