To Kill A Mockingbird Brain Development Essay

Marin Shane Professor Storey English 102 10 April 2024 The Brain Development of Children affected by Social Factors The book To Kill a Mockingbird written from a young girl's point of view. Scout the narrator takes us on a journey through the Great Depression and the Jim Crow era. The book takes place in a small town called Maycomb. As readers flip through the book, Scout describes this world as hostile and cold. Scout was exposed to several adult issues in her childhood such as racism, suppression, segregation, and prejudice. The biggest example in the book is the Tom Robinson trial. Tom, an African American accused of raping a white woman. Throughout this trial, several white people in the town publicly expressed their feelings towards Tom

Damaged stimuli cause sensory issues which can create pain without any physical issues. There are various complications caused by stress at a young age. Besides physical health, a child’s ability to create healthy relationships is impaired. Relationships at a young age are the fundamentals of learning how to trust others. Peterson continues to go in depth on how relationships create a safe environment for children to explore the world. If a child doesn’t have relationships with important figures, for example, parents and family members, they learn not to rely on others. Later in life, children who have not created healthy relationships with parents also cannot create other relationships with significant others or friends. Negative characteristics like toxic relationships, dissociation, lack of problem solving, and engaging in high-risk behaviors are all caused by trauma at a young age. Comparing Scout to the negative effects seen from children having a traumatic childhood, she takes a different approach to life rather than developing problematic behaviors. This change in behavior compared to other children in relatively similar situations could be due to Atticus parenting