Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee - 1165 Words

Pheng Lao Mr. Abbott English 9 15 December, 2015 To A Mockingbird Essay In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, by harper lee, the setting is based on a little town, Maycomb, as scout grows up she sees the changes in her society, role of women, and courage. Scout learns more about the world as she grows up and she starts to see the discrimination between the blacks and the whites. Scout hears a lot about Boo Radley but never sees him. She knows how her society is bad from the day Tom Robinson’s trial and from all the rumours that were made of Boo Radley. Scout fear and emotion changes grows up throughout the novel to kill a mockingbird when she learns the truth about her society and the world she lives in. In the trial†¦show more content†¦Even though Bob Ewell was the real suspect, they never knew that, and without real evidence Tom Robinson was guilty. Scout notices how her community works and knows why Boo will never come out of his house in this bad, judging society. From being disrespectful to others, Scout grows up being mature like her father, Mr. Atticus. She knows everyone should be treated equally and fair. On the first day of school, Scout had a lot of fights, especially with Walter, but later on, Scout notices how a person should all be equal, so Scout became friends with Walter and gave him respect. In a small town like Maycomb, everyone can make rumours and believe one another just by judging each other. In this community everyone was scared of a house couple blocks away from the Finch household. There was a person living in there named Boo Radley and there were many rumours about him. Miss Stephanie said, boo was sitting in the living room cutting some items from the Maycomb Tribune to paste in his scrapbook. His father entered the room as Radley passed by, Boo drove the scissors unto this parents leg, pulled them out, wiped them on his pants and resumed his activities† (Lee, 11). When Scout was a young child she believed all these rumours. She was scared of Boo w ithout knowing him. Later on in the novel she says â€Å"It s only scary in books† because she now knows that rumours