To Kill A Mockingbird Coming To Age Quotes

The key coming of age scene i am doing is when Jem stood up to his dad and when Scout uses her brain instead of using her fists.This is apart of coming of age because it is about how Jem finally told his dad no that he wasn't leaving instead of how he would normally just do what his dad said and not argue about anything. This was in chapter 15 when Atticus was down at the jail house and he was protecting Tom Robinson from the lynch mob.

“You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don’t you let ‘em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change.” (Lee, 76). As seen in To Kill a Mockingbird, a novel about growing up and the reality of life, there are various events that influence one’s morality, behavior, and perspective towards life. From the innocence of a child to the maturity of an adult, growing up is a phase that generally everyone experiences throughout their lifetime. The quote above is said by Atticus Finch towards his feisty daughter Scout (who is in fact the narrator of the actual novel); personally, I can pertain greatly to what Atticus said, for I had to learn to depend not on my own strength but on the LORD’s to fight and win my battles, whether spiritual, emotional, physical, or mental. However, this change in attitude did not occur in an instant, but was the result of years of struggles and perseverance, from my childhood to my adolescence; it was initiated with my parents’ announcement of our move from our home in Palmetto, Georgia across the United States to Dinuba, California.

In ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ written by Harper Lee, the author has used numerous different methods to portray the themes of innocence, maturity and growing up. These themes were put in so that the audience could become more empathetic towards the characters, especially the protagonists. She depicts these themes through characters, events, using symbolism, imagery and contrast located throughout the book.

Throughout the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout demonstrates maturity in a number of examples. There were two main experiences where Scout could see herself come of age. Not only that, but she reflects on those occurrences and ask the question, why?

As children grow up, they open their eyes to the harsh truths in the world around them that they once did not understand or question. This is experienced by the main characters of Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird. The story is of a girl called Scout and her older brother, Jem, who go through the trials of growing up in the fictional small Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930s. Racism is rampant in the mindset of the townspeople, shown when the children’s lawyer father, Atticus, takes the case of an obviously innocent African-American man and they convict him in their hearts before the trial even starts. Through this all, we can see the theme of loss of innocence in the children. Lee uses characterization to portray

Throughout the Novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Lee shows readers that everyone has a different perspective and how a person’s perspective can change their personal beliefs. Lee wants readers to realize that everyone has a different perspective, and you should never judge a book by its

The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee has many aspects in coming of age. The passage where Tom Robinson’s trial has just ended and Jem takes it the hardest out of everyone and we see a different side of Jem shows literary elements. In this passage, literary elements introduces character, conflict, and setting. He comes to a realization or “coming of age”.

Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird is a study in the way people’s view of the world changes as they grow older. To Kill a Mockingbird is from the point of view of a six year old girl, Scout, the daughter of a lawyer. She is forced to grow up quickly when Atticus defends an innocent black man in the South, much to the dismay of most of the white citizens. Lee uses similes and personification in To Kill a Mockingbird to show the challenges and discoveries that children make while transitioning from a child to an adult.

In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, there are many diverse characters with different personalities. Some are static and some are dynamic characters. Throughout this novel, the author manages to grasp ahold of the readers hearts and make them understand the characters. With the emotionally heavy plot which consists of many important topics, the reader gets a good sense for all the characters, their morals, ethics and personal values. Dill is the most courageous character in this novel because he is not afraid of rumors, he is not afraid of his parents, and he cries during the trial.

    Dill was a friend of Jem and Scout who went to live with his aunt during the summers. Dill is a small kid with snow white who is older than scout, but younger than Jem. Dill has a good imagination, but he lies about many things that go on in his life. Dill was at Tom Robinson's trial. A theme Dill shows is

What does it mean to grow up? Growing up is when you find out how the world is and learn to cope and deal with it. Ann Landers explains what maturity is in her words. “Maturity: Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to bear an injustice without having to get even. Be able to carry money without spending it. Do your duty without being supervised.” This quote explains what maturity is and gives some examples that you have to go through in order to grow up. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird ,Dill, Jem, and Scout learn what it means to grow up.

“The only thing you sometimes have control over is perspective. You don’t have control over your situation. But you have a choice about how you view it.”-Anonymous. Both Harper Lee and JD Salinger promote setting and character in order to demonstrate that coming of age requires a different perspective. Each of these authors apply these devices to the theme of coming of age through the main characters. Harper Lee, who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird, displays these devices through her main characters, Jem and Scout. Very similar, yet very different, JD Salinger, who wrote Catcher in the Rye, portrays these devices somewhat differently through his main character, Holden. Many characters between the two books learned so much relating to the coming of age theme, but in the end these

The children in the book are maturing every day, like how Jem is learning not to be afraid anymore when in situations, he is maturing and learning to protect Scout when she is in danger. Scout is maturing because she is becoming more smarter and knows what is right and what is wrong. My claim would be Scout and Jem are growing older and starting to act more and more like an adult everyday. Scout never worried about Jem that much because she didn’t know that much when she was younger but know at her age she loves Jem and wants him to be save so she keeps asking “Is Jem dead?” on page 353-354.

Through the use of coming of age throughout the novel, the author shows that you can’t judge someone without being in their place. In the last chapter, Scout says,” He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives. But neighbors give in return. We never

Harper Lee uses her novel to teach us important lessons from the characters presented in To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus, a fair and moral character, whose parenting style is unique, lined with honest and example, teaches us to follow his ways. Scout, an innocent girl who teaches us what’s important in life. Tom Robinson, someone who is ostracized for being African American, can teach us the importance of equal treatment and awakens us to our surrounding society. Lee’s construction of characters gives us perspective to issues in our society today, how they still matter and what we can learn from the novel such as compassion, justice and understanding.