To Kill A Mockingbird
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Do you know a girl that acts twice her age? Scout is a dark-haired, overall-wearing tomboy. She is the daughter of Atticus Finch and the sister of Jeremy “Jem” Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. She hates wearing dresses and she only does when she has to. Scout acts twice her age because she is kind, inquisitive, and mature.
Scout shows her kindness to almost everyone. Which is more than can be said for some of the adults in Maycomb County. After Jem destroys Mrs. Duboses flowers out of anger, Atticus gives him a punishment of having to read to Mrs. Dubose for one month every afternoon. Atticus told Scout, “You dont have to go with Jem, you know,”(108) but she felt it was necessary to accompany Jem at a hard time like this. She wanted Jem to know that she was there for him even if she didnt want to be there just as much as he did. Not only does she show kindness to her brother, but she also shows kindness to a man that she first feared and then became to love, Arthur “Boo” Radley. When Bob Ewell attacked Jem, Boo rescued Jem and killed Bob. Boo had been through a lot that night and didnt really know what to do with himself, so Scout had Boo escort her to his house so she could make sure he got home safely. And she knew, “if Miss Stephanie Crawford was watching from her upstairs window, she would see Arthur Radley escorting me down the sidewalk, as any gentlemen would.”(278) Scout is not only kind, but she is also very inquisitive, as any little girl would be.
Scout is very inquisitive and always wants to know whats going on so she can learn the ways of the people in Maycomb. At the beginning of the book, Scout doesnt understand why white people dont like black people. She figured that they were all the same and they should be treated the same, at least thats what her father had taught her. Atticus once told her, “The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box. As you grow older, youll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and dont you forget it–whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash.”(220) Scout is also very interesting in her father, she wants to know what goes in his mind and figure the ways of Atticus Finch. She goes to Miss Maudie, her neighbor, and the only adult who really understand Atticus. Miss Maudie tells her, “Atticus Finch drank until he was drunk he wouldnt be as hard as some men are at their best. There are just some kind of men who–whore so busy worrying about the next world theyve never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.”(223) Scout was always curious about something, and when she was she would always go to Jem, Atticus, or Miss Maudie. Although Scout is inquisitive, she also matures significantly throughout this book.
Scout is very mature for her age. And she is continuing