Scout Finch Point Of View

The book “To Kill a Mockingbird” is set in the first point of view of Scout Finch and her view of the people and world around her. Harper Lee confines the reader to her outlook and thoughts throughout the story.In Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” she characterizes the main character Scout Finch as a stubborn and curious child. We are introduced to the other characters and setting from her perspective, such as Atticus, who she describes as a wise and truthful father who she looks up to, and the town of Maycomb, which she thinks is a tired old town that never changes.

Scout Finch is the main character. The entirety of the book is from her perspective and because of this we get lots of her inner thoughts and feelings; we understand her as

He is seen as passive and considers all perspectives and opinions. Atticus doesn’t seem to judge others until he “climb(s) inside of his skin and walk(s) around in it.” (Lee 36). From Scout's perspective, she characterizes him as a very kind person with a high moral ground. He is not afraid to tell that she is wrong, such as when she jumps into situations she doesn’t know. One example of such is when he is at the cell where Tom Robinson is being held, he is peacefully talking when a group of fellow townspeople come along and circle him; Jem, Scout, and Dill who snuck out to follow him end up coming out of their hiding spot and into the rather grim situation. Scout “kicked the man swiftly” and Atticus even though the men tried to surround him reprimanding her (Lee 204). This shows how Atticus, despite being in a bad situation, is still telling his children what is right and what is wrong along with apologizing so as to not cause a

It embodies a typical area in the 1930’s, being a “tired old town” (Lee 6). She grew up in the area and several times says how its inhabitants and people all know each other as we can see how she describes the families and everyone in such detail that you would think she lives with them. Everyone else in the town also seems to be grouped together into their own categories making the place never changing as I said before. Scout describes the town to be “old” and how there was “no hurry” (Lee 6). There was no hurry to go anywhere, no hurry to buy anything (because there was no money) and there was nowhere to go. The town seems to be stuck in an endless cycle which is only broken by the case of Tom Robinson and we can see how the townspeople react to this change in a negative way. This further leads us to an understanding of how people were comfortable with the tired old unchanging life that they lead in the tired old unchanging