The development of characters throughout the book, and what children learn puts it in perspective how children lack a complete comprehension of the world surrounding them. In the book, To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout learns about respecting other’s views and that everybody else does not understand how she mentally puts her learnings into context. The characters of Atticus as well Miss Maudie reveals to the reader a theme that is being shown by Harper Lee; maturation; Scout as well Jem mature throughout the short time that’s elapsed in the book, helped by the models listed previously.
Atticus’ character is evident in this chapter. We see him teaching Jem and Scout about respect and other’s views. On pg. 90 he tells Scout and Jem “You can’t go around making caricatures of the neighbors” when he sees the snowman they built. He didn’t realize that they weren’t trying to depict Mr. Avery as he had thought. Even though that was not
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Where there once was a divide there is a willingness to join forces. Crowds of men push the inferably, unable to be driven fire truck within reach of her house. The town pulls furniture out and helps in any way they can. The fire did something else unexpected, it drew Boo Radley out of his house. A glimpse of his kindness is evident when he puts a blanket on Scout, though she didn’t realize it at the time and when she finds out her stomach turns. It is inferably exemplified in this chapter that she grows in her process of maturing. The fire symbolizes to her that even though the town has issues, it won’t stop them from, as said prior, pushing a fire truck to her house in order for them to begin to even have a chance of dousing the flame. What this specifically reveals that even though society has their problems, is no excuse not to help them in time of need. This is a common part of everyday maturation and shown to Scout by this happening of