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To Kill A Mockingbird The 1900's South Analysis

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The 1900’s South
Imagine your typical day to day life. Imagine the dull familiarity of it, the repetitive task of simply living. Now imagine how different it would be… if you, instead of living in the new and shiny present, were living in the old, worn-down 1900’s American South. In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, the story centers around the experiences and memories of a little girl named “Scout” Jean Louise Finch who lives in a small southern town called Maycomb County. In this story, Scout explores her childhood, by having fun in the sun, making new friends, and spending time with her brother “Jem” Jeremy Finch. She was living a typical and peaceful life, until it one day, that peace was shattered. It was on this day, that Scout’s …show more content…

When Jem and Scout learned that Bob Ewell threatened Atticus, they become frightened. They said “We’re scared for you” (Lee 292). This clearly describes what is going on in their minds at this moment. Instead of the parent worrying about their child’s safety, it’s the children who worries about their parents safety. And this proves that Jem and Scout have lost a piece of their childhood. Children like them should have no business worrying about anything. That’s their parent’s job. They should be carefree, and be having fun, making the most of their precious time, not spending it worrying over something they have no control over. Because they are just children. No matter how smart, how mature they are, they are still children. And that, is precious. This is proven in an excerpt from a Nation Geographic article about slave trafficking by Andrew Cockburn, it reveals what the slaves go through. One woman, named Victoria, said “She began when she was 17…[she] was handed over to a group of Serb men… who led her on foot to Serbia and raped her… then sent her under guard to Bosnia” (Cockburn). This relates to Scout and the novel, because, like Scout, Victoria missed out on her childhood, and she too, had to deal with the pain of prematurely growing up. Instead of being able to find a job, hang out with friends, and lead a love life, she was forced into sexual slavery. She never got a chance to experience the everyday things the average person takes for granted. At the end of the day, she lost everything, and she’ll never be able to get it back. At the end of the novel, after she was attacked by Bob Ewell, and being saved by Arthur “Boo” Radley, Atticus asked Scout a very important question. He asked: “Scout… Mr. Ewell fell on his knife. Can you possibly understand?” In which Scout answers “Yes sir, I understand… Mr. Tate was right” (Lee 370). This shows that Scout is able to fully understand the

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Scout proves that adversity strengthens an individual by taking difficult events and giving them a positive outcome, resulting in her becoming a mature adolescent. From the beginning to the end of the novel, Scout blossoms from an innocent young child to a sophisticated young lady. She undergoes situations that she would not have known how to handle when she was younger. Learning to walk away from minor as well as major things has helped Scout take on the adversities she faced in a positive way. Scout demonstrates that when an individual endures hardship, it’s possible to have a constructive outcome and transition into a stronger and maturer being.

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Scout admits she feels fine and Atticus asks her what is wrong. She tells him that her teacher, Miss Caroline, says that they cannot read together anymore because she is too advanced for her age. Atticus responds with, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view … until you climb into his skin and walk around in it,”(Lee 39). Though Scout does not fully understand the concept of this lesson, it slowly comes to her as the book advances. She is able to make many connections using what Atticus taught her, and she truly understands the meaning of standing in another person’s shoes.

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Scout and Jem are continually made fun of by their peers who call them and Atticus “nigger lovers”. People who were friends now hate them(new subproof), their friends from school now make fun of them because Scout and Jem’s Father is siding with a black man on the case. Some say it was good for Scout and Jem to learn to stand up for their morals at a young age(antithesis), but it was not healthy for Scout and Jem to experience such social loss. They are impressionable children who definitely could have sided with their peers on the issue of segregation. It was Atticus’s reasoning, Calpurnia’s kindness, and the black community’s love that allowed the children to stand with them.

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