Authors use narrators to create a specific attitude towards a topic. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Lee uses the narrator to show Scout’s point of view. Scout offers her attitude towards many topics throughout the novel. Not only that, Scout shows the reader what is important to her. The book reflects her experiences, choices, and growth. This novel belongs to Scout. Although Jem does change throughout the novel, the reader experiences the entire story through Scout’s eyes.
Since Scout is the narrator, she allows the reader to understand how she feels about many different events that take place over the course of the novel. Towards the end of the novel, Scout is left in the dark and the reader experiences her limited point of view. She struggles to describe the events that unfolded when Mr. Ewell tried to kill her and she says, “Suddenly he was jerked backwards and flung on the ground, almost carrying me with him. I thought, Jem’s up… It was slowly coming to me that there were four people under the tree. “Atticus…?”” (351). When Scout states that “Jem’s up,” she …show more content…
Therefore the novel is reflecting her experiences. At the very end of the novel Scout’s journey is completed as she finally meets Boo. She says, “His lips parted into a timid smile, and our neighbor’s image blurred with my sudden tears,” (362). One of the most touching moments in the book is not witnessed by Jem. Scout experiences this powerful moment on her own. She has been waiting since the commencement of the novel to come face-to-face with Boo Radley, and the weight of this moment is reflected in her “sudden tears”. Meeting Boo ties the entire novel together This is a culminating moment that only the reader understands because Scout narrates the novel. Her narration throughout To Kill a Mockingbird creates a sense of conclusion in the novel, establishing her as the main character, once
Since Scout is the narrator, she allows the reader to understand how she feels about many different events that take place over the course of the novel. Towards the end of the novel, Scout is left in the dark and the reader experiences her limited point of view. She struggles to describe the events that unfolded when Mr. Ewell tried to kill her and she says, “Suddenly he was jerked backwards and flung on the ground, almost carrying me with him. I thought, Jem’s up… It was slowly coming to me that there were four people under the tree. “Atticus…?”” (351). When Scout states that “Jem’s up,” she …show more content…
Therefore the novel is reflecting her experiences. At the very end of the novel Scout’s journey is completed as she finally meets Boo. She says, “His lips parted into a timid smile, and our neighbor’s image blurred with my sudden tears,” (362). One of the most touching moments in the book is not witnessed by Jem. Scout experiences this powerful moment on her own. She has been waiting since the commencement of the novel to come face-to-face with Boo Radley, and the weight of this moment is reflected in her “sudden tears”. Meeting Boo ties the entire novel together This is a culminating moment that only the reader understands because Scout narrates the novel. Her narration throughout To Kill a Mockingbird creates a sense of conclusion in the novel, establishing her as the main character, once