Analysis Of To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

Scout is quite a confident character in the To Kill A Mockingbird novel especially because she is able to fight boys without any fear. She might be a small girl but she has one big heart, possessing the virtue of caring by always seeing the best of others and as well as having great concern for others. The way she acts or the clothes that she wears, she can come across as a tomboy because unlike other girls who wear dresses she rocks it in her cozy fashionable overalls.

Because of what people have heard about Scout, they stereotype that she isn’t ladylike because she acts like a boy and wears overalls. Mrs. Dubose, the Finch’s neighbor, says, “’…what are you doing in those overalls? You should be in a dress and camisole, young lady! You’ll grow up waiting on tables if somebody doesn’t change your ways- a Finch waiting on tables at the O.K. Café-hah!’”(Lee 135). In this case, Scout is considered a stereotype, but she changes her ways. Scout is confronted with her own stereotypes in the novel but as she grows and learns, she begins to regret her actions. Scout changes her ways throughout the book in order to get rid of the label people put on her. Even though she is still a tomboy at heart, Scout learns how to control her actions and act more like a lady.

How Scout Develops from a Tomboy to a Young Lady in To Kill a Mockingbird

Evidence: A way we can describe Scout a Tomboy is when... "Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire. I could not possibly hope to be a lady if I wore breeches; when I

Jem and Scout, throughout “To Kill A Mockingbird,” learn to consider things from other people’s perspectives. Atticus, Jem and Scout’s father, says “you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view – until you climb into his skin and walk around in” (Lee 39). They learn this through experiences with their neighbor Boo Radley as they mature beyond their years. At the beginning of the novel, Jem and Scout make fun of Boo and assume that all of the rumors going around about him are true. However, later on in the story the children grow an admiration for Boo and learn to understand him. As they matured, Jem and Scout naturally learned many life lessons of appreciation, respect, and courage

Undoubtedly, Scout had tomboyish attributes. At times, it seemed as though she would rather be a lady than a tomboy, but this appeared prompted by her older brother, and constant playmate, Jem. When she protested to trying to see Boo Radley,

Scout does not conform to the typical standards of southern girls in the 1930’s: she does not act like a lady, gets in fights, and curses. Scout especially hates dresses. She loves her overalls, and will do anything to avoid wearing a dress. At one point, Scout actually considers running away from her family: “I felt the starched walls of a pink cotton penitentiary closing in on me, and for the second time in my life I thought of running away. Immediately” (Lee 182). Scout harbors so much hatred towards the stereotypical feminine attire that she contemplates running away. This quote demonstrates the level of distaste she truly has for dresses, and the overall confines of femininity. Scout persistently defies gender roles and acts differently from the conventional woman. This defines Scout’s personality and shapes her adventures throughout the entirety of the

In the beginning of the book, Scout is a tomboy. She acts, dresses, and walks like a boy because when she was little her mom died, leaving her in a house with two men, Jem and Atticus. Scout has a lot of masculine influence but

When the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, was written by Harper Lee, the Southern United States was still clinging tightly to traditional values. Southern societies pressured men to behave as gentlemen, and women were expected to be polite and wear dresses. These stringent gender roles were adhered to in small southern towns because they were isolated from the more progressive attitudes in other areas of the United States. Harper Lee documents the life of one young girl growing up in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama. Jean Louise Finch, also known as "Scout," is a young girl searching for her identity. Scout, a young tomboy, is pressured by adults who insist she should conform to the

Scout is a tomboy who doesn't like wearing dresses, she gets in trouble with the teachers, and she likes to hang out with boys. Many quotes in the book, Jem tells Scout she acts so much like a girl. Therefore, Scout believes that being a girl is very boring and uneventful. As she watches Calpurnia in the kitchen, she realizes that being a girl is more than she thinks it is.

I think if Scout had known her mother she would be more feminine instead of being as masculine as she was in this book. I think why Scout has been so tomboyish is because she has grown up with boys and men her whole life. She lives with her father, Atticus, and her older brother Jem. She never really had the feminine role model growing up.

When Aunt Alexandra is introduced, Lee implies that she is a cold, stuck-up woman who has arranged with Atticus to better assist him in taking care of the household. As soon as she arrives, she immediately creates an authoritative image. The first thing she said to Jem and Scout is to “Put my bag in the front room”. Next, she commanded, “Jean Louise stop scratching your head” (169). Lee establishes a negative tone, intentionally pointing out that Aunt Alexandra provides no welcoming greeting or any signs of affection. Maycomb County welcomes Aunt Alexandra as she is well-known throughout the town. Scout describes her as having boarding school manners, and keeps strictly to lady-like presentation. “Aunt Alexandra fitted into the world of Maycomb like a hand into a glove, but never into the world of Jem and me” (175). Aunt Alexandra’s perfect manners paint an image of her as an uptight woman who disagrees with Atticus’s way of raising Scout. She tries to alter the house to match her lifestyle, and Lee creates a negative atmosphere around Aunt Alexandra. Lee shows in the beginning of the book

To begin with, Scout Finch is a Tomboy. Scout enjoys climbing tree’s, getting down and dirty on the ground, or running around with friends. There were many issues with this, as prejudice dominated the minds of people in the south in this century, most expected femininity of a woman. For example, Aunt Alexandra constantly

She was certain this reply bordered on insolent, but she could not quite put her finger on how. Intent on gaining the upper hand in the conversation, she shifted ground to say, "If you prefer the same gowns day after day, then I suppose I must humour you. I must say, though, Eliza, as one friend to another, that you look very ill indeed. You must be working yourself to the bone in caring for dear Jane. You really should let the servants perform their office, my dear. It is not seemly to be playing the part of nursemaid at all hours of the day and night."

Without seeing who said something to me, I quickly shoved the thin blanket off of my straw bed and changed into a worn, brown dress. My hands trembled as I sloppily put my brown hair in a bun. Nothing embellished me but a single silver chain around my throat with a little wooden locket that held a scrunched piece of lace from my late mother’s dress.