Scout Finch Character Analysis
Character Portrait – Scout
Jean Louise Finch, also known as Scout, is one of the main characters in the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”, this story is seen through her perspective. Scout is an innocent, ignorant, young girl who lives with her father, Atticus and brother Jem in Alabama, Maycomb County. Scout is quite special amongst her town; from her personal qualities; tomboyish behaviour due to the parenting style of Atticus, and her social position from her being the daughter of a respected lawyer and that her family’s living standards are better off than many in the town. Scout is an intelligent girl who has learnt to read and write before she even started going to school, she was protected from hypocrisy and social pressure due to the nurturing of her father. Due to her …show more content…
Scout is an innocent five year old girl who is shielded from the malicious world. Through the nurturing of Atticus Finch, Scout has her mind, conscience and individuality moulded without the influence of hypocrisy and racism in their community. Living in a racially prejudice society, Maycomb, where black people are considered worthless and dangerous, Atticus’s protection and teachings has provided minimal exposure to the evils of the world. Scout’s first interaction with the evils of their world in the form of racism causes her to grow and understand more about the moral nature of humans. In the first 11 chapters of the novel (Part One), the Finch family lives an ordinary life where they lives happily as a family. This is shown through the play times between Scout, Jem and Dill and the holiday with the Finch family has to their cousin’s house. However, there are still notions of racism and prejudice even due to school and the rumours in the neighbourhood, like the prejudice play the children made up about Boo Radley the man that they feared most. But it was when Atticus chose to defend Tom Robinson, a
Jean Louise Finch, also known as Scout, is one of the main characters in the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”, this story is seen through her perspective. Scout is an innocent, ignorant, young girl who lives with her father, Atticus and brother Jem in Alabama, Maycomb County. Scout is quite special amongst her town; from her personal qualities; tomboyish behaviour due to the parenting style of Atticus, and her social position from her being the daughter of a respected lawyer and that her family’s living standards are better off than many in the town. Scout is an intelligent girl who has learnt to read and write before she even started going to school, she was protected from hypocrisy and social pressure due to the nurturing of her father. Due to her …show more content…
Scout is an innocent five year old girl who is shielded from the malicious world. Through the nurturing of Atticus Finch, Scout has her mind, conscience and individuality moulded without the influence of hypocrisy and racism in their community. Living in a racially prejudice society, Maycomb, where black people are considered worthless and dangerous, Atticus’s protection and teachings has provided minimal exposure to the evils of the world. Scout’s first interaction with the evils of their world in the form of racism causes her to grow and understand more about the moral nature of humans. In the first 11 chapters of the novel (Part One), the Finch family lives an ordinary life where they lives happily as a family. This is shown through the play times between Scout, Jem and Dill and the holiday with the Finch family has to their cousin’s house. However, there are still notions of racism and prejudice even due to school and the rumours in the neighbourhood, like the prejudice play the children made up about Boo Radley the man that they feared most. But it was when Atticus chose to defend Tom Robinson, a