Similarities Between Jean Louise And Scout In To Kill A Mockingbird

The book “To Kill A Mockingbird” tells the story of how racist and misogynistic the south was in the 1930’s. Jean louise Finch narrates the book zand tells the story of Scout finch who is an illusion to her younger self.

Jean Louise is different from Scout because she's smart,educated, mature and she understands far more than Scout does. Scout is only six, so she doesn't have the best understanding of what's going on around her. She’s seeing the world through the eyes of a six year old. Jean Louise sees the standard racism or that Walter Cunningham is very poor. Scout on the other hand, sees this is normal since its been that way her whole life and no one has told her any different. Persona is the aspect of someone's character that is presented

One example of this is when Atticus shakes his head at her, She doesn't understand that he’s telling her to be quiet. Lee’s purpose of using this example in the book, was showing how ironic it is for Atticus to use such a small gesture and Scout still didn't understand. Another example of this is Scout not understanding Cal’s place in their household. To anyone over 13, you can obviously see that Calpurnia is their housekeeper / maid but through the eyes of a six-year-old, I see how you could get confused. Calpurnia does everything that a mother would for them, yet she’s a different color. Harper Lee’s reason for this example is to show how naïve Scout is to the bigger picture around her. The last example would be when she thinks that Walter Cunningham got her in trouble with Ms. Fisher but it was her fault. She doesn’t understand that she was being rude and disrespectful that’s why she got in trouble. Harper Lee’s reason for using this example was that she’s trying to explain how Scout is truly miss interpreting

On nearly every page of the book, I can find metaphors, similes, puns, analogies, personification and more. Lee's writing style uses figurative language to create special effects and special meanings. Three different types of figurative language in the book are Imagery, Allusion, and Symbolism. Lee chose symbolism to create atmosphere with different parts of the story. She used Imagery to understand what things were like for the Finch family. Allusion was used as a way to slightly confuse you in the way that a child thinks. An example of Symbolism is when it says “Like a fog in a river bank”. They live in the South so there's many riverbanks and riverbanks are known to be a foggy area. Lee is suing this as a way to show what the atmosphere of this Quote is coming from. An example of Allusion is on page 3 it says “ If General Jackson had not run the creeks up the creek”. The creeks he refers to is a play on words about the Indians. It's confusing you because it's what Scout is talking about in her child like mind. An example of Imagery would be on page 210 “ The feeling grew until the atmosphere in the courtroom was exactly the same as a cold February morning” Lee is talking about how the atmosphere of the courtroom was so quiet and still, it was similar to that of a cold february morning. The writer's purpose for using figurative language is to truly give way on the meanings and feelings that