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Scout Character Profile

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Character Profile on Scout Finch from Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird

Factor: Family

Evidence: Growing up, Jean Louise Finch had no mother because her mother died when Scout was two years old of a sudden heart attack. Since Scout was a toddler when her mother passed away, she doesn’t remember much about her. She didn’t have a mother to look up to as her role model to show her how to act like a young lady. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Scout grew up in a house of all men, but she did have her cook/housekeeper Calpurnia, who was a young black woman. Calpurnia acted as a mother to Scout and her brother Jem, and she did the best she could helping Atticus raise them to be a proper man and woman. Scout is usually around …show more content…

I could not possibly hope to be a lady if I wore breeches; when I said I could do nothing in a dress, she said I wasn’t supposed to be doing things that required pants.” (Lee 108)

This quotation from the book reveals how Scout Finch is more comfortable when she is wearing her overalls and getting dirty like boys do. Her Aunt Alexandra disapproves of Scout’s choices of clothing and choices. Aunt Alexandra is trying her hardest to change Scout to be the “lady” she wants her to be. Scout proves to herself that she is way more comfortable the way she is, and she doesn’t want to change herself for her Aunt Alexandra.

Symbol: Rainbow- Happiness
The first thing that comes to mind when I think of Scout Finch is a rainbow. Rainbows always appear after there is a storm, and they make us think of peace. During a storm there is rain and hard times, but after there is always a bright rainbow that brings happiness to all. Hard times happen to Scout Finch during To Kill A Mockingbird but after a hard time, Scout always brings bright joy to all of her friends and family. She chooses to show her happiness, and never get down when Atticus loses the trial, Tom Robinson dies, Jem gets injured in the woods, and other tragedies Scout Finch goes through. She stays tough and strong throughout it

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