Why Did Scout Grow Up In To Kill A Mockingbird

The main character scout is a little girl who grew up in a small town called Maycomb. Scout is not like the other little girls she has boy like qualities and is smart, she can read and wright unlike other girls her age. Scout is raised by her father Atticus with her brother Jem. Scout tends to act more like a boy by wearing overalls and doing activities that a girl would not do. In the beginning of the story scout is an innocent little girl who discovers the evil of man kind and is soon as the story progresses is turned into a grown-up. "Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop... Somehow it was hotter then... bony mules hitched to hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. Mens stiff colors wilted by nine in the morning. Ladies blathered before noon, after their three o-clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frosting of sweat and sweet talcum... There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, …show more content…
You can tell that the town Maycomb was a very proper but some are very poor. It also explains how it is very hot and humid, the town is located in the south. Atticus is a very smart and intelligent who respects everyone. Unlike everyone in his town he is not racist. He agrees to defend Tom Robertson a black man in a case against him. After a long fight for Tom, he looses and Tom Robertson is sent to Jail even though he is most likely innocent because of all the evidence that defends him. Atticus is well respected by the black people in his town for doing his best to defend Tom even though he didn't save him. Atticus never holds a grudge to the people of Maycomb and preaches to Scout and Jem. He knows that people have good and bad qualities and he is determined to appreciate the good in