Atticus Finch Significant Growth
If your daughter or son demonstrated a lesson learned how would you react? Jem and Scout, in the book To Kill A Mockingbird, are the children of Atticus Finch. The gradual but significant growth helps Scout understand the meaning of mockingbirds, Jem learn to empathize with the harmless beings in life and together show that no matter what they experience they will hold to what they know is right.
Scout believes Boo Radley to be a “six-and-a-half feet tall [man],[who had blood-stained hands and drooled]” (1.65). Later, Scout meets Boo and is surprised that he’s not this giant zombie but was a kind, gentle, and curious man. When Atticus sees that Arthur killed Bob Ewell he wants to announce him as hero. But Heck Tate sees the harm: “Taking the one man who's done you and this town a great service an' draggin' him with his shy ways into the limelight, that's a sin." (30.369) Scout understands Heck Tate’s reasoning: "Well, it'd be sort of like shootin' a mockingbird, wouldn't it?" (30. 370) At that moment we see the big change in Scout. She has learned what her dad has taught her how “... it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." (10.119) Scout realizes the whole point of Boo Radley’s life, just like a mockingbird is harmless, all he ever did was bring presents and guard them from harm. He didn't ruin anyone's property, or act …show more content…
Just as the faithful Finch family believed that everyone deserved to be seen without preconceived ideas, Jesus sees us through our rags of sins, loves us and hopes that we can put our trust in Christ Jesus as our personal Savior. As Atticus tucks Scout in bed, the book ends with this conversation between them: Atticus, when they finally saw, why he hadn’t done any of those things... Atticus, he was real nice… Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.
Scout believes Boo Radley to be a “six-and-a-half feet tall [man],[who had blood-stained hands and drooled]” (1.65). Later, Scout meets Boo and is surprised that he’s not this giant zombie but was a kind, gentle, and curious man. When Atticus sees that Arthur killed Bob Ewell he wants to announce him as hero. But Heck Tate sees the harm: “Taking the one man who's done you and this town a great service an' draggin' him with his shy ways into the limelight, that's a sin." (30.369) Scout understands Heck Tate’s reasoning: "Well, it'd be sort of like shootin' a mockingbird, wouldn't it?" (30. 370) At that moment we see the big change in Scout. She has learned what her dad has taught her how “... it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." (10.119) Scout realizes the whole point of Boo Radley’s life, just like a mockingbird is harmless, all he ever did was bring presents and guard them from harm. He didn't ruin anyone's property, or act …show more content…
Just as the faithful Finch family believed that everyone deserved to be seen without preconceived ideas, Jesus sees us through our rags of sins, loves us and hopes that we can put our trust in Christ Jesus as our personal Savior. As Atticus tucks Scout in bed, the book ends with this conversation between them: Atticus, when they finally saw, why he hadn’t done any of those things... Atticus, he was real nice… Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.