In a town where social classes and The Great Depression has dominated, in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Jean Louise “Scout” Finch allows the readers to see past the preconceived ideas of Maycomb and view through the eyes of a 5 year old, inquisitive girl who has nothing more to offer than amiable intentions. Scout has been sheltered growing up, not from equality and acceptance, yet from the world’s prejudice actions. For instance, the naive child has a shortage of vocabulary that is used in the 1900s daily leaving Scout questioning “what [is] a whore-lady?” (99). Even though Scout may have a mature voice or understanding of certain topics, leaving her to seem ignorant in the choices she makes, her innocence shines throughout
In a town where social classes and The Great Depression has dominated, in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Jean Louise “Scout” Finch allows the readers to see past the preconceived ideas of Maycomb and view through the eyes of a 5 year old, inquisitive girl who has nothing more to offer than amiable intentions. Scout has been sheltered growing up, not from equality and acceptance, yet from the world’s prejudice actions. For instance, the naive child has a shortage of vocabulary that is used in the 1900s daily leaving Scout questioning “what [is] a whore-lady?” (99). Even though Scout may have a mature voice or understanding of certain topics, leaving her to seem ignorant in the choices she makes, her innocence shines throughout