A Peregrination of Maturity throughout One’s Childhood in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird According to a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, “a majority of Americans (57%) say they only know some of their neighbors.” In the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Scout, the main character, is a young 6-year-old girl who always heard rumors about Arthur “Boo” Radley her neighbor. She heard things like Boo was dead or Boo had stabbed his father with a pair of scissors. Scout really wanted to know her neighbor this leads to throughout the novel Scout to learns more about Boo; this then opens her eyes to a new version of Boo. Someone was mysteriously leaving gifts which leaves readers to infer that Boo was the one leaving the gifts. At the end of the story Boo is the one that saves Scout’s brother from potential death. Thus, becoming a coming-of-age moment throughout the entirety of the story. Coming of age is the development of a character or characters through multiple events that outline them maturing throughout their lifetime. This is usually from childhood to adulthood. Coming of age can be internal and or external; plus it really shapes a character or person into being a new version of themselves. Now coming of age relates to “To Kill a Mockingbird” …show more content…
Scout was once afraid of Arthur Radley and thought he was a scary man but through experiences that were her “coming of age moments” she faces such as trying to make Boo Radley come out to eventually receiving gifts from him and having her brother’s life saved by him, she realizes