Boo Radley Sexism

Here we have scout. A young girl living in the midst of racism, sexism, and just all around prejudice. To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in a small town in Alabama during the 1960s, right during the slow rise of equality . In the beginning of the story we are introduced to scout right away. Her outspoken personality is seen through the descriptions of those around her. Her personal beliefs are not yet set in stone, and she has much more to learn. She acts with good intentions even though what she does can be questionable by those around her. This is seen through her personality clash with her teacher Miss Caroline, after stepping up for Walter Cunningham. In the beginning of the story she is investigative; knowing very few boundaries and not too involved in moral matters. This is seen when she beat up Walter Cunningham for not bringing lunch money, not acknowledging the fact that his family was poor. It is also seen upon reading the book that Scout is mainly influenced by Atticus, who tries to protect her from the greater moral dilemmas.
When Boo Radley is introduced she exposed to negativity in life, and it creates a negative outlook towards him. Since other people have spread rumors about him, her perspective was flawed. She is also exposed to sexism
This caused people to ridicule Scout’s father, and her. This caused tremendous anger in Scout, which shows her childish side. Atticus teaches her not to fight back, just stick to what’s right. She learns that everything is not what it appears to be when her mean neighbor is actually struggling with a morphine addiction. There is bad inside of the good, and there is good inside of the bad. She is further enlightened when she goes to a primarily African American populated church. It allows her to view the other side of the matter, and lays to rest any past presumptions about those of the opposite