The characters in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAM) are understood and familiarised as the story advances and experiences of the characters expand.
The characters in the story are portrayed in Scouts point of view and past point of narration. Scout, Jem and dill draw to us many different types of people within the community as they carry out their daring neighbourhood activities.
In TKAM, Scouts character is known as she matures and progresses in experience and taking in lessons learnt.
The protagonist Scout is a very intelligent girl, she is taught to read before school. Her proud Brother Jem tells Dill Harris during his first stay that Scout yonders been readin ever since she was born and she aint even started school yet....
Being a kid, Scout has the simple duties of a child, to have stay out of trouble. In the early chapters of the book, Scout picks fights at the slightest provocation. One example of this is when Scout beats up Walter Cunningham, one of her classmates, for not having his lunch, which isnt a very good reason at all.
Later in the book, however, Scout changes. She now tries to control her temper, and is somewhat successful. One example of this is when Cecil Jacobs, another of Scouts classmates, insults Atticus by saying that Atticus defended Niggers. Scout remembers that she shouldnt fight, and walks away. Cecil Jacobs made me forget....you gonna take that back boy? You gotta make me first! he yelled I drew a bead on him, remembered what Atticus had said, then dropped my fists and walked away, Scouts a cow-ward! ringing in my ears
Scout is depicted as an innocent little girl. Atticus nurtures Scout cleanly. As Scout matures, she gradually understands Atticuss morals clearly and can strongly tell apart good from bad by the end of the book. Scout respects Atticuss morals and as Heck Tate refuses to tell people that Boo saved herself and Jem, Scout backs him up by using one of Atticuss strong morals itd sort of be like shootin a mocking bird.
There is no doubt that Scouts character is one whom is an individual, someone whom will stick to her own perspective no matter how cruel, racist or prejudice the town gets. She is more of a tomboy as she hangs out with Dill and Jem most of the time and realises that she does not want to be ladyish in her adult world.
Scout learns to treat all people fairly and with dignity and respect. At the beginning Scout, Dill and Jem enjoyed tormenting Boo or as they or as they knew it, to make Boo come out The result is Scouts Bildung Romans and realises the prejudice in the town, she accepts Boo Radley as she says the Radley place ceased to terrify me
As Scout grows older she applies the lessons learnt and is primarily the most dramatically changed character. She matures form a helpless naive child into a much more experienced grown- up child.
Miss Maudie is a neighbour to the Finches. She is a trustworthy, modest neighbour. She offers Scout some female comfort because one summer Scout is left out of Dill and Jems activities spending most of the remaining twilights that summer sitting with Miss Maudie Atkinson on her front porch
She is one of the better role models and speaks to the children with respect, as equals and admires Atticus. The children are also highly appreciative of her stating that while no one with a grain of sense trusted Miss Stephanie, Jem and I had considerable faith in Miss Maudie.
Unlike the other women in town Miss Maudie was not prejudice and minded her own business and behaved with integrity, especially when tending her flowers. When Stephanie Crawford says, She woke up in the middle of the night and found [Boo] looking in the window at her. Miss Maudie defends Boo with a witty remark, What did you do Stephanie, move over in the bed and make room for him This reveals her respectfulness by her unwillingness to tolerate the injustice of Miss Stephanies words.
Miss Maudie is similar to Atticus as she stays within her bounds, but follows her own code same out in the street as in his own home...Strong and supportive, Miss Maudie along with Atticus helps Scout develop tolerance with her open mindedness. She was true to all beings and loved plants but even admired the weeds. This supported that she was unprejudiced and was not hypocritical. Scout proves this by stating that she loved everything that grew in gods Earth, even the weeds.
When in conversation with Scout she mentions Boo as a nice figure that has been misjudged. Miss Maudie was teaching Scout that this town has become too prejudice and ignorant. Knowing Boo as a boy, she goes on telling Scout that He spoke nicely to me, no matter what folks said he did
Miss Maudie provides another example of bravery and respect to the children when her home burns down she only worried about ...was all the commotion it caused. Instead of lamenting her fate, she tells Jem she looks forward to rebuilding a smaller house Always wanted a smaller house, Jem Finch. Gives me more yard. Just think, Ill have more room for my Azaleas now!
.In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird the children develop a strange relationship with a mysterious character known as Boo Radley. Jean Louise Finch, known as Scout with her brother Jem Finch and their friend Charles Baker Harris are drawn to Boo Radley because of the mystery that dominates him and the Radleys house and, of course their own curiosity.
Boo sees Scout and Jem as his children, which is why he parts with things that are precious to him, why he mends Jems pants and covers Scout with a blanket, and why he ultimately kills for them: Boos children needed him. Apparently his family disapproves of his affection for the children or Mr. Radley wouldnt have cemented the knothole. But Boo is undeterred and loves them, even with the probable knowledge that he is the object of their cruel, childish games.
The children think of him as a ghoulish figure yet he protects the children and befriends them in his own disguised way.A malevolent phantom.....he is six and a half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and cats he could catch....There was a long scar that ran across his face...his eyes popped and he drooled most of the time.
Although the relationship starts out of fear and mystery, That is mostly created by superstitious gossip of the neighbours especially by Mrs Stephanie Crawford. The understanding of Boo Radley increases as time passes, until the monster that is Boo, is transformed into a human being, which is his real nature.
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