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Examples Of To Kill A Mockingbird Scout's Journey

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Lindsay Morgan
Mr. Finucan
Honors Language Arts 10
12 January 2023

Scout’s Journey of Growth The novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, authored by Harper Lee, discusses important themes from situations that took place throughout the story. Taking place in Maycomb Alabama, the main character is Scout Finch. As she grows and learns from others, she develops the theme that people can best be understood by putting yourself in other’s shoes. Three interactions helping her realize this theme are with Atticus, Mrs. Dubose, and Arthur Radley. These characters are vital in Scout’s journey in realizing that things are not as they seem. She realizes that you must put yourself in other people’s shoes to understand their perspective on their lives. The first interaction that helps Scout open her mind about walking in other people’s shoes is with her father, Atticus. “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view until you climb into his skin and walk around in it”(Lee 33). Atticus speaking to Scout helps her understand the importance of looking at people from different perspectives by using an example about being in someone else’s skin. At first, Scout was critical of certain situations, but as she and her father talked she started to realize …show more content…

Dubose. Jem is sent to her house to read to her as a punishment, Scout goes with him to keep him company. “So don't let Mrs. Dubose get you down. She has enough troubles of her own”(Lee 124). This reflects the theme of teaching Scout to put herself in different perspectives. She views Mrs. Dubose as a grouchy woman. She didn't know at the time she was fighting a morphine addiction. She had inner struggles and as Scout joins Jem in reading to her, she opens her mind to the idea of maturity and understanding. This interaction between Scout and Mrs. Dubose was another vital experience for her to learn this

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From Scout’s perspective, she, as well as Jem, view Mrs. Dubose as an irate and racist old woman who frequently calls out insults from her front porch, “Mrs. Dubose would become bored and pick on us: ‘Jeremy Finch, I told you you’d live to regret tearing up my camellias. You regret it now, don’t you?’” (Lee 146). Nonetheless, it is only later in the novel that Mrs. Dubose’s true strength is revealed. The central conflict of the scene occurs through Jem’s punishment, and realization as well as Mrs. Dubose’s inner conflict in her fight against her own morphine addiction.

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Jem gets in trouble by Mrs. Dubose and is forced to read to her as a consequence; Scout understands her brother’s begrudging behaviour and tries to help by withstanding the punishment with him even though she’s afraid of the old lady, “You don’t have to go with Jem, you know” (Lee 143). Scout understands why Jem was angered by Mrs. Dubose after she insulted their father since she was upset as well and decided to join her brother through his retribution. During the trial, Scout comes to realize how lonely and sad Mayella must be since she has no friends and has not future because of her father’s ways, “...it came to me that Mayella Ewell must have been the loneliest person in the world.” (256).

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Mrs. Dubose should not talk to anyone like that if they just trying to say hey or good Moring but if you don’t like your next door neighbor just don’t talk to them. Jem could of took that to heart and go and kill her self because someone just called them ugly. Jem is more understanding that what he said to scout was wrong and disrespectful by telling scout to not talk to him at school. As Jem think how Mrs. Dubose talk to him and what he said to scout was wrong and know he more understanding that he was wrong and bring disrespectful is not the right thing to do to anyone that you

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Her school teacher, Miss Caroline, tells her that she cannot read at home because her father doesn’t know how to teach. After confronting Atticus about her problem he says that “[People] never really understand a person until they consider things from his point of view” (39). This is a lesson about considering things from another person’s perspective, which is good for Scout to learn because she tends to judge people based on their looks or ways of doing things. This lesson will help her in real life because before she judges someone, considering their point of view will help her understand other people’s opinions. To end, Atticus teaches Scout a lesson about seeing things from others perspective.

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The introduction of her character gives people an opportunity to empathize with her despite her racist views. Atticus wants Jem and Scout to consider the situations that may have shaped her perspective. In this chapter, Scout's interaction with Mrs. Dubose reveals a significant display of empathy. Despite Mrs. Dubose being bitter and racist, Atticus wants Scout to be kind and understanding towards her. Scout's visits to Mrs. Dubose's house make her realize she is struggling with addiction.

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However, they are unaware of the pain she is dealing with. Mrs. Dubose is a representation of courage. Even with her keeping of traditions and rude opinions, she is just trying to overcome her addiction. Mrs. Dubose’s negative opinions were well known throughout the town of Maycomb. When Scout and Jem would pass her house, they would be raked by her wrathful gaze, subjected to ruthless interrogation, and given melancholy predictions

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To begin with the most important literary element, throughout the whole story and Chapter 31, the motif of considering others perspective before judging them is shown, to develop the coming of age theme. Starting off, at the very beginning of the book, after coming home from school, Scout complains to her father, Atticus, that she didn’t like her teacher because she told Scout to stop reading and learning new things from Atticus. Afterwards, Atticus introduces this motif to teach her but she was too young to understand its meaning, “ ‘First of all,’ he said, ‘if you learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you reconsider things from his point of view. . . until you climb into his skin and walk around in it,’ ”

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