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Everyone is brought into this world as innocent and pure. But events that follow a person in life can change their perspective on the world, and make them start to question if the things they have learned about human nature are true. This scenario can be used to describe the life of young Jean Louise Finch (Scout) in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. This riveting novel takes place in the time era of the 1930s when the Great Depression was demolishing lives, and racial discrimination was high. Told through the eyes of Jean Louise, readers learn about Jean’s father Atticus Finch.

Jean Louis Finch, or as readers know her, Scout. Throughout the book Scout shows her courage by standing up for her father, Atticus. Francis calls Atticus a “N” lover after he heard Aunt Alexandra say it (110). Another way she shows courage, in chapter one when Dill and Jem try to get Boo to come out. She goes right along with them to

Jean Louise Finch responds to her own acts of courage by finding her righteous moral ground. The young Finch girl stepped between a potentially violent conflict, between Atticus and a group of male residents of Maycomb. Scout approached the conflict frightened, and

In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, the main protagonist Jean Louise “Scout” Finch from Maycomb County, Alabama, goes on a strenuous moral journey thats problems will shape her to be the character she is. Throughout the story, Scout and her family face many challenges that test, but also prove, her ruling personality trait of compassion and the potential to not judge others. She also displays her ability to be perceptive of people and see life from their point of view when her father Atticus takes on the job of defending Tom Robinson, a black man, who was accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman. When he gets called on to do this, he opens his family up to harassment and ridicule by the townsfolk. Scout doesn’t quite understand why he decides to take on a case like that, but he explains to her that,

Jean Louise Finch takes the train from New York to visit her family and hometown of Maycomb, Alabama. She heads home and begins to catch up with family, and a conversation come up and her father, Atticus asks Jean if she had heard about what was going on in the South. Jean Louise and Hank, her guy friend goes out on a date and as they are leaving they drive pass a car full of black people speeding. Later that afternoon Hank and her father leaves for a meeting, Jean walks in the living room and finds a pamphlet called “The Black Plague”. At the meeting her father introduced a speaker, his speech was full of racist slurs against blacks, warnings of “mongrelizing” the white race through interracial marriage, praise for the “Southern Way of Life,”

To Kill a Mockingbird is written through the eyes of Jean Louise, often referred to as Scout. It tells the story of her growing up and describes her struggles with the educational system – as well as being a target for prejudice. It also shows her viewing her father’s court case as he defends Tom Robinson from being convicted for a crime he didn’t do.

Though Calpurnia and the people involved in Calpurnia’s life are greatly impacted, Jean Louise Finch, a.k.a. Scout, deals with more confusion and frustration brought on by racial discrimination. During a day at school, Scout encountered Cecil Jacobs and his ignorant mind. “Atticus had promised me he would wear me out if he ever heard of me fighting any more… I soon forgot. Cecil Jacobs made me forget. He had announced in the schoolyard the day before that Scout Finch’s daddy defends niggers”(Lee 99). Scout did not realize what this meant, but she was hurt by it any way. Scout is affected by a copious amount of racism, she just has no clue what is zipping around her. When she confronted Atticus about him defending Negroes, he said of course he does, and to not use

Jean Finch, also known as Scout, is the main character in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Scout is a young girl living in a small town, Maycomb, Alabama. Throughout the story you witness Scout develop into a curious, strong, and understanding character. Jean is close to her brother Jem, father Atticus, and Cook Calpurnia. The Finch family lost their mother while the children were young and the absence of a mother figure is prominent in Jean. In the first chapters, the reader sees Jean playing with boys more than girls and having more interest on what is happening outside not what Calpurnia is doing in the kitchen. From the beginning, it is portrayed that Scout is more intelligent than the rest of the kids in her class. Due to the way she speaks and carries herself. The children in Maycomb often do not know how to read and write until their first year of school. However, Scout knows how to do this task better than some kids in the higher grades. Therefore, it causes trouble with the students and most importantly her teacher. A large conflict comes forth with Jean’s teacher, causing Jean to believe that she does not need to exceed the reading goals for

Atticus Finch is a loving father who uses Christian values and instills good morals in his kids Jeremy Atticus "Jem" Finch and Jean Louise "Scout" Finch. While raising his children, he tries to get them to understand not only how they should behave, but why they should behave that way. However, in Maycomb County not everyone seems to have that mindset. Others like the Ewells ' and Cunninghams ' have prejudice against black people. Atticus Finch stands out as an exceptional father compared to Bob Ewell and Walter Cunningham Sr. as he possesses the qualities of racial acceptance, compassion, and forgiveness reminding the reader that a fair conscience and good parenting is not race specific.

Have you ever wondered what it was like to live in a racist society in the 1930 as a 6 year old. In Harper Lee’s epic novel To Kill a Mockingbird, it takes place in Alabama during the Depression, and is narrated by the main character, a little girl named Jean Louise "Scout" Finch. Her father, Atticus Finch, is a lawyer with high moral standards.The most prevalent theme is the evils of racism.

Atticus Finch grew up on Finch’s landing, but traveled to Montgomery to study law. After he finished his studies, he meets a woman fifteen years younger than him and married her, soon after they had two kids, Jeremy and Jean Louis Finch. Jeremy goes by Jem and Jean goes by Scout. The young mother passed away about two years after having Jean from a sudden heart attack, leaving Atticus to raise their two kids alone. Later Atticus has to face a controversial case in his career of law: The Tom Robinson case, Tom was accused of raping a white woman with almost no evidence so prove so, but still got charged with rape because he was African American. Atticus gave his all to prove that Tom was an innocent man, which caused a commotion in the town, since everyone knew that African Americans never got their way in court. Atticus never lets what people say about him get to him, he just stays focused on his work and what is important to him. Atticus was one of the few people of his time in the south that believed in equality and justice for all, no matter who you were or how you

Jean Louise Finch continually asks questions and makes conclusions that shape her view on the world. Her curiosity drives her to constantly ponder on Atticus and his decisions, the people of Maycomb and what makes them each different from the other, and her mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. She enjoys it when Atticus explains things to her and often takes an interest in his court cases. For example, “Do all lawyers defend n-Negros, Atticus? … If you shouldn’t be defendin’ him, then why are you doin’ it? ... Atticus, are we going to win?” (100-101), she interrogates. Jean receives many opinions on the talk of the town from

Jean Louise Finch, also referred to as Scout, is a 26 year old woman who returns for two weeks to her hometown of Maycomb, Alabama during the mid-1950s. During this time period, more and more people were becoming involved in the Civil Rights movement as well as being informed about the Supreme Court’s Brown vs. The Board of Education decision as well as the NAACP. It does not occur to Jean Louise that these ideas were just now being introduced to the Maycomb Community. The novel starts off with Jean Louise arriving in Maycomb in the late evening. Having been gone for such a long time, Scout reunites with her her father, aunt, and friends. Scout’s father, Atticus Finch, who is 72 years old in the novel, continues to be an active lawyer for Maycomb

To Kill A Mockingbird is a classic story of growing up, racial discrimination, and symbolism. Harper Lee has written a story that has gone down in history and will never be forgotten. In To Kill A Mockingbird, a six-year-old girl Jean Louise Finch, better known as Scout, narrates a story about her young life in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama. Her brother Jem Finch and friend Dill try to meet the secluded and mysterious neighbor. Meanwhile, her father, Atticus Finch is a lawyer that takes on a case in hopes of claiming the innocence of a young black man accused of rape. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses symbolism as a literary device to compare Tom Robinson and Boo Radley to a Mockingbird.

Harper Lee’s, To Kill a Mockingbird, is about a young girl named Scout Finch and her brother named Jem. They are joined by their friend Dill into the journey of growing up in Maycomb, Alabama in 1933. Their father is defending for a colored man named Tom Robinson, who was undergoing rape charges against a teenage girl, Mayella Ewell. This case makes the Finch’s social outcasts, as if they weren’t already. Even though Mayella lied in her testimony, she should still deserve sympathy because she is pressured by her father and society, beat by her drunk father, and has a lonely life.