Scout Finch Stereotypes

A great deal of people in the world today have a habit of making generalizations about certain people, without knowing them fully. People often lack information about their assumptions; which are based on they may have read, seen on television or in the media, or have heard from other people. Due to these beliefs in stereotypes, people end up developing prejudices against others. Most of the time things really aren't what they seem. The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, is a significant example of this. Jem and Scout Finch grew up in the 1930's, in Maycomb, a town that's extremely prejudice towards a lot of different people, but also a town that was oblivious to the fact that people are much different from the interior than they are on the exterior. Jem and Scout, and the people of Maycomb make conclusions about the ones around them quite often, so, naturally, when they
He had once given his children air rifles and told them that it was a sin to kill a mockingbird. Though, people didn't really understand or respect his way of kindness. Even his own children thought of him as a coward because he didn't like hunting. Little did they know that when he was a young man, he used to have the best shot of the town. He had a talent for hitting a target in just one shot, giving himself the nickname of One-Shot-Finch. But he never boasted about his success. Only when Atticus had to kill a mad dog did the children learn about his secret. He could use a weapon when necessary, but in general he believed it was wrong to kill or shoot at any living things. Miss Maudie explains this, saying, "I guess he decided he wouldn't shoot till he had to, and he had to today." The children are shocked about his father. They always thought of him as a milquetoast person, not realizing he was only displaying model