To Kill A Mockingbird: Scout's Honesty

through Boo Radley. Her transformation can be seen when comparing her mindset at the beginning and end of the story. In chapter 3 Atticus tries to teach her about this topic in which he says: "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." (pg. 30). Atticus explains to Scout that she needs to try and see things from another's viewpoint even when they don’t see eye to eye. In Scout’s case, she learns to not judge people before she has a chance to see thing from their perspective. At the end of the book, Scout finally learns this lesson, as she says: "Atticus, he was real nice" which indicates her realization that some people are not what rumors say they are. Atticus the replies to her: "Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them." (pg.376).

When Scout realizes her father does not view African Americans like he used to and how she thought he did, this causes her to change. At the moment when she realizes that her father has changed, it hits her hard, “She felt sick. Her stomach shut, she began to tremble.” (Lee 111). This is huge to Scout, who felt betrayed by her father and everything he ever told and taught her. Scout felt as if she no longer knew he father. Since her Atticus had been the only one there for her the most and the longest, she lost her sense of trust and admiration towards. “She did not stand alone, but what stood behind her, the most potent moral force in her life, was the love of her father. She never questioned it, never thought about it, never even realized that before she made any decision of importance, the reflex, “What would Atticus do?” passed through her unconscious...she did not know that she worshipped him.” (Lee 118). As much as Scout had reverence for her father, it all started to crumble once she put the pieces together and realized who he was. Atticus was no longer the wise and thoughtful father to Scout as he lost all value in her mind, causing a bit change in how Scout saw and admired him; a total change of character. “His use of her childhood name crushed on her ears. Don’t ever call me that again. You who call me Scout are dead and in your grave.” (Lee

The American actress Goldie Hawn once said that “the biggest lesson you can learn in life, or teach your children, is that life is not castles in the skies, happily ever after. The biggest lesson we have to give our children is truth” (Safire 99). In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch, a lawyer, emphasizes teaching his children the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. To Kill a Mockingbird exposes the reader to several situations in Maycomb County, Alabama, in the 1930s, and reveals Atticus’s beliefs concerning those situations. Atticus’s beliefs can be seen through the lessons he teaches his children, which center around a reliance on coping skills and personal fortitude when dealing with unjust

Hey mom, it’s me Dill! I’ve been doing fine around here and am missing you so much. Though, that’s not the reason I’m sending you this letter. I’m gonna tell you about someone really interesting and I’m sure you’ll like her. Well, early in the summer, I was outside, sitting in Miss Rachel’s collard patch and that’s when I spotted Jem and Scout. Jem is a ten year old boy who is also the brother of Scout, a six year old girl. Oh and I forgot to tell you, her real name is actually Jean Louise Finch but everyone calls her “Scout”. We got to know each other very well, and liked the same things. That’s when I started to love Scout and guess what. I shared my feelings with her today! I told her that I loved her. She’s about seven years old, and lives

In the story Scout has many experiences. A few of these experiences consist of sneaking around with her brother to get a peek at the infamous Arthur (Boo) Radley, a man who was constantly locked away in his home during the day, who the children feared, but also found curiosity in. Another experience would be when she watched the court trial of Tom Robinson, an African- American man who was put on trial of raping a woman, a man who her father was defending. One other would be when an insane man, Robert Ewell made an attempt on her life and her brother’s, however

Scout begins as a child who isn’t really aware of the situations surrounding her environment. As most kids do she uses her imagination to suffice for much more important topics. For example, her neighbor who they refer to as “Boo Radley” is seen as a crazy murdering psychopath who roams the streets at night looking for food. Scouts interpretation of Boo Radley is nothing more but a clear instance of a young child settling for their own imaginations. Another instance of immaturity

Scout's father, Atticus, had played a huge role on her development by teaching her life lessons and making her a better person. Atticus would always teach her life lessons on becoming a better person. Atticus would explain, “ Until you

Throughout the story we see the changes in her personality and how she talks to other people, rather saying whatever is on her mind, she thinks it through and says what is polite and respectful. In the first part of the book, Scout was just your average girl, who likes to fight and read. But, spending a lot of time with her father, Atticus, and her family’s maid, Calpurnia, she learned how to act polite in front of others. “Atticus greeted Walter and began a discussion about crops neither Jem or I could follow” (24). This shows us how Atticus set good examples about how to treated everyone equally and how he made an effort to comfort all.

Scout is the misunderstood tomboy of the well known Finch family. She didn't grow up with a motherly figure, inheriting many traits from her brother and her father. Thus, making her quite the outcast from the many girls at her school. This was a time where being very ladylike meant a lot, wearing dresses, make up, cross your legs, and biting your tongue. The many qualities a lady should have back then, but she lacked many of those which is why she stood out.

" To which he replies, " 'don't say [ni--ers] Scout. It isn't polite" (Lee 122). Although Scout realizes that Atticus has indirectly answered her question, she is still undecided as to whether or not she should subscribe to Maycomb's intolerance, since she is still quite impressionable, and contests Atticus's decisions. Furthermore, her impressionability, apart from its derivation from her gender, undoubtedly forces Scout and her generation to become the key towards social change, and right the wrong that injustice imposes upon various individuals. Scout's age and gender encumber her ability to form her own opinions throughout the novel. Yet, Atticus conveys the importance of morality and equality by demonstrating a level of acceptance towards his client and his client's ethnicity. It is not that Scout underestimates her father, but rather, that she is very young, perhaps too young, to understand his motive and the prejudice that is attached to his case. Likewise, the Finch's neighbor, Arthur "Boo" Radley, serves to teach Scout the harm in discrimination during three separate summers. Although Boo is made the subject of games that involve him as a murdering maniac, he becomes, "a compelling enigma […] that also represents Scout's most personal lesson in judging others based [solely] upon surface appearance" (Felty 299). For her entire life, Scout has always

Although many believe Jean Louis Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird is a flat character, but Scout is round character because she is impulsive yet caring. Many people have different thoughts about Scout, some say she is fully kind while others completely dislike her. Even though over the course of the book Scout doesn't change, she does have good and bad qualities. During the school year, Miss Caroline offered Walter Cunningham a quarter, and when he did not accept it Scout rudely commented, “ ‘Here’s a quarter,’ she said to Walter…’ The Cunninghams never took anything they can't pay back.’”

The novel “To Kill A Mockingbird,” is told from the point of view of a nine year old girl name Scout. Scout is an important character of the novel; Since everything that happens throughout the novel she sees through her own eyes. However, unlike most first person narratives,she does not confine the narrative to things she has directly experienced .Scout only hears the things that happens around her and repeats what she sees and hears but, she does not actually understand that there is racism around at this time period, and the trial held for Tom Robinson's case, is for false accused rape of two white women, and that there is a possibility he could be lynched. Scout being the narrator of the novel changes the whole story since she has a different

I am going to take the perspective of during and after the trial, you may mean preceding the trial, but it makes more sense to me to take the former approach.

One’s childhood innocence is never lost, it simply plants the seed for the flower of maturity to bloom. It seems that almost every adult chooses to either forget or ignore this childhood vulnerability. But ironically, it was this quality that pushed them into adulthood in the first place. At the peak of their childhood, their post climactic innocence allows room for the foundation of maturity to begin to grow. In the sleepy southern town of Maycomb this is exactly what happens to eight years old Jean Louise “Scout” Finch. In To Kill a Mockingbird the character Scout is forced to surround herself with a very adult situation, when a trial comes to the small town of Maycomb. The trial raises the question that shakes the entire town up, what

Scout shows us her thoughts throughout the novel which gives a first hand look into her traits and character. At the start of the book, curiosity is a trait that Scout reveals on multiple occasions. After interactions with the Cunningham family she asks Atticus,"Are we poor?" (Lee 21). As any child grows up they are curious, but Scout asks insightful questions that involved a depth unlike other children due to her upbringing in the home of a lawyer. At another point in the novel Scout is in conversation with one of her neighbors and good friends, Miss Maudie. Miss Maudie and Scout are conversing about the strange neighbors of theirs who never leave their house, the Radley’s. As the talking went on Scout ask,”Miss Maudie, do you think Boo Radley is still alive?” (Lee 43). When Scout ask questions they each have a specific thought or reason for being asked. As in this case, she is prompted to ask Miss Maudie because she is scared of Boo and his