Character Analysis Of Scout Finch In To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

Scout Finch a seeker and adventurer,teaches her readers to never give up and always have your head held up high,no matter what faces you in the future. For example, during the great depression, the tom Robinson trials and when Boo Radley had to kill Bob ewell.All those events cause her to have a Different Point-Of-View than

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.

Throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, the narrator and protagonist, Scout, grows not only physically and emotionally as well. Through experience, Scout undergoes emotional change, taking her from her child self, to her more developed self. In addition, Scout learns through observing others and learning that they are not who she believes to be. And although a great deal of Scout’s development can be credited toward her superiors who directly teach her, it is Scout herself who truly discovers what maturity is, and how its relation to morality makes the world.

Scout Finch is the narrator of the book; she is very mature in her opinions and actions. She is a tomboy, which leads her to be very competitive and to get in fights with her male classmates. However, Scout is a very good kid; she always has the best intentions for her actions. Scout's primary role model is her father, Atticus who's main concerns while raising her was for her to become an intelligent, conscientious, individual while also being innocent to the social pressures of her town as a child.

To begin with, the first incident takes place when they visit Scout’s Aunt Alexandra. Scout recalls a memory, which she remembers as “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 said I could do nothing in a dress, she said I wasn’t supposed to be doing things that required pants.” This shows me that even though her aunt argues that Scout needs to act more like a lady now, Scout denies this and is satisfied with how she dresses. In addition, Aunt Alexandra wants Scout to spend her time playing with “small stoves, tea sets, and wearing the Add-A-Pearl necklace.”(Lee, 83) Scout’s aunt tries to convince her to becoming accustomed to activities that will encourage her towards becoming a ‘proper’ lady

Scout hangs out with her brother Jem a lot in the book so she’s not much of a girly girl. She likes to hangout with the boys and have fun with them. Jem and their new friend named Dill decided it would be a good idea to get into a tire and have someone push it. Most first grade girls would be to scared to do this, but not Scout. She hopped right into the tire and said, “The ground, sky, and houses melted into a mad palette, my ears throbbed, I was suffocating” (page 49). When I was in first grade all I was concerned about was playing with barbies and I thought boys had cooties, but Scout likes to hangout with them. Her brother Jem has influenced her on being a tomboy because he got mad at her for acting like a girl and he quotes, “I swear, Scout, sometimes you act so much like a girl it’s mortifyin” (page 50). All Scout wants is to be able to hangout with her brother so she acts like a tomboy so she can fit in. Personally I think it is cool that she doesn’t fit the standard and act how a girl is supposed to act

The famous quote from Anne Frank, “parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands,” couldn’t be truer to Harper Lee’s character, Scout Finch. Throughout the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Scout Finch changes and grows both emotionally and socially with the help of her friends and family.

In the book “To Kill A Mockingbird” Scout Finch, a 6 year girl who lives with her brother Jem Finch and her father, Atticus Finch, fantasizes going to school, and always thinks first for herself. As she gets older and starts school she learns to think of how other people see things and to show sympathy. Scout progresses through part 1 of the book by realizing life’s not fair, how her innocence is gone and she isn’t as much of a child anymore.

Scout, the essential character who tells the story through her point of view illustrates several character traits such as curiosity, intelligence and tomboy.

Matt Berman from Common Sense Media commented, “This richly textured novel, woven from the strands of small-town life, lets readers walk in the shoes of one fully realized character after another.” In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee lets the readers look into the perspectives and identities of some of the characters which makes the story seem very life-like. Lee’s ability to write in such a way helps people distinguish the characters’ admirable and dislikable qualities portrayed through their actions. Young six year old Scout contains the likable qualities of being courageous and mature for her age. Her father, Atticus Finch, who was at the time dealing with the Tom Robinson case, kept the admirable aspect of being sympathetic and strong

Scout is the misunderstood tomboy of the well known Finch family. She didn't grow up with a motherly figure, inheriting many traits from her brother and her father. Thus, making her quite the outcast from the many girls at her school. This was a time where being very ladylike meant a lot, wearing dresses, make up, cross your legs, and biting your tongue. The many qualities a lady should have back then, but she lacked many of those which is why she stood out.

Throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the main characters, Jem and Scout Finch, encounter new people and events that change them for the better. They go from young and ingenuous to mature, insightful children. Based on the experiences they face and the lessons they learn from their father, Atticus, the children gain a new sense of perspective by the end of the book. Jem starts to mirror Atticus in an almost identical way while Scout is more of a tough nut to crack based on the fact that she does not want to be a typical Southern woman. The lessons Atticus teaches have a significant impact on the children, whether it is to be courageous, empathetic, or to defend helpless people.

In the novel of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the protagonist Jean Louise ‘Scout’ Finch is greatly impacted by many other characters and their actions. She is influenced most greatly by the characters of Atticus Finch, Aunt Alexandra Finch, and Calpurnia. All of these amazing characters play key parental roles in Scout (and Jem’s) life including their opinions, their actions and their world view. Atticus Finch Scout’s father (a lawyer) plays a large part of influencing their sense of justice and perceiving right and wrong. He is a prime example of honesty and how the law should act in all fairness. His kids look up to him and take after his example. Another large influence in Scout’s life is her Aunt Alexandra Finch who moved down to

One of the hallmarks of memorable literature is the creation of interesting, believable characters. This is a reason why Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” is still remembered to this day. Harper Lee’s characters demonstrate realism through their actions and words, and I believe Atticus Finch is a fine example of such. There are many ways to describe Scout, due to the characterization displayed of her by Harper Lee.

In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout is one of the main characters and the narrator. During the time the book begins, she is a little 6 year-old girl who is mature for her age, and she continues to mature as the book progresses. Over the course of the novel, Scout develops an exceptional character which is constantly changing from the effects of different events and characters. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee uses the minor characters Boo Radley, Miss Maudie, and Aunt Alexandra to help develop Scout into a strong and compassionate human being from the innocent child she used to be.