To Kill A Mockingbird Coming Of Age

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.

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

First, Jem and Scout learn that things or people aren’t always what they seem to be. There are two minor characters that most help to emphasize this important lesson. To start, there is Ol’ One Shot. In the novel, Scout and Jem jump to the conclusion that Atticus is incapable of doing anything “cool” like the fathers of their schoolmates’ can. Because of Atticus’ old age, the children take notice that he never plays football, fishes, hunts, etc. However, after Atticus is handed a rifle, they realize what he can do. Miss Maudie shouts, “I saw that, One-Shot Finch” (128), and later tells Jem, “...Atticus Finch was the deadest shot in Maycomb County in his time” (129). By this statement, and by hearing about Ol’ One Shot, the children learned that they do not know every little detail about everyone, and that they shouldn’t make judgements so immediately like they did. Jem and Scout did not know about Ol’ One Shot, but once they found out, their opinions about their father changed. Thus, they took in that people aren’t always what they seem to be. The next character

Coming of Age Coming of age is an important part of life. As a matter of fact during coming of age a lot of things are changed in your life, such as your perspective on certain topics. An important part of this changing topics thing is high school. kids think they will get beat up, but they will not. Coming of age involves recognizing different perspectives.

Coming of age is the process a character goes through in order to mature. Scout and Jem both go through this process. Scout tells the story of To Kill a Mockingbird through the eyes of her 6 year old self. In chapter 10 Scout has an intervention with Miss Maudie about what her dad told her, it is a sin to kill a songbird. Miss Maudie agrees with Atticus' saying and this opens the eyes of Scout. Then, later in chapter 25, Scout reads Mr. Underwood's editorial on how the conviction of Tom Robinson is like the slaying of a songbird. This makes Scout understand more about why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird, but still does not understand fully. Finally, in chapter 30, Scout finally fully understands why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. She

In Harper Lee’s novel about coming of age, To Kill a Mockingbird, there is a common reference to the sin of tainting something or someone that is pure. A mockingbird displays no evil traits and all they want to do is sing their beautiful songs. Similar to mockingbirds, some of the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird represent nothing but innocence. Others are comparable to blue jays, who are noisy and obnoxious. A few of these birds that have their own song that is exclusive to them include Mayella Ewell, Jean Louise Scout Finch, and Boo Radley.

Being mature is defined as something that is fully developed, complete in natural growth or development or noting the characteristics of someone or something as "mature" in age and completeness. The children in To Kill a Mockingbird match all those definitions and now we will see how they got there. First, they learn about courage, its aspects and what it really is. Secondly, they learn empathy, how to improve it and grasp the concept of understanding people. The children's early mistakes in judgment teach them valuable lessons, which help them make more mature decisions later on.

Lastly, Atticus emphasizes how vital inner peace and making the moral decision in a given situation is to maturation. For instance, in a conversation with his children, Atticus comments, “Before I can live with other folks I got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by a majority rule is a man’s conscience.” (Lee 105) By emphasizing the importance of having personal integrity and doing the ethical thing in any circumstance, Atticus provides his children with wisdom that will carry them through life. Therefore, through unremittingly reiterating the importance of moral decisions, proving the need for pacifism and establishing the importance of multiple perspectives, Atticus verifies himself as a major contributor in Jem and Scout’s development into adolescence.

He learned many things throughout the course of the book and saw glimpses of how the world can really be; cruel and unjust. Jem starts to apprehend the difference between childhood and adulthood. However, maturescence comes with

"No matter who tries to teach you lessons about life, you won't understand it until you go through it on your own." Lessons are an important part of everyday life. They help people learn through tough times or teach them how to avoid terrible situations. Lessons can be passed down from adults to their children, or other important people in their lives. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Scout understands not everyone is fortunate, there is more than meets the eye, and that you can not trust rumors.

I chose Atticus’ closing argument and the verdict in chapter 20 to illustrate a significant coming- of-age moment because this passage not only displays how Jem’s point of view on the world changes but also shows the african americans that they are going to have to fight for their equal rights. Harper Lee uses setting, conflict, and logos to explain this scene. For example, Lee uses the setting to show how the kids are literally in the point of view of the african americans by sitting upstairs instead of downstairs with the other white people. Lee also uses the conflict between Atticus and the system to that no matter how hard he fought for Tom’s freedom, the hundreds of years of slavery and racism would win the case. The third example is how

In the Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird there are many events that require Jem and Scout to act more mature and grown up. One of the main events is when a black man named Tom Robinson is wrongfully accused of rape, but loses the case because of Maycomb’s prejudice people. This shows them the harsh reality of Maycomb and what people in their town are really like. Throughout the book these events force Jem and Scout to mature and become smarter in what they say and do. They learn these lessons of maturity while witnessing or being a victim in many cruel events in the unpleasant town of

Back in my elementary days, my summers consisted of running around my neighborhood and playing alongside other neighborhood kids, much like Jem and Scout in To Kill A Mockingbird. I participated in many of the same activities as the two, there being many differences in our lifestyles. Unlike them, my father is not a lawyer and my mother is alive and well. Nonetheless, our fathers have taught us valuable life lessons to apply to our lives. When reading the book there are many life lessons the two learned from their father, Atticus. In the book, he often counsels his children on being patient and trying to understand someone before making judgments. He also teaches that people are people, no matter what and taking advantage of one another is