Is it really about childhood…? I’ve chosen the question number 4, which is: “To Kill a Mockingbird is basically a story about childhood. Is this statement true or false?” I think that "To Kill a Mockingbird” is a story about the memories of Scout’s childhood, which is actually showing the process of Scout growing up; it’s when she is becoming an adult. With the help of all the little stories that we have read in this book, we’ve realized how at the end Scout, became a real woman with an open mind. In the book we could read about different, interesting stories about Scout’s childhood, including Jem and Dill, who were the main characcters in the stories about Boo Radley.The first good examples of realizing that Scout was growing up is that in the beginning when Scout didn’t trust Boo, she thought he was a crazy person, she actually didn’t consider him a human being. This means that she was still a child, because she didn’t even know Boo, she didn’t know his story ... The book shows that in the end she has realized that it’s not fair to judge people by the appearances, because how she is was revealed in the book, Boo was the one who saved them from being killed by Bob Ewell. So Scout and we can realize that the appearances can be deceiving! …show more content…
What it’s surprising is that, even if they heard gossip they’ve seen things more clearly than the adults. Even though of the rumors about Boo, they’ve been able to see past them and realize that all the stories were just lies and that the adults of Maycomb have misunderstood him in a disgraceful way and actually became friends with