In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Scout’s unique first person point of view thoroughly advances character, conflict, as well as setting. First, Scout’s first person perspective grows the element of character. To demonstrate, young Scout articulates, “I heard her say it’s time somebody taught ‘em a lesson, they were gettin’ way above themselves, an’ the next thing they can do is marry us. Jem, how can you hate Hitler so bad an’ then turn around and be ugly about folks right at home” (Lee 331). As a child who is intrigued by the world around her, Scout grows exponentially as a character. Rather than being yet another person to remain nonchalant about racism and hypocrisy in her own town, Scout, although she is a child, thoroughly acknowledges …show more content…
Rather, a boy, Jem, was trying to handle the extreme injustice in his community. Scout concentrates her emotions by trying to assist Jem and his conflict since she understands him on a level others cannot. Scout is a first-hand witness of the affects the trial has had on Jem. Lastly, the setting is elaborated through Scout’s first person narrative perspective. To illustrate, reflective Scout manifests, “Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it” (Lee 6). Through Scout’s description of the setting of Maycomb, readers are provided with a vivid image of the town. The bored and quiet mood felt by readers implies that Maycomb is one of the many towns struggling through the Great Depression, since the time period is in the 1930’s and in Southern Alabama. By Scout, the narrator of the story, reflecting and recollecting her early childhood in Maycomb, readers witness how prevalent poverty was at the time. Moreover, Scout provides a more in-depth analysis of Maycomb because she lived through that struggling time period and still understands it as an adult later in life. Her obvious and and strong connection with Maycomb assists in developing the setting and allows readers to acknowledge the adversities she faced