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To Kill A Mockingbird Coming Of Age Analysis

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Annia 5/14 Embedded Assessment 2 My favorite coming of age example in the book To Kill a Mockingbird was in the early chapters in the book where Scout and Jem were obsessed with getting to see Boo Radley even though Atticus told them leave him alone. In the second to last chapter Boo Radley saved scout and Jem when Bob Ewell attacked them. It’s my favorite part because Scout finally realizes that Boo Radley is not how the town portrayed him to be. This is an example of what happens today. People always judge others without really knowing them. In the beginning Boo Radley’s character was introduced to us as an insane monster who lived in a dark creepy basement because he stabbed his dad in the leg. Stories were made up about him and spread all over town by children and adults, every time something happened in the town he was to blame, Miss Stephanie Crawford even accused him of peeping in her window every night striking unnecessary fear in everyone, even a game was made up about him by Jem, Scout, and Dill during the summer. People already made assumptions about him because of the rumors and stories they have heard about him not because they have had a real conversation with him. Scout didn’t even know his real name until someone told her because he was always grew up calling him Boo Radley even though …show more content…

They weren’t afraid of him because of pass experiences they have had with him they were would sprint because they were afraid of all the things that they thought could happen them because of stories and rumors that they heard. When you come of age you realize that things you were afraid of when you were young are not as scary anymore. When you come of age you understand the lessons your parents were trying to teach you when you were young and soon begin to live by them and teach your children the same

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