How Is Scout Learned In To Kill A Mockingbird

I think that little kids don’t know what racism is, but their parents are the ones that raise them the way they are, being racist. How can we tell when kids are being racist? Well because you see kids at school and they have their own little groups with their own race. Whites with whites, blacks with blacks, Latinos with Latinos, etc. A lot of little kids don’t like playing with kids of a different race, we see that in places like daycare or preschool.

The children’s transition is marked by a rivalry, one that surfaces early on in the story and

older man is black and the child is white. In Laura Esquivel's book Like water

In the film there are many interesting characters, but I chose Jean Louise or “Scout”. The entire story is told by Scout’s interpretation of what was going on at the time. In the film not only is Scout’s personality different from everyone else’s, but her appearance is different from every little girl they show in the movie. Scout and her brother Jem are raised by their single dad Atticus, their mother died when Scout was only a toddler. Being that she’s only around males she takes after her brother Jem, wearing similar clothes that he wear, and partaking in the things he do. Even though she’s a lot to handle everyone that knows her loves her dearly.

However, as time goes on, she is revealed to more and more little details of grudges among the citizens, and racism in the community. Right before the trial of Tom Robinson, for example, Scout and Dill ask Jem why Dolphus Raymond is discriminated against in the community, and Jem has to explain that “around [there], once you have a drop of negro blood, it makes you all black.” (162) This shows that not only was Scout completely clueless to how racism worked, but also that her slight shock shows that she does not treat certain types of people like that, and discriminate. This is consistent in her personality as when Atticus steps out to the county jail to protect Tom Robinson from the racist people on the town the night before the trial, and is threatened with death, Scout happens follows behind him with curiosity; when she senses that Atticus is in danger, she steps out into the open and the Cunninghams, the mob in front of the jailhouse trying to kill Tom, are all brought down to earth and realise they were about to kill two good men for the sake of their knowingly unjust

The first time the reader sees evidence that the children are of a different race is when they are compared as salt in pepper. Knowing that the children are different races raises the question of which one is which. In the argument that Twyla is a Minority and Roberta is a Caucasian, when the two children and their mothers go to church, Twyla’s mother goes and reaches to shake Roberta’s mother and Roberta’s mother scoffs and rejects the hand shake. In that time period, blacks were “less than” a white person, and for a white person to be seen shaking a black person’s hand is almost abnormal.

In Harper Lee’s novel ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’, the main character Scout’s journey of maturation is charted as she progresses in her moral education and gains a broader, more adult perspective of the world around her. Scout learns the vital need for utilising tolerance, compassion and empathy when dealing with others, no matter an individual’s reputation or the circumstance. She is also exposed to the terrible injustice and racial prejudice that overcomes Maycomb’s community, and sees how this outright bigotry has severe consequences. Atticus also teaches Scout the meaning of true courage, in both a physical and a moral sense, and how true bravery is often not appreciated by the majority. Harper

“I have found that as your wisdom and maturity develop, the number of people you blame for your own circumstances shrinks.” - Dr. Steve Maraboli

The whole of the part one of this novel is a series of life lessons preparing Scout for the hardships she is going to face in the second part of the novel. Due to the influence of the likes of Atticus, Miss Maudie and Mrs Dubose, Scout goes from a naïve young girl who thought with her fists rather than her head, into a more mature, empathetic girl. This essay is going to discuss some of the lessons Scout learns and how they impacted the way she became at the end of part one.

Both Cullen and Naylor add "color" to the description of the children with this single racial epithet. The white children’s use of the word "nigger" establishes a distinction between them and the black children in Naylor and Cullen’s works which embodies the essence of racism. This distinction forces the young Naylor and the child in Cullen’s poem to see beyond their innocence and to see themselves and their world in new colors: black and white. Both Naylor and Cullen touch on an important issue by noting that the first incident of racism for the black children, occurring when the white children call them "nigger," takes place between two children. The fact that the white boys call the young Naylor and the child in Cullen’s poem "nigger" at such a young age reflects the unfortunate truth that America teaches color boundaries and racism at a young age. The word "nigger" does not exist in white children’s vocabulary at birth. Rather, their parents and community teach them the word and pass down the legacy of racism as if it is an

When I sat down there were two African-American women approximately 30 years old, seated with two children each. One set of children were approximately two years old, a boy and a girl. Their focus is basically assisting their French fries make it to their mouths. The other set of children are both boys. One is approximately three years old and the other looks to be about seven years old. I cannot tell who the Mother is to either set of children, and who is responsible for them. Both women are attending to the smaller children equally. One of the women is very pregnant. The pregnant woman takes the trays to the trash as the other tightens the sippy-cup’s lids of the three younger children. The two year old boy put a toy in his mouth and one of the women told him to stop it. When the non-pregnant woman allowed the young children to swap an airplane toy for an Iron Man figure, the two year old boy started crying. It was apparent at that point, who the mother was as she got up to go do something out of my sight, and the young two year old boy turned around and started crying with outstretched arms.

I think you bring up a very important point, over whether racism (or other forms of discrimination) is innate or learned behavior. While I realize that this subject is controversial, I tend to agree with you that racism is in fact a behavior that is learned. I think the evidence that young children do not care about the race (or religion for that matter) of their playmates, or even their caregivers (such as teachers).

The first point in this time line is when one parent tells the child he/she is White and

During Tom Robinson’s trial, Scout starts to understand the entirety of racial injustice. We see this when Scout meets the lynch mob outside Tom’s cell before the trial, and she stopped them by talking to and embarrassing Mr. Cunningham. It was not until after that night

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