Do people really change? All characters show significant changes and growth development. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows a lot of growth development. People always change they develop. Scout and Jem develop their characters a lot threw this novel. Scout changes a lot in To Kill a Mockingbird, she is an aggressive person but then Scout turns into an understanding person. She beats up Walter Cunningham at school because she got yelled at by the teacher for having Walter’s back in class. Later on during recess she sees Walter Cunningham: “I catch Walter Cunningham in the school yard gave me pleasure, but when I was rubbing his nose in the dirt Jem came by and told me to stop!” (Lee,30). Scout does not really understand why