Scout is a very intelligent girl from birth and shows it throughout the novel. She learns to read before she even starts school, which angers her teacher due to an advantage over the other students. Scout is as intelligent as she is because of the way Atticus raised her. For being so young, she comes to understand big concepts quickly. For example, Atticus references the killing of a mockingbird early in the novel and Scout brings is back in conversation in the second to last chapter.
In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird the theme is, the world is different in the eyes of a child. Jem says that if he were on that jury then he would let Tom Robinson free and Atticus explains, “‘If you had been on that jury, son and eleven other boys like you Tom would be a free man,’ said Atticus ‘so far nothing in your life has interfered with your reasoning process. Those are twelve reasonable men in everyday life, Tom’s jury, but you saw something come between them and reason…’”(Lee 295). In the quote Atticus explains to Jem why his mind is childlike by telling him that his reasoning process has not been tampered with and that the grown men’s way of reason is more advanced than his.
Atticus once said, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (Lee 16). The previous line is a perfect definition of compassion, a trait many desire but seem to lack. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a shining example of this solicitude, which she shows through many examples within the novel. Through the plethora of characters a few shine or learn to shine with compassion: Jem, Reverend Sykes, and Heck. Their actions could be comparably small but have a large impact on those around them.
“ It is a sin to kill a mockingbird . “ A mockingbird wouldn’t hurt anything . A black man is convinced of the crime of helping a white man . A character who was betrayed as a horrible figure most of the book was a harmless , selfless person . Many mockingbirds die in this book , and as in reality , it is often the innocent that suffer .
An epic quest, an amazing journey, a great evil against the hero, these are things used in books for centuries and the thought of these being in this world today is very hard to imagine. The possibility of a danger beyond our normal lives just does not seem possible, but it is. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the main character, a little six-year-old named Scout, has to come to learn about this great evil and how she should run the other way on her quest. In fact, for anyone to run away from the great evil in this world they need a savior, and in order for someone to realize their need for a savior, one must realize that there is great evil and great good in this world and that these two coexist on earth whilst affecting our quests at every turn.
Some people have more fun than others. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, a young boy named Dill possesses all the characteristics needed to have a great time. Dill, a six-year-old child when the story begins, sees life differently than others in his small Southern world. Odd and mysterious things obsessively interest him, he has a wild imagination, and he shows sympathy to the outcasts in his racially divided culture. His curiosity, creativity, and compassion provide him with a unique view of the world.
“It’s a sin to kill a mockingbird,” Atticus Finch (page 119). Scout and Jem learn, from not only their father, Atticus, but also their neighbor, Miss Maudie Atkinson, that mockingbirds are innocent creatures that should never be harmed because all they do is mind their business and create lovely, soothing music. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, many characters metaphorically represent a mockingbird, particularly Tom Robinson, Boo Radley, and Atticus Finch. This story is told from Scout, the main character, over a span of three years, in a first person point of view, intermixing with an older Scout who looks back and tells parts of the story, especially the trial, in further detail. Maycomb, Alabama, where To Kill A Mockingbird takes place, is where Scout, Jem, and their father, Atticus, reside.
In the book “To Kill a Mockingbird”, by Harper Lee, two characters, Jem and Scout, go through multiple lessons throughout the story. Jem and Scout are young siblings who learn about racism and integrity. The novel takes place during the Great Depression in the early 1930s. During the story a trial happens where a black man is being accused of raping a girl. Jem and Scout’s Dad is assigned to defend the man.
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of their skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” - Nelson Mandela. Everyday millions of people disdain others due to their appearance. They disregard the feelings of others, they disregard the unequal circumstances of others, and they disregard the fact that many are suffering.
Frankenstein is a classic novel written by Mary Shelley that has been a part of the Western canon for over 200 years. While some people believe that it should be removed, there are many reasons why it remains an important work of literature that should continue to be studied and appreciated. One of the main reasons why Frankenstein should remain a part of the Western canon is its views of the dangers of scientific advancement. Shelley's novel warns against the unchecked pursuit of knowledge and the dangers of playing God.
In “To Kill a Mockingbird”, a novel by Harper Lee, the main character, Scout (Jean Louise Finch) a young girl who lives with her father Atticus and her brother Jem, tries to understand the world around her. The story takes place in the fictitious town of Maycomb Alabama in the 1930s. Scout and her brother Jem spend their summers playing outside. One day Scout’s neighbor’s nephew, Dill, comes for the whole summer. Once Dill arrives Scout, Jem and Dill all start a obsessive and sometimes dangerous campaign to try and get their neighbor, Boo out of his house.
Scout has a somewhat complex personality. She is caring yet rude at times, compassionate yet rough. She sticks up for her family’s and her own pride. Although, when people make remarks regarding her family, she doesn’t always handle it the right way. Scout likes to take out her anger and stand up to people with her fists instead of her head.
“You never really understand a person until you see things from his point of you… until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” In her powerful novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee tells a coming of age story of the young tomboy called Scout in the Southern town of Maycomb, and of the trial of Tom Robinson, a black man defending himself against a white jury when people of color could not even share the same bathrooms with a white person. It tells of the moral greyness of everyday people and how people who are supposed to be good can almost hang an innocent man, and how people who are supposed to be bad can grow flowers in pots on their windowsill. For me, it is the reminder of the complexity of people and of life, and that other people must be respected in the same way I want to be
Young Scout has the personality of a unique child. Although quite inquisitive, her carefree character displays her innocence as an eight year old girl. Being the boss at having an opinion, Scout wriggles her way through situations to get her way. Typically this fight that she wins occurs with her brother Jem. Because a life with a brother and father is all she knows, Scout lives in utter contrast with any taste of the feminine world.
Throughout the entire book, Scout is curious about Boo Radley; how he looks, how he acts, and why he has been hiding in his home for so many years. Scout is led to believe that Boo is some sort of monster, and she would run passed his house every day. “As the year passed, released from school thirty minutes before Jem, who had to stay until three o’clock, I ran by the Radley Place as fast as I could, not stopping until I reached the safety of our front porch.” (page 33) Scout was afraid of Boo, because she grew up hearing all of the terrible rumors about him.
