In the Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout is displayed throughout the novel as the main protagonist. As time develops, she becomes more of a dynamic character that experiences change and grows from her experiences. Scout is a character that changes and demonstrates it in many instances in the story. When Atticus makes the decision to defend Tom Robinson, it is clear that the town does not approve of it. The hatred quickly spreads to Scout, who is assaulted with hate speech. An instance where this occurs when Cecil Jacobs calls her father names in which he says, “My folks said your daddy was a disgrace an’ that n****r oughta hang from the water-tank!” (Lee, 102) Scout nearly lets herself go to fight Cecil, but then remembers that Atticus …show more content…
She even lets Cecil Jacobs call her a “cow-ward” in order to keep her promise. The situation shows how much respect she has for Atticus. Not only does Scout have to endure such harsh language, she has to keep herself from lashing out. This perseverance demonstrates change from the beginning of the book to at the current point. After Walter Cunningham caused her to be embarrassed in front of the classroom, Scout states, “Catching Walter Cunningham in the schoolyard gave me some pleasure, but when… ‘He made me start off on the wrong foot.’” (Lee, 30) The start of the book shows Scout using revenge to justify her anger. Contrasting to her current situation, she grows and learns to not settle her emotions through physical means. She does unfortunately snap when Francis insults her. “Francis looked at me carefully, concluded that I had been sufficiently subdued, and crooned softly, ‘N****r-lover…” (Lee, 112) The fury clouds her mind and proceeds to harm Francis profusely, where she receives consequences from Uncle Jack. Even so, growth is shown in the situation when Scout requests, “Promise you won’t tell Atticus about this. He-he asked me one time not to let anything I heard about him make me mad, an’ I’d ruther him
<br>Later in the book, however, Scout changes. She now tries to control her temper, and is somewhat successful. One example of this is when Cecil Jacobs, another of Scout's classmates, insults Atticus by saying that Atticus defended Niggers. Scout remembers that she shouldn't fight, and walks away. "Cecil Jacobs made me forget. He had announced in the schoolyard the day before that Scout Finch's daddy defended niggers You gonna take that back boy?' You gotta make me first!' he yelled I drew a bead on him, remembered what Atticus had said, then dropped my fists and walked away, Scout's a cow-ward!' ringing in my ears" (80-81). Scout also learns to respect and value
Scout changes many times but her presentation of herself remains the same. At the beginning of the novel, Scout sees herself as gamine as she plays with her brother and never had a female figure to be a rolemodel. By the end of the novel she receives a taste of the outside world and what goes on beyond her house. With Tom Robinson and the court case to Boo Radley the monster, Scout sees of everything. Scout changes many times but her presentation of herself remains the same. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout displays herself as obstinate, inquisitive, and gamine.
When Scout got home, she began to question Atticus about many things related to him defending “Negroes,” and it was later discover he is defending a man named Tom Robinson. This case has an emotional and meaningful impact towards him. Although Atticus did predict for sure that he would have loss the case despite his efforts towards it, he mentioned one final message to Scout where despite how bad things get within society, they are still our community and it being our home. Keeping this in mind, by the next day the argument was still going between Cecil and Scout and as she said, “I drew a bead on him, remembered what Atticus had said, then dropped my fists and walked away, ‘Scout’s a cow–ward!’ ringing in my ears. It was the first time I ever walked away from a fight. Somehow, if I fought Cecil I would let Atticus down” (Lee 102)., excerpts like “‘Scout’s a cow–ward!’” can already suggest that Scout does not like being called a coward where she would have acted upon her own judgement and fought Cecil if it weren’t for the final message that Atticus had given to Scout the day before. In another quote, phrases such as “I drew a bead on him, remembered what Atticus had said, then dropped my fists and walked away” can probably suggest that the values that she may have
Scout was introduced to compassion - “A sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings and misfortunes of others”. She was explained that in order to get along with all kinds of people, she would have to “walk in his shoes” or better said, gain an understanding of why the person's acting the way they are. So that she would feel with them. So that she'd acknowledge that what looks like the right thing to do in her mind may convict a great undeserving injustice. This is where the character of Scout becomes more relatable.
Scout is a unique character in American literature because, she is one of a kind and she is courageous. In the story, To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Fictional southern town undergoes great turmoil of racial issues. In the story the readers encounter a unique character named Scout. The story tells a lot about racism by trial. Scout helps tell a man’s story of racism. Scout is unique because, she is different and likes to act like a guy,when most girls her age don’t(end of chapter 2). Scout is adventurous, and a tomboy. When the other girls her age are girly and sensitive.
Lee (1960) explains a story by using Scout’s perspective who is a 6 year-old girl in the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”. This story shows a family’s normal life, which is set in the small rural town of Maycomb, Alabama in 1930s in the United States. This family have four members, which are daughter Scout, son Jem, father Atticus, and cook Calpurnia. She shows Atticus as a great father by describing Atticus’ the language, which is used for educating his children. For example, when the children make language conflict with Dubose who is their neighbor, Atticus educate his children to tolerate and understand Dubose. He said “She’s an old lady and she’s ill. You just hold your head high and be a gentleman. Whatever she says to you, it’s your job
Would you think a girl is unique when she is outspoken, dresses and acts like a boy, and knows how to read and write at a young age in the 1930s? In the story To Kill A Mockingbird, By Harper Lee, Harper Lee tells about a very unique girl who lives in a Southern town that is going through a tough time with racial issues. The book is about racism. It tells the story about a little white girl who is telling about a black mans struggle. Scout is unique because she could read and write. She is also outspoken and acts and dresses like a boy.
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.
Characterization, external conflict, and point of view develops the character Scout Finch. In other words Scouts personality is influenced by the other characters in the novel. Scouts models were Calpurnia, and her neighbor Ms. Maudie. In the beginning of Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Scout Finch has not reached maturity in the first half of the book. Although, throughout the novel she begins to mature when she sees others perspectives, acknowledges and develops compassion for another person. Scout’s maturity did not only come from age, it came from the experiences she had throughout her
In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee the main character, Scout Finch, has trouble understanding the roles of women. Throughout the story she is faced with ridicule from people outside of her home and in her family who don’t think her actions are something a proper lady should be doing. Women of the south, especially in the 30’s, were supposed to take on all household and child responsibilities. They weren’t given the same rights as men and even girls who worked harder and better than their male coworkers still didn’t get paid an equal amount as the men working the exact same job.
Scout is a young girl who’s growing and trying to understand the world around her. Growing up can be difficult when the community around her are discriminating and providing a hostile environment for a child. The influential decisions made the people are taken into consideration of how the child is influenced. Scout is an exception to this belief because she has a guardian that's highly respected and influential to scout. This is shown as a positive influence that contrast the highly racial discrimination in Maycomb.
Scout is a very interesting character. Always inquisitive Scout runs across each page curious about the world around her. It is her inquisitive nature that enables her to learn to read early. Each evening she would sit with Atticus, desiring his presence and reading the paper with him. A few chapters later, Scout is the one to discover the treasures being left in the oak tree at the edge of the Radley’s lot.
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.
Around the time Atticus takes the case, the news has already spread around town. At school, Scout hears Cecil Jacob insulting Atticus, “He had announced in the schoolyard the day before that Scout Finch’s daddy defended niggers” (Lee, 74). Many of the people of Maycomb had an unfavorable response to this which could've affected Cecil Jacob. These opinions may influence him to believe that Atticus defending Tom is a sin or shameful. As a young child, he doesn’t know any better but to believe in rumors and to listen to what the adults say. Later on, Atticus and his children join Aunt Alexandra for Christmas at Finches Landing. During this time, Scout and her cousin, Francis, are arguing and Francis provokes her by saying, “…. Grandam says it’s bad enough he lets you all run wild, but now he’s turned out a nigger-lover, we’ll never be able to walk the streets of Macomb agin. He’s ruinin’ the family, that’s what he’s doin’,” (Lee,83). Even though they are family, they start to turn against Atticus because his decision could ruin the family’s reputation and name. Since Francis may not fully understand why Atticus is defending Tom, he chooses to listen to his other family members and his opinion is formed and shaped around what they say. In this case, his Grandma tells Francis about Atticus and that influences his opinion. One of the main reasons why the community
Most readers believe that Scout would be the main character, although she is very important to this novel, the main character would be Atticus. Throughout the book, Atticus has shown how important he was to the novel. During the book he tot Scout and Jem how important it is to stay strong with your opinion no matter who disagrees or tries to turn you against your beliefs.