The world challenges the limits of everyone's vision to widen our views. What you see depends on how you look at it, and the angle in which you are looking at it from. In order for the world around us to change; we must ready ourselves for change too. Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird is narrated through the eyes of Jean Louise ‘Scout’ Finch, but has an unexpected component. It is written from Scout's point of view as a child and as an adult. This combination adds tremendously to the novel’s motif of maturity, and challenges the reader to She tells the story as an adult Scout had finally done what Atticus has been urging her to do throughout most of the book. She placed herself in someone else's shoes to see the world through their eyes.-
A town in itself has a personality like that of a living being. Its personality is a result of its past experiences, its occupants, and surrounding influences. These forces combine and act in a complicated way to move a city, like an organism, through growth and change. Significant forces such as the great depression influence attitudes, such as racism, toward others as individuals compete to survive. In To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Scout, the daughter of a lawyer by the name of Atticus Finch, tells the story of growing up in the small southern town of Maycomb, Alabama. Through her eyes, the reader discovers many of the struggles of the period faced by its inhabitants and resembled
In the timeless novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the main character Scout Finch transitions from a narrow-minded and oblivious adolescent to an incredibly strong willed young woman capable of understanding the world as it is rather than as it should be.
Atticus is a many sided character in many ways he is a lawyer but as well a guy with much talent for guns and aiming. As the story goes along he changes into teaches his kids into good kids who learn the ways into Tom Robinson’s case and how even though he was innocent Jem was very affected from this case but also taught him about the real world and the town and life they live in which Atticus guided him through. That he keeps a common touch even though he walks with kings(Line 20 in poem).That he is a powerful lawyer that is very powerful person in court and he still is very common and talks to people and they don’t just think bad of others but even though as Tom Robinson had really no chance against Bob Ewell’s daughter he still gave his best to make sure he gave Tom the best shot at winning by not giving up on him even though he was going to lose.
Character Development is how a character changes throughout the novel. Scout is the main character and shows character development at the time period of the book their is lots of racism towards the black people. Scout at first was thinking that being racist was good but a foil character who changed scout is Atticus her dad. Atticus was a lawyer, who was defending Tom Robinson a black man. Everybody in the town was telling Atticus not to defend Tom Robison and he was accused of raping a white women.
When real life problems are seen from the perspective of a child, they often change the child in dramatic ways. Such is the case in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, a story narrated by a young girl living in Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression. The young girl, Scout, lives with her brother and father, a lawyer who is defending a black man accused of raping a woman from town. In the beginning of the story Scout spends her time playing silly games around the house and yard with her brother Jem and neighbor Dill. As she becomes more aware of the social bias and racial tensions that are building in the small town, Scout and her world begin to change. Although Scout may not fully understand the ins and outs of the real world, she
Within Many novels we encounter multiple messages, to help us grow and mature. Specifically in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, we learn that it is important to consider other people's perspective, situations, and choices. Starting from Boo Radley's isolation away from the town of Maycomb, because of what has happened to him in the past. To Atticus’ choice to treat everyone as an equal by deciding to help a black man, and treat them all the same. And lastly, the Cunningham's life style, as they are farmers who don't gain a lot of money, and are seen as lower class people. Throughout the novel we see there's more behind all three of theirs stories and choices towards them teaching us a greater lesson. Preparing us as we get older,
Throughout the second section of the book we experience a shift in perspective, as the author changes focus from Boo Radley and the children to Atticus and his court trail. The second section starts off with Atticus accepting a case to defend Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman. As, in that day and age the black race was heavily frowned upon by the white community, with Atticus accepting a court case to save a black man, the people of Maycomb start to mock and ridicule the entire Finch family. Even Atticus believed that it would be nearly impossible to save Tom because of the white jury. Throughout the chapters the Finch family also starts to grow apart from each other as Jem starts to resent scout and tells her to start
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.
As a child grows, many people influence their development as a person. Some people impact more than others, and a select few really leave their mark. In Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird,” several characters play this role. Among them, Miss Maudie Atkinson, a woman who proves herself a strong character, prevails as the one who has the greatest impact on Scout Finch, the protagonist of this novel. As Scout matures and grows up, her views on the world around her change. Through subtle yet effective ways, Miss Maudie teaches Scout many life lessons about being humble, judging, and attitude, all of which ultimately have a great effect on the kind of person Scout develops into and her outlook on the world.
To Kill a Mockingbird shows how a child grows throughout his or her childhood. Throughout the novel, Scout becomes a mature girl by going through several experiences with her brother and father which form an understanding of the world to her. By allowing the reader to see the coming of age of Scout by the use of first person point of view, Harper Lee shows the many lessons that Scout learns from her father Atticus; the lessons are that you do not really know a man until you have been in his shoes, don’t kill mockingbirds, and don’t judge a person because of their race.
Some things in life are not actually what they seem. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, certain characters are judged by their external appearance rather than who they really are on the inside. The novel displays that an impeded point of view can cause an individual to perceive things completely different than they what actually are. Throughout the novel, the main character, Scout, has many illusions which ultimately prove to be false. During Scout’s maturation process, she learns to differentiate illusion from reality and also learns a vital lesson on why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird.
In this paragraph I will explain how Jem and Scout’s perception of Atticus changes throughout the next few chapters of the book. From the beginning of the book all the way to page 126, the kids have always thought that Atticus had never done anything exciting in his lifetime and that he was just an average Joe with nothing particularly or special about him. The kids had always thought that he had led an anti-climatic, boring life. The kids had assumed this for the reason that Atticus had never shared any exciting stories about himself that truly grasped Jem and Scout’s attention. They figured, he was a lawyer and that there is nothing special about being a lawyer. Another example of what the kids originally think of Atticus is that he is not
Change is a normal part of life. Every day is different from the previous day, and with each day comes change. Change takes place in life where people have little or no control over. Atticus displays two unique types of courage which change the lives of his children. Throughout the novel, Scout’s and Jem’s perspective on their father transforms dramatically to where he seems to be almost a different person. Atticus stature influences the way Jem and Scout grow up, and how they will hand different situations in life.
In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird develops and evolutes lessons throughout her novel that her main character, Jean Louise Finch, learns. Jean Finch grasps many lessons but one of the major ones she comprehends is understanding others perspective. As Jean Finch becomes aware of others perspectives she begins to maturate as a young lady and grows her insight on the people and the world around her. As To Kill a Mockingbird starts to conclude, Jean Louise’s adult narrative voice begins to understand the most about becoming aware of others perspective.
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” - Atticus Finch. This is one of many important quote in this book. Therefore, in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, it is indisputable that Scout's perspective on the world changes and she matures from influences from others. This idea is developed through Atticus Finch by demonstrating how to be humble, Arthur Radley (Boo) teaching her to learn about people before you judge them. While Miss Dubose explains the act of courage.