Miss Maudie Character Analysis

In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Jean Louise, otherwise known as “Scout”, plays the roll of a very inquisitive young girl. She is the type to speak up for what she believes in and asks the questions that most would find unacceptable to ask, because social norms never seem to sway her decisions. The book is dictated several years later by Jean herself and it focuses on how she learns to be compassionate and empathetic towards others. In the novel, Miss Maudie, Atticus and countless others influence her character, ultimately shaping her into the strong woman she becomes. Its not only people that have shaped her though. experiences, trials, and their aftermaths affect her substantially by showing her that the amount of people that disagree with the outcome don't matter because injustice is nevertheless omnipresent. These influencers also teach her that you can never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb

One way this conflict is evident is in the clash Jean and Cecil Jacob, a classmate. Their conflict is centered around her father, Atticus, because Cecil called Atticus a nigger-lover. This same conflict is repeated again on page 86 but this time between Jean and her cousin Francis, where Jean asks “what didi Francis call him?”… “ a nigger-lover…” Francis replied. One other conflict was with Mrs. Dubose, this began because the old lady was snappy towards Jean for no apparent reason. Following this event, Jean felt nothing more than hate towards the old woman, this hatred is shown on page 99: “Jem and I hated her[Mrs. Dubose].”. This is not the end of their story however, as it is seen later on that Jean finds the real reason for the old woman’s snappy response and her heart is softened, yet another example of her desire to understand