Throughout the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, we see Scout learn many valuable life lessons that help grow as a person. Most of these important lessons come from Scout’s father, Atticus, a wise man that has justice running through his veins. Therefore, Atticus is the most influential person in Scout’s life.
One lesson that Scout learns from Atticus is that you can’t shoot “mockingbirds.” This is an important lesson that Scout finally wraps her mind around when she says “it would be sort of like shooting a mockingbird”(Lee pg.280) This quote displays to the reader that Scout now understands other forms of mockingbirds such as Boo Radley and Tom Robinson. It also tells the reader that she knows a very important theme in the novel,
One lesson that Scout learns from Atticus is that you can’t shoot “mockingbirds.” This is an important lesson that Scout finally wraps her mind around when she says “it would be sort of like shooting a mockingbird”(Lee pg.280) This quote displays to the reader that Scout now understands other forms of mockingbirds such as Boo Radley and Tom Robinson. It also tells the reader that she knows a very important theme in the novel,