Maturation, is a process which displays how a person has evolved in to something more as they grow up in life. To kill a Mocking bird, written by Harper Lee, is a novel about two siblings that live in a cynical town that have an unforgettable childhood full of adventure and life lessons set in the late 1930s. Precocious at the beginning of the novel, but by the end of the book scout has matured and has gained a more clear understanding of thing that occur around her, even though she may still be a young girl she has the mature understanding of a young adult. Her interaction with neighbors and friends and family, her experience with the Tom Robinson trial and her unforeseen meeting with Boo Radley all abetted her maturation.
To begin with, one of many ways that scouts
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At the beginning of the book Jem, Dill, and herself enjoyed playing "Boo Radley" as a game and tormenting him by trying to see him or prove their own bravery by touching the Radley house. As time went on, Scout's fears and apprehensions regarding the Radley place slowly disappeared. She mentions how "the Radley Place had ceased to terrify (her).”(245) As she matures she realizes more and more that Boo Radley is a human being, just like herself despite what the town’s people say. By the end of the book, Scout finally begins to call him by his real name, Arthur Radley, instead of the nickname giving to him by the town’s people, Boo Radley. When Arthur saves the children's lives the night Bob Ewell attacks them, Scout finally has her chance to see him. Without even being told, she knows that it is him. Instead of acting like a child about it, she maintains a very mature and adult-like attitude. She escorts him "to the chair farthest from Atticus and Mr. Tate. It was in a deep shadow. Boo would feel more comfortable in the dark."(276) At the end, she walks him home and says goodnight to him, acting like it was an everyday