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Characters That Influence Scout In To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

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Throughout "To Kill a Mockingbird", Miss Maudie influence Scout to respect people, as well as, being upstanding, and bold. To be convinced by my claim, the first thing a reader needs to know is that there are at least two other characters that influence Scout. The two other characters that influence Scout are known as Calpurnia and Atticus. Calpurnia is their cook and Atticus is Scout’s father. Scout learns what it means to be respectful Lady from Miss Maudie. Miss Maudie’s definition of a respectful is knowing the story before judging someone, and not speaking in an ill manner towards them. On page 106, Miss Maudie states, ‘Wouldn’t you stay in the house if you didn’t want to come out?’ Scout tries to understand why Miss Maudie stands up for Arthur when she doesn’t really know him. Later in the book, Scout and Jem show their appreciation saying, ‘Jem and I had considerable faith in Miss Maudie.’ Because of this faith, Scout also learned how to stand in what she believed in. …show more content…

On page 108, Miss Maudie states ‘What I mean was, if Atticus Finch drank until he was drunk he wouldn’t be as hard as some men are at their best. Maudie tries to explain to Scout that no matter how much others call her dad a ‘nigger lover’ and ‘trash’, Atticus will be better than all of them. Scout still doesn’t understand what Miss Maudie is trying to explain to her so she tried to change the subject, which makes Scout

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