In Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” the main character, Scout, matures in many ways and learns plentiful new things throughout the story. What does Scout learn and how does it affect her character at the end? What was the reason for this character to have such dramatic changes? These questions will be answered by this essay.
First, how can it even be proved that Scout is maturing? In the book, there’s a very important part where Scout’s father, Atticus, told Scout that fighting isn’t a valuable way to deal with her problems. Although later in chapter 9 Scout had the encounter with Francis, Scout was obviously trying to contain herself. After that encounter, Scout never had a physical encounter again. This shows Scout learned to solve her issues in a way other than
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Frequent events happen throughout the book that reveals how evil humanity can be. One of the biggest ones is that Tom Robinson, although much evidence proved otherwise, was proven guilty on the basis of no evidence. Another one is when Bob Ewell tries to kill Jem and Scout. Proof that Scout learns this in the first place can be found at the end of chapter 26, when Scout asks Jem is it’s ok to persecute anyone at all,also exhibiting that Scout is really thinking about the hypocrisy shown at the time, as they could so easily victimize Hitler for doing something they themselves are also committing.
To conclude, Scout truly matures in many ways, learning many new things along the path of maturity. She learns how evil people can be, and also, as an effect of her gaining maturity, loses her innocent nature. It’s important to know these things because it provides more knowledge for the reader. It can also broaden the ideas that are about the author herself. No matter what, “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee is a groundbreaking novel, it broke the race barrier for it’s era, and is a timeless