Throughout the Novel “ To Kill A MockingBird”, Harper Lee uses setting, plot and conflict to present different themes such as racism, hatred, and inequality. One very important theme that he used throughout the novel was coming of age. Harper lee expresses her theme of coming of age in the story in several ways such as the development of characters, symbols, imagery, tone and motif. Although, many people throughout the novel experiences coming of age, I feel Scout experiences a coming of age that impacts the novel. Scout changes in many ways throughout the novel, in the beginning of the novel Scout is naive and innocence by the end Scout understands life and people. Scout gains manners and respect towards people she also respects Atticus courage and way of parenting. …show more content…
Atticus then tells Scout, "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.". Although, throughout the novel the children are curious about Boo Radley and attempt to make Boo come out and make contact with him going against their father's word to leave Boo alone. Later throughout the story, Scout and Jem is attacked by Bob Ewell and defended by Boo Radley. At this point, Scout then realizes that Boo is really nice and has kind heart and is just different from others. As she stands on the Radley's porch, Scout acknowledges her father's lesson. Scout realizes that Atticus was right about “You never really understand a person until you consider things from their point of view, and until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” Just standing on the Radley's porch was enough to