Development of Scout's Character In To Kill A Mockingbird Essay

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    Harper Lee uses many great techniques in the book To Kill A Mockingbird, to tell the story of an intelligent, curious girl named Jean Louise Finch, also known as Scout. Scout is the daughter of Atticus and the caring sister of Jem. She is a young girl who matures into a grown young woman over the course of the book. Scout goes through a lot in this book and realizes many things, one being how to step into someone else's shoes. Next Scout learns that everyone is equal and that we cannot judge…

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    the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the main character, Scout was influenced by the people around her. Atticus, Scout’s father, is influential by being wise and caring. Calpurnia, who is Scout’s cook, influences her by being like a second mother. Miss Maudie, influences her by talking to her when Jem and Dill kicked her out. Finally, Scout’s brother Jem teaches her to be respectful. All these characters helped Scout develop into a moral and understanding human. One character that…

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    To Kill a Mockingbird is set during a changing and developing time in the United States. The Great Depression, which started in 1929, changed the way of life for many people in the 30’s, including characters in this novel. During this time, the old notions of gender roles held fast, but women started to enter the workforce more frequently in order to support their families in a time of economic hardship. Women had also recently gained the right to vote, leveling the playing field of gender…

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    naive and innocent compared to the 50 year old. However, the 50 year old’s experience comes with a price of that childhood innocence. Harper Lee has written this into To Kill A Mockingbird as a commonly found theme among the events in the story. To Kill A Mockingbird follows the events in the life of Scout Finch, the main character, over three summers within her small southern town of Maycomb, Alabama. Scout, along with her brother Jem, is pushed…

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    he needs to change his attitude to be a diligent and responsible student. This is the example from a character that can be learnt about the mistakes he made in the past. The essay is going to present Scout from To Kill a Mockingbird story. Choosing Scout is better than because she is the main character and the story tells more about her than others. Scout had lots of changes and developments which…

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    one’s society plays into everyday life. Ultimately, society’s influence creates the biggest impact in the creation of one’s identity. Societal prejudice and stereotypes build into the morality of one’s identity. In the novel,To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout realize a side of the case she has never seen before: “Atticus had used every tool available to free men to save Tom Robinson,…

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    academic education and moral education. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, the reader is taken through the story of Scout and Jem Finch’s childhood in the lazy town of Maycomb County, Alabama. Through the characters of Atticus and Boo Radley, Jem and Scout learn lessons of courage and false judgment which helps Lee convey the message that certain lessons crucial to a child’s intellectual growth are taught outside of school. Lee uses Jem and Scout’s father, Atticus, to teach them about…

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    judge another person, until one considers what they are going through in life. This quote is said by Atticus Finch in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Jean Louise “Scout” Finch and her older brother Jem, live in the small, sleepy town of Maycomb, Alabama. During school she befriends Walter Cunningham, a poor child who the town considers dirty. When Walter goes over to Scout’s house, he pours syrup all over the supper that the Finch’s prepared for him. Consequently, Scout makes rude remarks…

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    the child's life when they look up at their father or mother is crucial to the development of the way the child thinks, acts, and behaves in the world. In this time the kid will pick up on both bad traits and positive ones in the time of learning. The kid will have traits from the two people that the kid looks up to and sees the way the people act and speck. A great example of this is in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In this novel the two main kids lives in the years of 1930s in…

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    To Kill a Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee in 1960. The novel was published in 1960 and was an instant bestseller. It went to win the Pulitzer in 1961. The story centers around the main character Scout. During the course of the book, Scout develops from an innocent child to a compassionate person. The major influences for her transformation are Atticus and Calpurnia, Boo Radley, and the Tom Robinson trial. Scout is raised by her father Atticus and their housemaid Calpurnia during the…

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