To Kill A Mockingbird Scout's Innocence

In the beginning of the novel, Scout is just a regular 5 year-old girl who has no knowledge with the crisis and reality of the world. Later in the novel Scout changes, she sees/experiences racial prejudice but Atticus teaches her that you can change evil to good if you just

Through the use of Scout’s innocent nature and the words and actions carried out by the townspeople, Harper Lee’s critical tone regarding prejudice is revealed.

Scout was raised in a time with racial prejudices going on around her. This instilled in her the admirable qualities of courage and maturity. Her father, Atticus Finch, was fighting for the freedom of the opposing side, the one everybody despised. This caused her to be put in many dangerous and hate filled situations in public which included school and the

Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is a timeless novel that has been both accepted and refused by many readers. To Kill a Mockingbird took place is a town called Maycomb. It is narrated by a young girl named Jean Louise Finch, otherwise known as Scout, who learns how to deal with many things in her life. While learning to deal with racism, injustice, and criticism, she also finds courage being showed by many of her role models. The theme courage is best depicted through Boo Radley, Scout and Atticus.

One can tell, even at a glance, that she is not your typical six-year-old girl. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout is the one that always keeps the story interesting. Her many daring and dangerous experiences constantly keep the reader engrossed. While Scout is just following her nature, she often times is scolded for her actions. She captivates her readers by displaying her curious and courageous side, while also being a caring individual.

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, tells the story of a six year old girl named Scout, seeing evil, hypocrisy, and injustice in the adult world. The novel takes place in her eyes, enabling the reader to know what she’s thinking but preventing them to know what’s going on in the other character's head. Scout’s character developed over the three years that the novel covers into a wiser child than most children in today’s society, but in the novel’s setting, it is a believable maturation.

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

“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy, that’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” The novel To Kill a Mockingbird is a book of exploration of the moral nature of human beings—that is, whether people are essentially good or essentially evil. A young girl named Scout deals with the issues of racism while gaining knowledge, experience, strength, and courage, while her father, a lawyer, is persecuted for defending a falsely accused black man being charged with raping a white girl. Many characters are judged upon their race, behavior, and social class.

In the rural town of Maycomb, Alabama, Scout Finch lives with her brother, Jem, and Father, Atticus. Scout teaches many lessons as well as defies stereotypes. Scout gives readers her perspective of things. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses the growth and characterization of Scout to reveal to readers how innocence slowly falls away through Scout’s obliviousness about other people, Scout’s protection towards her family, and Scout’s curious ways.

The Novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, was written in 1960. It was written by an American Author, Harper Lee. The Novel To Kill a Mockingbird was written with much meaning and expressions. Harper Less uses the novel to tell a story, and to represent some of her own emotions and feelings towards different issues. The novel also uses different situations to represents innocence, innocence can be in many different forms and show through many different things. In the novel we are given a definition of a mockingbird -

Everyone, accept it or not, has to grow up and, thus lose the innocence they once possessed. The process of childhood to adulthood has many factors that take effect on the person they will grow up to become. For instance, the environment that a person grows in has an enormous effect on their development . Throughout the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout’s curiosity and innocence is challenged by Maycomb’s standards for race and gender, but with her father’s guidance results in her maturing; losing her innocence, while retaining hope. Taking place in the mid 1930’s Maycomb has racism among the people which greatly affect Scout.

Have you ever experienced an event that changed your opinions or feelings towards a certain thing? This was the case of Jean Louise or Scout in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Scout shows a loss of innocence throughout the novel as she is faced with the case of Tom Robinson, which impacts her life as a whole by making her realize that not everyone is like Atticus.

As Scout begins to consider people?s opinions about prejudicial behavior she soon feels obligated to understand these racial judgments. Scout, being the curious and forthright girl she is, feels that only way to do so is by interrogating these estimations. ?As Atticus had once advised me to do, I tried to climb into Jem?s skin and walk around in it? (57). At this specific point in the novel, it is clear that Scout has learned a valuable lesson. The social lesson accomplished is never to judge anyone before determining their past experiences or hardships. Not only Scout?s social well-being, but her mental and emotional well-being progress extensively throughout the events of the novel. This is clearly defined by the following quote. ?Atticus had promised me he would wear me out if he ever heard of me fighting anymore, I was far too old and too big for such childish things, and the sooner I learned to hold it in, the better off everybody would be?(74). The quote stated by Scout proves that she is willing to mature at such a crucial time as the trial. She discovers that it is more important for Atticus to

You can tell she is more mature than her peers. She thinks and talks like she is on a different level than everyone else. She is stubborn and not afraid to voice her opinion which makes for some very funny parts in the book. On page 33, Scout says “Besides, I added, she’d already gotten me in trouble once today: she had taught me to write and it was all her fault.” This shows how Scout is way beyond the academic level of her peers. It also shows her stubborn and funny attitude.

There are many character attributes that make Scout a reliable narrator, but what makes her account the most truthful and honest is her age. The way she perceives things gives a prejudice-free viewpoint almost as if it is through the eyes of God because humans are closest to their Creator as a child-not childish but childlike. This is shown through what adults call bravery but to her it was just being friendly. When a mob comes to the county jail to harm Tom Robinson and Atticus, Scout disarms them with her youth and innocence in the way she talks to Mr. Walter Cunningham as a friend. She knew he has done business with Atticus, so she asks about his “entailment[s]”. She also reminded him that she goes to school with “his boy”, Walter. Scout