To Kill A Mockingbird Reflection

She would get a better understanding of this as the novel progresses. Scout also learns more about maturity when she experiences hypocrisy from her teacher, “Over here we don’t believe in persecuting anybody. Persecution comes from people who are prejudiced. Pre-ju-dice,” She is contradicting herself, saying that it is acceptable to persecute blacks but not Jews. It dawned on Scout that people are hypocrites and have double standards when it suits them. The biggest step the children took towards growing up was during the Tom Robinson trials. There, the children received full exposure to the evils, malevolence, prejudice and sorrow of the cruel world as a white man accuses an innocent black man for raping when all Tom ever wanted to achieve was to help others. The children understood what was going on completely and was therefore changed because of it. At the unexpected climax of the novel, the children have an unpleasant encounter with Bob Ewell who wanted to take revenge on Atticus for humiliating him by killing his children. This was an absolutely outrageous act of insanity but also taught the children how dangerous reality could be, finalizing their journey into adulthood.

Few people can imagine living during the time of racial segregation or the great depression. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird takes place from the year 1933 to 1995. During this time, two siblings named Scout and Jem Finch are living in the town of Maycomb, Alabama. While growing up, they go through many events and learn numerous lessons from their father, Atticus Finch. Throughout the novel, Jem goes through many experiences that change the way he perceives the town of Maycomb and it’s people.

When Scout begins to notice the views of her peers and those around her, she is confused by people’s prejudice overruling their judgement.

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…until you climb in his skin and walk around in it.” (Lee) When standing on the Radley porch, Scout finally begins to understand what this lesson means because she realizes how important empathy is when trying to understand how one acts or feels. Furthermore, Scout learns that killing mockingbirds is a sin. (...) This lesson helps Scout to assure her father that Mr. Tate's decision to keep Boo Radley out of the limelight is correct, and shows that Scout has grasped how to understand and identify the good in the people around her. (...) Lastly, Atticus teaches Scout that you must keep persevering even if losing is inevitable. (...) Atticus exemplifies this lesson to Scout when he takes on the Tom Robinson case knowing he will lose because no white jury would ever acquit a black man against a white person's word. Despite all the infamy and ridicule him and his family endured, Atticus still kept fighting and followed through with what he perceived was just. As

Growing Up in To Kill A Mockingbird Growing up is different for everyone and has a complicated way of changing a personality. As one transitions from infancy on, innocence and ignorance leave and one discovers and learns from the real world. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows that individuals grow up because they discover how to truly understand people and their messages. When Scout—the main character of To Kill a Mockingbird— was young, she was reckless and often picked fights with others on the smallest of things. She did it so much that her father, Atticus, told her to try to just walk away from anyone who tried to provoke her.

Scout’s maturation and non-judgmental attitude that develops throughout To Kill a Mockingbird help her mature into an individual with integrity. Contrary to the beginning of the novel, Scout establishes herself as a wise character in the latter portions of the book. After an incredulous Atticus is told that Jem did not kill Mr. Ewell, Scout reassures Atticus by saying, “Well it’d sort of be like shootin’ a mockingbird, wouldn’t it?” (Lee 276) Taking Atticus’ advice into consideration, Scout climbs into Boo Radley’s skin and finally respects Boo’s decision to remain indoors and not be proclaimed a hero. Additionally, Scout matures into a very open-minded

During the book To Kill a Mockingbird there are many life-lessons to be learned by younger characters like Scout and Jem. The book takes place in the south of United States during the 1930’s and there are many social problems such as poverty, racism and religious issues that these children don’t understand really well in the beginning of the book . Throughout the story, Scout and Jem grow from immature children to become mature teenagers with their own and more developed opinions about 1930’s society. Many characters in the book influenced this growth of maturity in the children, such as Atticus, by being the only person in the town to stand up for a black men and seeing both races as equal; Calpurnia, by showing the children how the black society works; and Miss Maudie, by teaching them a lot about the town and its social problems. Most other people in the town discriminate against the black

In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, the author, Harper Lee, uses many examples to demonstrate how growing up and maturity are major themes of the story, and are not only an important part of the plot but also (inferred to be) an important part of human nature. To Kill a Mockingbird centers around the life of a young girl named Scout in Maycomb, Alabama, and takes place during the 1930’s, when racism is still a hot controversy in the US. However, Scout is young and naïve enough to have a pure heart and believe that all people are equal; she cannot comprehend the atrocity of the discrimination circulating around her town. Because of events that happen throughout the book, from simple childhood milestones to big steps like the Tom Robinson case (symbolizing the Scottsboro Trial), Scout starts to see everything clearly that is happening around her and understands that not all humans are good people (i.e. “Bob Ewell”) and that there is more out there than she thinks. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee uses the character “Scout” as a symbol to show that innocence is only something you can hold onto for so long.

Scout started off as a quick-tempered, witty girl, but towards the end she gradually matured and shaped herself into a young lady. “Atticus was right. One time he said you never really knew a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough” (279). She was given a lesson from Atticus to not assume about other people, but to see in their point of view, and by this quote, Scout understands her lesson and looked in Boo Radley’s point of view.

In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, the main character Scout faces many life changing experiences. Many of which have to do with gender, race, education, and social class. But throughout the novel you really see her grow up and mature. You see this through the people around her such as Cal, her experiences like visiting Cal's church, and the trial.

Growing up is hard, but when you add scary houses, a pretentious aunt, and taunting children, life gets difficult. The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird shows the theme of Innocence and Growing up through Scout, a six-year-old tomboy, as she encounters the hatred and prejudice events that occur in the deep south. Scout is forced to surround herself with an adult situation; the trial her father, Atticus took on.

In the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” written by Harper Lee, the writer uses the experiences of Scout and Jem to show their coming of age, and how they learn to understand people for who they are, and not what rumors say they are. It portrays a strong message that you never really understand someone until you have put yourself in their shoes, or in their skin, as Atticus would say, “and walked around in them”. At the beginning of the story, Scout and Jem are childish, naive siblings, who wish to learn more about, as well as provoke the character Boo Radley, they believe the rumors that he is the town’s lunatic. As they grow up, they begin to learn that people are categorized and judged on the way they look and by the colour of their skin. Through their father, Atticus they learn to view people and society from a different perspective, learning from his wisdom.

To Kill A Mockingbird details the coming-of-age of both Scout and her brother Jem as they start to realize that the town that they have grown up in is not as nice as it may seem. This all starts when their father, Atticus, who is a lawyer, takes on the case of Tom Robinson, an African American man who is accused of raping a white woman. Since this is the 1960’s not too many people take to kindly to this act, and because of it his family comes under fire from the community. Even though it was Atticus, who took on the Tom Robinson case, it was his family who suffered the most: from the harassment of the townsfolk, from their own inner fears of the trial, and even from the embarrassment that came from the trial.

The world has changed, but still remains the unforgotten resemblance of racism when racism occurred and was more supported than today, but still continues but does not happen as bad or as much than before.TKAM talks mainly about situations and my two themes that i will be talking about is courage and the sinful beliefs of killing a mockingbird connect as you read and follow along in the book.

I finished the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. This book is about the childhood experiences of a girl named Scout. The story takes place in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama and struggling with racism. Scout must learn about the racism and prejudices in the South. The book highlights the injustice of being black in the southern court system. In this journal, I will be evaluating.