How Did Scout Finch Change In To Kill A Mockingbird

Kyla Beil
Mrs. Musgrove
English
Period 4
Jean Lousie, Scout, Finch
Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, was told from the first person perspective of ScoutJean Louise, better known as Scout Finch and was a unique blend of Scout’s younger and older self. The setting of the story is a small town Maycomb, Alabama, in 1935. This was during the Great Depression, which adds further depth to the novel. Many are too poor to pay for things with money and resort to the product of their labors to pay for things such as a bag of hickory nuts to help pay for legal fees. The air was hot and wet in the first chunk of the book during the end of summer. The air was freezing cold in the second chunk during winter, mid-way through school, and hot and humid

She changes and grows up throughout the whole story. As an adult Scout remembers back to her childhood wild experiences. First, she was outspoken because she would say whatever was on her mind, “I didn’t ask you.”(Lee 181), says Scout to her aunt when asking Attuicus if she can go to Calpurnia’s on Sunday. Scout loves Calpurnia like the mother who she doesn’t remember and was angry that her racist aunt would not let her go see Calpurnia just because she lived in the black part of town. Scout is understanding because she could see Boo Radley for the kind and sensitive man that he is, not a scary monster that rumors make him out to be in the town. When Scout calls Boo Radley, “Mr. Arthur” (Lee 364) instead of Boo when she walks him to the front porch, this shows she sees him as a person, and is an example of her maturity as a character in the story or personal growth. Scout Finch is an imaginative person, because the novel is based around the imagination and innocence of a young child growing up in a racist southern town during the great depression. Her imagination influences her views of the other characters in the story and her young age is an important feature of her character. There is not a specific quote to highlight this best, it's a significant part of her story, being a six year old tomboy navigating the world around her. Scout’s narration as an adult and having an adult perspective on a year of her childhood shows the reader how her character was changed and grew from these experiences. Her self-reflection tells the reader that Scout has come to see her father as a great man who works for justice and how she is a better person for it despite being raised in a small, racist, southern