How Does Atticus Change In To Kill A Mockingbird

In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, the author Harper Lee showed the hardships of growing up in the 30's. The characters Jem and Scout are thrown in the middle of difficult times when their father, Atticus, chooses to represent a black man. From this choice of their father, Jem and Scout come to understand that the world isn't fair and they learn how to deal with it. Through the interactions of the childhood world and the adult world, Jem and Scout's personalities and learning change. Jem starts to feel the effects of Atticus's choice to represent a black man when he has an encounter with an old lady, Mrs. Dubose. When Mrs. Dubose was rude to Jem, he got angry and ruined her flowers. Jm was young and didn't understand the effects of his actions. Atticus told Jem that he needs to just hold his head high "and be a gentleman"(133). Jem was just a boy and wasn't used tp dealing with cruelness, especially coming from an adult. His father made it clear
Francis was being malicious and Scout couldn't handle it. Scout didn't like being antagonized and she didn;t know how to deal with it. Instead of ignoring Francis, she made a childish move and split her "knuckle to the bone on his front teeth"(112). Scout uses her fists to solve her problems instead of learning how to deal with them. Atticus says that she has "got to learn to keep her head"(116). After hearing Atticus saying this, Scout starts to understand that she needs to grow up and learn how to control her temper. " I had become almost accustomed to hearing insults aimed at Atticus"(136). Scout knew that there was nothing she could do about what other people said, and over time she started to get used to the cruelness of others. In conclusion Jem and Scout's learning and personalities changed through their interactions with the childhood and adult world. Both learned the importance of dealing with the hardships of the