Between the Lines of To kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird is an accurate depiction of a coming of age story in many different ways. You can see two of the characters (Scout and Jem) grow up throughout the novel. The setting of the book and the timing is excellent for these young kids to be growing up so innocent and then to see this big change happen in their small closed minded town. The children grow not just in the plain black and white of the paper, but metaphorically. The children grow up in between the lines of the novel. In the beginning of To Kill a Mockingbird Scout is a little girl,who doesn't stand up her own opinions. By the end of the book Scout has no trouble speaking up to anyone. Her opinions are formed once people
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When scout finally gets to see Boo in the end after the whole Bob incident she has a higher respect for him. Boo changes the kids lives in unspeakable ways. By the end you don't see the kids trying to play around with Boo. Scout waited for Boo to come to her, like she had wanted in the beginning. The end of the book with Boo ties most of it together. The only words Boo says in the whole book are “Will you take me home?”. Those are very vitale words. Boo doesn't say anything at this point but he is seen in the book. Boo already “told” Scout he wanted to leave, before he started talking he squeezed her hand showing her that he wanted to go. Boo not saying anything develops his character in a way of keeping the nyster to the children and showing them that you can portray yourself without saying simply anything.
Throughout the book the children show many signs of growing up mentally. Scout and Jem go from a child mindset to a more mature adult way of thinking. Scout turns into her own and shows people she doesn't need to be the stereotypical way. The year or so the book is taking place in you see scout grow into her own character. Children take time to grow mentally, most of them don't even understand concepts like racism. Jem can fully understand what is going in the