“It takes courage to grow up and become who you truly are”- Harper Lee. Lee displays to us a perfect example of “Coming to Age” fiction theme in her novel To Kill A Mockingbird through the change of Jean Louise Finch (Scout) who was once a rowdy and rash tomboy but is now a considerate and attentive young lady. Scout went from fighting and shoving fellow classmates noses in mud to taking the advice of Atticus and choosing to walk away. Scout has gone through numerous changes ways she matures like going from judging others quickly, for instance Boo Radley, to accepting and taking the time to understand him as she grows older. A considerably big event that is stressed upon is when Jem catches Scout shoving Walter Cunningham's nose in the mud …show more content…
On page 2 chapter 9 Scout told the reader, “Atticus had promised me he would wear me out if he ever heard of me fighting anymore; I was far too old and too big for such childish things, and the sooner I learned to hold in, the better off everybody would be.” Scout takes his advice and when she is confronted by Cecil Jacobs, she walks away. Beforehand at her aunt's place on Christmas she beat up a member of her family though, in act of anger. This can be added to morals due to the fact that she beat up her cousin Francis to protect Atticus. Scout protects the ones she loves which is definitely a moral she has learned in her youth. Francis, scout's cousin, says on page 110 chapter 9, “If Uncle atticus lets you run around with stray dogs, thats his own business, like grandma says, so it aint your fault. I guess it ain't your fault if Uncle Atticus is a n***r love besides, but i'm here to tell you it certainly does mortify the rest of the family-”. She proceeded to beat Francis up due to the insults. In response to Scout beating Francis up, her uncle wore her out but then listened to her part of the story and apologized since he heard her reason for punching