How Does Scout Change In To Kill A Mockingbird

Our world is constantly changing through advances in technology and in medicine. Just like Scout in the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. Throughout the novel Scout grows up to become a young lady, learns through her experiences and from her father. One instance that Scout learns to become a better person is in chapter 11, page 49 of the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird.” In chapter 11 is says, “I wanted you to see something about her-I wanted you to see what real courage is…” In this part of the novel Atticus is talking to Jem about what he was doing to Scout and Jem to show them what Mrs. Dubose would go out of her way just to not hold a grudge against anyone before she died. Through the month long reading to Mrs. Dubose Scout and Jem learns what real courage was in real life experiences, rather than fighting a bear or shooting a gun. Through this experience with Mrs. Dubose, Scout has learned how to have the courage to stand up for African Americans, like Tom Robinson.

until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” During this part of the novel Scout has just come home from a long day of school and tell her dad, Atticus about it. Scout says that Miss Caroline is dumb for giving Walter money for buying lunch. After this talk with her father, Scout learns that she shouldn’t judge a person until she really knows them. Scout is able to use this later in the novel by realizing that she thought that Boo Radley was a scary person who lived in a haunted house chained up to the wall, while towards the end of the novel she see that he was just a boy who was watching over