A character in a book changes drastically from the beginning to the end, they grow as a character and learn many lessons throughout the book. Just like Harper Lee's book “To Kill a Mockingbird” the central character Scout, shifts from a state of innocence to maturity with the result of surviving various misunderstandings. The story presents two Scouts: the little girl experiencing the story and the adult Jean Louise who tells the story. She is raised by her father Atticus who is very political, and empathic. At the beginning of the story, Scout is a curious five year old who asks mindless questions but it's acceptable because she is a child.
Scout Finch’s Maturing Process Overcoming obstacles in life is the only way for people to grow into mature adults. Scout Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, has many adventures which change who she is. Scout goes from believing that violence is true courage to understanding that true courage does not involve a gun - demonstrating personal growth. Furthermore, Scout shows maturity in the end by being able to control her emotions when needed, rather than lashing out as she starts off doing. Finally, Scout matures by learning to form her own opinions of people rather than basing them on rumours as she does in the beginning.
The events that occur in the book display all the bad and horrible things in life one has to eventually go through, like racial injustice and learning the truth about people. Since Scout is so young, she experiences adult situations that develop her understanding of life. With Jem, Atticus, Cal, and other citizens of Maycomb helping her get through, she molds into a grown up little girl. One event that had a major impact on Scout’s maturity was Tom Robinson’s
“Nobody actually wants to grow up. We just want the freedom to use our youths. ”-Unknown. This quote represents Scouts character. How she wants to understand the world yet she doesn’t want to grow up.
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee about her life in the early 1960’s. To Kill a Mockingbird shows Scouts life and the events that lead up to her meeting Boo Radley. In To Kill a Mockingbird Scout discovers hot to grow up through her life. First off in To Kill a Mockingbird Scout discovers growing up through her life the first character that shows this is Atticus. In Maycomb Scout was having a bad day and her dad teaches her a life lesson “You will never understand a person until you consider things from his point of view until you climb in his skin and walk around in it” (page:39).
On pages 226 to 241 foreshadowing, symbolism, and imagery develops the coming of age theme of good and evil. Scout learned that people could be so racist and people not even have done anything to deserve it. The kids see the good and evil out there in the world, and that it isn 't full of rainbows and butterflies. Seeing the awful things throughout the town and through the eyes of the people in the town helps Scout mature/grow.
In this passage Scout shows maturity because she can control her anger and realizes that fighting
Courage is not strength or skill, it’s simply standing up for what you believe in and what is right. This is the theme that was enrolled after Jem destroys Mrs.Dubose’s camellias and after she died in chapter 11. This passage also reveals Jem’s coming of age moment. After using conflict, symbolism, and point of view, Harper Lee was able to connect the theme with Jems coming of age moment.
In conclusion, Scout was not the only character that experienced coming of age in the
Maturing is something everyone goes through in life whether you go through it early or a little later in life. In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows a lot about maturing. Growing up in a small town in Maycomb, Alabama where life was a lot more different from today, you mature much different and in different ways. Jem is one person who matures through the whole story and makes realizations about people around him, including his dad, Tom Robinson, and Mrs. Dubose. Jem goes into the story thinking his dad is just some old man but as he gets older, he realizes there is more to his dad.
When one grows up, it is inevitable they will lose their innocence. Seeing the world through rose colored glasses can only take one so far, and eventually they will have to open their eyes to real issues in their lives. While this happens at different ages for everyone, Atticus in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee believes that his kids should not be sheltered from the real world. As Scout and Jem, Atticus’ children, grow up, especially in a time where Maycomb is so segregated, Atticus teaches his kids real life lessons and to not become like the rest of their town; racist and judgemental. This comes with a cost, however, as the kids “grow up” at an expedited rate.
In To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Jem believe Maycomb is Unjust because The Maycomb he used to know is not like what it is now, Which is shown when the prejudice members of his community are against Tom, Lula refusing to let Jem & Scout enter their church, and When he was punished for destroying Mrs. Dubose’s flowers. To Start Off, Scout was explaining on how the final verdict of the jury & judge affected Jem & loss faith in the citizens of Maycomb. Scout says, “I shut my eyes. Judge Taylor was polling the jury: “Guilty...guilty...guilty...guilty…” I peeked at Jem: his hands were white from gripping the balcony rail, and his shoulders jerked as if each “guilty” was a separate stab between them” (282). Maycomb is an injustice town because as every time the Jury said “guilty” it negatively affected Jem like he was being stab inside which illustrates how he was very confident in knowing that Tom will be acquitted & be found innocent but, after the verdict it had made realizes & lose hope on the members of his community.
Scout then began to realize that the town of Maycomb isn’t what she had it out to be. Evil things happen, moreover, people have numerous sides to themselves. Ultimately, Scout becomes a mature, young adult with
Scout changed a lot over the course of this story. She was exposed to many events that led to her gradually changing her way of life. She doesn’t change as much as Jem does or as fast as him, but she still changes. She learns to mature, understand things better, and treat people with respect.
Scout also learns not to judge someone without knowing what it’s like to be them, and showing how much Scout has matured. Throughout the novel Scout grows and develops into a lovely young lady who has a strong point of view and is clearly coming of age. Something that we can all take away from this passage is that we must experience hardships and get through multiple obstacles before we are able to come age, just as Scout