Examples Of How Scout Mature In To Kill A Mockingbird

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“To kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee is about the daily life of a two siblings named Jem and Scout who live in Maycomb Alabama During the great depression, Scout and her brother Jem have a unique facisnation with spying on their neighbor “boo radley”. They continue their seach for “boo” for a while until they eventually forget, while Jem and Scout are growing up racism in Maycomb has been increasing to the point where a man named Tom Robinson was accused of Rape. and is proven guilty by the jury, after the court case Bob Ewell tries to kill Jem and Scout but ¨boo¨ saves them.
To mature means growing up and seeing the world diffrently.
In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper lee Jem and Scout mature through the book. This is caused by all of the perspective changing moments and experiences, one experience that made Jem mature was the Tom Robinson court case. One experience that made Scout mature was when ¨boo¨ saved her and Jem from being killed by Bob ewell. Both of these experiences influenced their understanding between right and wrong. These experiences change their perspective on Maycomb This helps them grow because now they see racism in Maycomb more clearly. …show more content…

One example of this is on page 374 Were Scout is reflecting on Aurthor Radley´s perspective while standing outside of the Radley place were it states¨you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough.¨ This quote is supporting that Scout matures because of ¨Boo¨ saving her because it shows how Scout grows from this experience it also shows how she matures because of her perspective on how ¨boo¨ Radley was always misjudged which opens up her perspective and helps her mature and see the difference between right and