Girly In To Kill A Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel about the roots of the human experience: innocence, kindness, cruelty, and humor. The novel follows a young girl, Scout, as she makes her way through the winding, twisted path of life where she learns about both the good and the bad parts of human nature. Throughout her life, Lee encounters many things that impact her deeply; this can be seen in her writing. Harper Lee’s own life experiences influenced the events of her novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Aspects of Harper Lee’s life can be seen throughout the novel in the personality of the protagonist Scout, Scout’s family and friends, and the setting of novel. While there are a multitude of ways in which the novel reflects Lee’s life, one example is the way the protagonist, Scout Finch, and Harper Lee both do not act feminine or ladylike. According to one source, “The youngest of four

Harper Lee breaks all feminine stereotypes of the 1930s by not caring about things that are traditionally considered girly. Not only does she does not care about makeup and is uninterested by fashion; she is also referred to as a tomboy. Harper Lee’s unladylike manner is very similar to how Scout Finch is notorious for her tomboyish attitude and unladylike behavior throughout the novel. On multiple occasions, Aunt Alexandra tries to convince Scout to conform to the traditional norms about how a lady should act, but to no avail. On one such occasion, the Finches are spending Christmas with their relatives at Finch’s Landing. The reader receives a very distinct first impression of Alexandra as Scout describes how “Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of [Scout’s] attire. [She] could not possibly hope to be a lady