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MOCKINGBIRD
Gabriela Centellas
Period: 2/B
To Kill a Mocking Bird
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Throughout this whole book many of the characters face coming of age (which is basically reaching a new perspective of maturity). Some of the characters from the beginning were clueless and naïve but progressing deeper into the book, they reached a new level of reaching maturity. In this case, I will be doing Scout Finch. In the beginning she was a well-hearted little girl who probably back then didn’t take things much serious to how they were supposed to be. She was kind of boyish but very intelligent. Back then her decisions were simple and childish to what they are compared to know. Progressing throughout the book, Scout comes in face with problems of the prejudice racist world (From Boo Radley & Tom Robinson as examples). With the help of Atticus, she knew whether to be affected or not. Basically it sums up that even if she faces evil, she will know to not get affected by it in a bad way because she’s reached that point in maturity.
An example where Scout reaches some type of maturity was in the Tom Robinson case. She understands that her father will always look positive into a situation and that he will try the best that he can do but unfortunately she finds out that all the people in the courtroom were racist and did not blacks, and unfortunately Tom was black. Scout had to stay calm yet still have hope and faith about the trial whereas Jem is honestly traumatized by it and later on gets affected by it.
Another example is that throughout the book she starts to accept people in how they are and not in how she would want them to be. In the beginning, she had a different perspective of Boo to what it is now but after the actions presented by Boo, such as when he put a blanket on Scout when Miss.Maudie’s house got burnt down, she realizes that he is the complete opposite. She also feels more respect as when Boo saved Jems life. As she walks to Boo Radley’s front porch, she comes

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