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Theme Of Aging In To Kill A Mockingbird

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As we grow older, most of us learn not to judge others until we understand their lives and how they live them. However, the younger population is generally not accustomed to this and usually believe that almost everyone lives life like them or similar to them. A massive part of aging is learning, which is just what the main character of To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout, is beginning to understand. In the given excerpt, Scout’s father Atticus teaches her to look through the eyes of other people before judging them or their situation.
In the first paragraphs of the excerpt, we learn about Scout’s deep resentment towards her new first grade class. This is because her teacher, Caroline, has requested she no longer read at home with her father. For
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