Turning Point In To Kill A Mockingbird

“I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you’ll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” Scout, the main character, lives with her father, Atticus, and her older brother Jem. They acquired a fear for a man named Arthur Radley, better known as Boo Radley; who had been locked up by his own father because he thought he was crazy. The turning point of the story was Atticus defending an innocent black man accused of raping a white woman. In To Kill A Mockingbird, author Harper Lee portrays the idea that no matter how old one is or what happens, everyone is always growing up; this becomes clear to readers when the events that occur in the story cause Jem and Scout to act a

“He stood there until nightfall, and I waited for him. When we went in the house I saw he’d been crying; his face was dirty in the right places, but I thought it odd that I had not heard him.”. (page 84) Jem made sure Scout didn’t see him crying to keep her from being upset herself. He was crying because he could no longer have something that meant a great deal to him and even though this made him very heated he was not about to show his feelings to his sister. “I drew a bead on him, remembered what Atticus said then dropped my fists, and walked away, ‘Scout’s a cow-ward!’ ringing in my ears. It was the first time I ever walked away from a fight.”. (page 102) She walked away because her father ordered her not to fight anymore, especially considering it was on his behalf. By choosing to listen to Atticus, Scout was making life a smidge easier for both of them, which in the long run helps her grow up in the right mindset. Each choice that’s made by everyone has an effect on themselves or on someone else, making sure everything comes across exceptional goes along with