Theme Of Coming To Age In To Kill A Mockingbird

Since the first spark of human life, coming-of-age has even occurred at the time of Adam and Eve. Many people think that the only part of maturing is puberty. However, one of the greatest parts of growing up is not, surprisingly, going through puberty. Coming-of-age involves recognizing different perspectives.

As people get older they go through experiences in their life that can change them in bad ways or most of the time change them in good ways.This good change occurs usually by the experiences teaching them important lessons they should know in life.These changes are very important in ones life because it matures them into an adult. This transformation happens to certain characters in every novel and it is called coming of age. In the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, both Jem and Scout go through this coming of age and learn what it means to be courageous, the unfairness of the world, and to look at other people's perspective before judging them.

Coming of age is an influential part of many people’s lives. They begin to leave behind their innocent childhood views and develop a more realistic view on the world around them as they step forward into adulthood. (Need to add transition) Many authors have a coming of age theme in their books; specifically, Harper Lee portrays a coming of age theme in his book To Kill A Mockingbird. Through the journeys of their childhoods, Jem and Scout lose their innocence while experiencing their coming of age moment, making them realize how unfair Maycomb really is.

In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee includes many coming of age moments. For example, I chose the part where Scout walks Boo home. Scout is the narrator of the book and Arthur ‘Boo’ Radley accompanies her in this scene. This is a coming of age example because near the end, Scout talks about how she felt she’d already learned what she needed to be an adult. Today I’ll be talking about literary elements in this passage.

Leading the reader to the realisation that maturity is one theme the author wants to express, is the presentation of maturity in various shapes and forms. The way Scout describes Jem as “[someone who] had acquired a set of values” (Lee 153) implies the evolution which Jem was subjected to. As it is deductible by Jem’s reaction to the news of Mrs Dubose’s death, how “[he] buried his face in Atticus’s shirt” (Lee 148) and cried, the event impacted Jem enormously, which consequently is the reason of his sudden growth. Additionally, it is possible to see Jem maturing by him breaking “the remaining code of [Scout, Dill and Jem’s] childhood” (Lee 187) and telling Atticus about Dill running from his house. Also how he separates himself from Dill and

In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee chooses to narrate the book from the perspective of Scout, who is a child. One of the themes of the book is growing up, and questioning the ways of the people in Maycomb. Scout always thought that the people in Maycomb were the best until she started to realize that a lot of them were very racist when the trial gets closer. Because she is a kid, her opinions can change more easily than those of an adult. Because she hasn’t known the people in Maycomb for as long as the adults, she can more easily accept that they have bad views, while people who have known them for a while would deny that because they’ve always thought they were a good person.

The characters in, To Kill a Mockingbird, a novel by Harper Lee, often use prejudice against people of controversial issues. Many of the townspeople of Maycomb use prejudice on the families who are on the less wealthy end of the spectrum. Issues are still displayed because of the racial prejudice used against African Americans and those of other races. Lastly, gender is a clear issue in Maycomb because of women’s and girl’s rights and lack of respect towards them because they are female. All of the types of prejudice show that Maycomb has many problems all throughout the town between other families and townspeople.

“People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.” Many people get interpreted and read differently than what they truly are on the inside because we don’t have the mindset to understand their way of looking at life. The fundamental and often universal idea shown throughout To Kill A Mockingbird is coming of age, which is depicted through many incidents that occur. In a world full of standards Jean Louise is the only one noticeable because she doesn’t blend in with the rest of the girls her age. She is very outgoing and adventurous which gives her the name of a tomboy. Just because she seems tough doesn’t make her cold hearted because on the inside she is

“Shoot all of the Blue Jays you want, if you can hit them, but Remember it’s a sin to kill a Mockingbird.” That was a major quote in Chapter 10. I chose Chapter 10’s Rabid dog scene from the book To Kill A Mockingbird as my Coming of Age scene. Let’s talk about three literary elements from that one particular scene/chapter.

Although To Kill A Mockingbird presents a number of themes, losing innocence and coming of age provides the most dominant theme throughout the novel. As the story continues, many of the characters grow to understand that the world is not always fair and that prejudice exists in many ways. The theme that arises from the characters about coming of age means that they become more mature. Under the society that the characters live in, they experience events that test their current beliefs of humanity. To Kill A Mockingbird suggests that one is not truly mature until innocence is lost and responsibility is gained as shown through the actions of Jem, Scout, and Boo Radley.

“To Kill a Mockingbird” took place in the mid-1930’s, when the depression had just ended and segregation and racism within the south was in full swing. Harper Lee takes readers into the boring, but close-knit town of Maycomb, Alabama. In the beginning, we are introduced to the Finch’s, who for their time and place, seemed to me at least, a bit odd as a family. Scout and Jem were very mature for their ages in the way that they could process the world around them. This is immediately known in the way the children constantly refer to their father by his first name, but Atticus throughout the story, maintains a personality that is unmatched by any other character within the book. The beginning went into more detail regarding the routine lives of the children. The befriend and hang out with a child nicknamed “Dill”, Scout begins school, and at home, there’s something this family (mostly the father) enjoys doing, which is reading. The beginning of the book also describes the nature of the rest of the community, which a bit disconnected from the outside world, as mentioned by the town’s disturbing incestuous nature. Apparently, everyone fits in as if they each had their own respective niches, which leaves little room for change, and this unwillingness to bend to change really sets up the climax of the story.

Did you know in the book to kill a mockingbird jem had many coming of age moments?In the novel has many moments were the children had shown that they are becoming mature.

Harper Lee's ‘To kill a Mockingbird’ explores the prejudicial issues which plague over the town Maycomb. Harper Lee uses the trial of Tom Robinson a black man accused of rape on a young white girl, Mayella as a central theme to portray the prominence of racial discrimination in Maycomb. The racial prejudice is also widely shown through the characterisation of Atticus. Having Scout as the narrator allows Harper Lee to highlight the gender inequity through a youthful unbiased perspective. The chauvinistic attitudes and prejudiced views of most of the town’s folk leaves Maycombs social hierarchy in an unfair order, victimising many of the town’s people due to their socially non-conforming habits some ‘socially unaccepted people’ including Boo

To read To Kill a Mockingbird is to understand the true meaning of growing up. As we grow up, our perspectives change and what we used to find good, was evil all along. For Jean Louise Finch, evil was something hidden, something that youth couldn't really grasp. Even though she was incredibly mature, she had a lot to learn and certain experiences awaited her arrival. Since this book is just a huge flashback, she goes over what she learned over the years. Some of those things being to never kill a mockingbird and to learn how to walk in someone else's shoes.

Harper Lee's book “To Kill a Mockingbird” displays the bitter world through a child's innocent eyes. As the story progresses, the child - Scout - gains more experiences and realises how terrible and unfair the townspeople/society of Maycomb actually is. This is shown in a court case about Tom Robinson, a black man in Maycomb who was put on trial for a crime he claims to not have done. Everyone knew the truth, yet he was still convicted for a crime he did not do. This is the racial prejudice that affects the entire population of Maycomb.