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Scout's Maturation In To Kill A Mockingbird
the main character and narrator Scout Finch who is a feisty tomboy that comes to learn about the place she lives in which is in Maycomb county. By being more open to the real world, she comes to realize it's not as perfect as she thought it was, and has a lot of good and bad things to offer. Not only that but she learns important lessons along the way from her childhood experience. She learns most of these lessons from the good and bad adults which taught her things like courage and compassion. She then based off of everything she learned, matures and grows up to be an intelligent and well experienced young woman.
A: Scout is a feisty Tomboy.
SU: Scout was poking Jem around when he was sleeping and she believes he's going through a stage.
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SU: Scout is leading Mr. Arthur down the hall to say goodnight to Jem.
P: Scout says, “ Boo had drifted to a corner of the room, where he stood his chin up, peering from a distance at Jem. I took him by the hand, a hand surprisingly warm for its whiteness. I tugged him a little, and he allowed me to lead him to Jem's bed” (Lee 319).
C: Scout acts mature here because it's like she's taking charge as a young adult. The courage is not being afraid of Boo anymore but actually calling him a friend instead of being afraid of Boo which she's been for a long time. She steps up and now what she feared before is actually gone and turned into love, trust and friendship.
T: Scout says “This was to good to miss” (Lee 172).
SU: Scout listens to what a mob of grown men are saying and realizes he heard Atticus ask that question for the second time in two days.
P: Scout says, “ I broke away from Jem and ran as fast a s I could to Atticus. Jem shrieked and tried to catch me, but I had lead on him and Dill. I pushed my way through dark smelly bodies and burst into the circle of light” ( Lee 172).
C: Scout without even thinking it through goes through a bunch of smelly grown men and through were Atticus was. This shows how courageous she is without even thinking about the effects of her

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