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How Does Scout Mature In To Kill A Mockingbird

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To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel written by Harper Lee. The story is told from Lee’s main character Jean Louise Finch’s perspective. Jean Louise nicknamed Scout retells the story as an adult, recalling her 3 year journey starting at 6 years old. Throughout the plot, we experience Scout, her brother Jem, and Scout’s best friend Dill witness the case of Tom Robinson. He was a black man falsely accused of raping a white woman. During their adventures Scout, Jem, and Dill also try to meet their mysterious neighbor Arthur (Boo) Radley.

In “To Kill a Mockingbird” I appreciated how the story is told. In the book, Scout is the narrator and is focused on her perspective as she grows up. Because of how Scout tells the story we the reader can see how she matures over the course of the book. This also helps us recognize the atmosphere of prejudice and hate most have for blacks in Maycomb the town in which they live. Scout and Jem also witness the good example of their father Arthur. In the …show more content…

Every individual is different and very real sounding. Lee developed rich characters that we can relate to and see in our own lives. For example, Bob Ewell is everyones’ least favorite character because of the hate you feel in his personality. Another example is Mrs. Dubose. Jem “cut the tops off every camellia bush Mrs. Dubose owned” (103 Lee). She was a mean and nasty old woman, who picked on the children and made bad remarks about their father. However, from a different perspective there is something good about her, because she is fighting against a challenge, her morphine addiction. She could have died without all of the agony, but chose not to. She wanted to fight her addiction, and she was a finer woman who was more respected when she died. These types of sides to people is a great detail since most books do not implement it. This is by far my favorite trait of the

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