Scout Character Growth

Kill A Mocking Bird Growth and development is a natural process in life. It can be seen through change in one’s behaviour and actions as a result of major life changing events or simply age. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee integrates growth and development as seen through the progressive maturity of her characters Jem, Scout and the citizens of Maycomb. To begin with, scout shows maturation in to kill a mocking bird by stopping what she used to do such as fighting. Scout had some anger issues

driving force for two people to find each other like the characters in Destino. In the film Destino, The characters are frantic to get to each other and forget the time that they have left together. The characters individually experience change within themselves, just like Scout did in To Kill A Mockingbird. As time progresses Scout not only develops in maturity but there are events around her that unfold. The case of Tom Robinson leaves Scout to realize how mature she is. These two stories bring up

regarding Jem as a “coming of age” character while Scout is not given such recognition. Jennifer Murray lists reasons of how Jem has developed and matured throughout the novel, and while I do agree with her stance regarding Jem’s growth; I felt that Scout’s character was undermined. I disagreed with her opinion of Jem being the main character, instead I felt that Scout, as a narrator recalling her past, was able to highlight important life experiences that reflected her growth and maturity throughout the

“Those who improve with age embrace the power of personal growth and personal achievement and begin to replace youth with wisdom, innocence with understanding, and lack of purpose with self-actualization.” -Bo Bennett In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, the main characters Scout and Jem, embark upon a three year journey of moral development in which they gain wisdom and understanding, allowing them to mature. In the book, they are taught by their father, Atticus, to be good, moral people

Change: The Moral Growth and Development within Harper Lee’s, “To Kill a Mockingbird” A moral: “To be concerned with the principles of right and wrong behaviour, and the goodness or badness of a character”. Harper Lee’s, “To Kill a Mockingbird”, evidently shows the importance of morals, and how Jem and Scout's development is affected and modified as the plot unfolds. In the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”, there are multiple debatable morals induced by Jem and Scout, and both their ways

“Change and growth is so painful but it’s so necessary for us to evolve.” She was saying that growth is bound to happen, and in order for an evolution, change has to happen. Similarly, in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird Scout has proven to show growth and maturity in many situations. Miss Caroline, Atticus, and Arthur (Boo) Radley have all contributed to the growth and development of Scout’s knowledge. Miss Caroline, the teacher of Scout Finch, is an emotional and sensitive character and loves to

react to problems around them. She shows us this through her character Jean Louise Finch, otherwise known as Scout, one of the main characters and narrator. Scout faces many problems growing up because of her father’s occupation as a lawyer and his doing his best to defend a black man in court. Scout shows us her questioning when she talks about Hitler, when she reads Mr. Underwood's article about the trail, and she show us her growth in the final pages of the book when she isn’t scared by the grey

Object one: Cocoon A cocoon can represent the kind growth and change called metamorphosis in Biology class. This symbol is good for Scout who shows her personal growth from a naïve tomboyish girl to a more well-informed and sophisticated young lady. In many incidents, she discovers how she should behave as she grows up during the story. Although Scout is a cute girl in hearts of her father, Atticus, and her nanny, Calpurnia, it is obvious to people that she is a quite unusual girl in their small

characterization to bring her characters to life. Harper Lee introduces the characters of Scout, Jem, and Atticus Finch, the protagonists. Direct and indirect characterization allows the reader to further learn about and relate to the fascinating characters. She uses them to further connect the reader to this iconic story. By conveying the story through these characters, the reader is immersed into the novel. The young and lively Scout Finch provides the narration. Scout introduces herself to the

Character Development in “To Kill a Mockingbird” With time and experience, comes a new level of development and growth of a character. In the phenomenal book “To Kill a Mockingbird”, written by Harper Lee, readers get to see how character development is one of the most prominent details in the novel. Harper Lee’s illustration of maturation of Jem and Scout Finch is portrayed in a way that realistic issues are used, to display how a character can grow after witnessing, or even experiencing