Throughout the novel to kill a mockingbird, one can see many different characters grow
and develop. Some turn to good and wise people and some turn to downright evil people, but
the most interesting growth of all, is the one of the main character, Scout Finch. In the novel to
kill a mockingbird , written by Harper Lee, the main character Scout Finch, learns to grow and
mature with the experiences and interactions she has throughout the novel. One will see
explanations and showcases of the 3 main characters that truly impact Scout Finch’s growth as
a character in the novel. One will see how Atticus, Calpurnia and Tom Robinson truly had the
greatest impact to Scout’s growth by teaching Scout lessons throughout the novel.
Atticus
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“You never
really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-” “Until you climb in
his skin and walk around in it” (Lee, 39) Atticus explains that you truly can not understand
someone if you are not them. It teaches how Scout can not really judge someone because, you
do not know what their life is. The person could have had a horrible childhood or life, which
affected their mood and personality. This lesson is important because it teaches Scout to be
more mindful and aware of what she is saying and it teaches her to be more empathetic towards
other people and their situations. It teaches her to know where the person is coming from before
making assumptions, hence the ‘climb in their skin’ section of the quote. Without this lesson she
would have followed rumors and stereotypes going around Maycomb. She would have also
made bad assumptions of people before making actually meeting them and knowing them.
Atticus teaches Scout, how hurting people for no good or valid reason is wrong. “It’s sin to kill a
mockingbird” (Lee, 119) In this quote, Atticus uses an analogy to explain how it is wrong to
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When Calpurnia
brings them to the church, the kids learn more about black people and the black community.
They learn the other side of Maycomb and learn more about the black community without the
stereotypes. They learn how the black community can be respectful and not barbaric and rude
like the stereotypes. They also learn how awful the lives of the black community seeing how
worn and torn the church was and the fact that none of the church goers had any access to
education. Without this lesson, Scout would have not been empathetic towards the black
community and would have blindly followed the stereotypes without knowing the other side of
the story. Calpurnia has been a mother figure for Scout with the absence of her mother and has
directly been teaching Scout life lessons all her life, but there is one character that has