Response: Scout is straight up saying that school always was bad to her. She hated it and always tried to get it of it‚ something that can be seen throughout the rest of the book. It shows her general attitude towards the environment in general. Chapter 5: What Mr. Radley did might seem peculiar to us‚ but it did not seem peculiar to him. (Page 65) Response: Atticus wisely tells the children how Boo can live the way he does. He doesn’t find it strange‚ he’s used to living in that manner. As Scout says
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Scout is by far an interesting and unordinary child in the novel of To Kill a Mockingbird. She is the main character and narrator of the story. She is the youngest child of Atticus Finch who is a lawyer and Scout also has an older brother named Jem. What makes Scouts character so special is that she changes her qualities throughout the novel. In the beginning of the novel Scout is an innocent and kind-hearted six-year old girl‚ only because she has not encountered the true evils of the world. As
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In the book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout has a lot of different traits. Scout is the main character and the narrator in the book. She was very adventurous‚ impulsive‚ and intelligent. Although she had many more traits‚ these were three of the most important. Scout showed her sense of adventure when she went with Jem and Dill to try and find Boo Radley. “With that‚ I had no option but to join them.(Lee pg 58)” She liked to join Jem and Dill on their quests and she tried her best to fit in to be one
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To Kill A Mockingbird How does Scout come of age in To Kill A Mockingbird? In this book “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee we talk about how Scout comes of age in chapter 24. The chapter takes place in a house during a tea party party. Scout admires the way Miss Maudie carries the plate with tea with grace. “ I admired the ease and grace with which she handled loads of dainty things ”(p.261). Scout is usually fighting and getting down right dirty instead of staying in the house and lady things
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To Kill A Mockingbird is a popular book written by a woman by the name of Harper Lee. This books theme was on how the main character‚ Scout‚ matured throughout the story. The book starts out telling about Jem‚ Scouts’ older brother and what he looks like. There are a few things throughout the book that help Scout see what the world is really like‚ and how she matures to change her understanding of life and the world. Jem and Scout lived back when there was segregation‚ and racism in the world. Blacks
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In To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee illustrates bravery through the characters in a town in the south called Maycomb in the 1960s. Their names are Atticus Finch‚ Tom Robison‚ and Calpurnia to educate her readers that courage comes in many forms to exemplify that courage is not a man with a gun in his hand. In Chapter 9‚ Atticus Finch demonstrates bravery when he intends to defend Tom Robinson to teach his southern neighbors to character not color. “Simply because we were licked a hundred
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Scout is a very unique character in more ways than one. She shows many traits throughout the whole book of “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Some specific traits that she shows include being clever‚ acting loyal‚ and even being defiant at sometimes. Scout is a very loyal person. She shows that through many of her words and actions throughout the book. One example being when she had defended Atticus against many of the people who had disagreed with him taking up the case against Tom Robinson. She had
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Before the beginning of the book To Kill A Mockingbird‚ there is a quote by Charles Lamb: “Lawyers‚ I suppose‚” he says‚ “were children once.” To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee was published in 1960 and has been widely read since then. It is the story of children growing up in the mid- Great Depression South and of the life lessons they learn. Through the events of the book‚ the characters Dill‚ Jem‚ and Scout show the theme of losing one’s childhood and innocence. The first character to lose
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prejudice‚ usually are affected by such judgements and lose their self-confidence. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ prejudice is exhibited in different ways‚ and sometimes‚ even the people that makes a positive contribution‚ are pre-judged for different reasons. Tom is a hardworking gentleman who is pre-judged because of his race. In this book‚ Atticus is known for being an influential parent to Scout and Jem and a good lawyer‚ but he was pre-judged as a “nigger lover” for defending Tom Robinson
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In To kill A Mockingbird atticus presents the idea that learns about his character and that seeing that he cares so much about others.At this point in the novel atticus knows what going to happen. In to kill a mockingbird scout and jem are trying to see what’s going to happen at this point.Atticus has in his mind that he is a going to keep trying but knows it might no succeed. In To Kill a Mockingbird Harper lee presents the idea as Atticus having this big problem were he has to make a decision
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