That the young narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird goes by the nickname "Scout" is very appropriate. In the story, Scout functions as both questioner and observer. Scout asks tough questions, certainly questions that aren't "politically correct," but she can ask these questions because she is a child. As a child, Scout doesn't understand the full implication of the things happening around her, making her an objective observer and a reporter in the truest sense.
The reader should keep in mind, though, that To Kill a Mockingbird really presents two Scouts: the little girl experiencing the story and the adult Jean Louise who tells the story.
The woman relating the story obviously recognizes that her father is exceptional. However, the child Scout complains "Our father didn't do anything. He sat in the living room and read. Although the story takes place over the course of three years, Scout learns a lifetime's worth of lessons in that span.
Here, too, the reader should remember that in many ways To Kill a Mockingbird is Scout's memoir — the adult Jean Louise can better understand the impact of various events than the child living through them. Scout hates school because in many ways it actually inhibits her learning.
I felt extremely noble for having remembered, and remained noble for three weeks. So, to her, moral superiority feels good, and there are more reasons against fighting than obedience to Atticus and getting to feel noble.
Even then, however, she does maintain a few private exceptions. What she means is that you have to draw the line somewhere. As you might have guessed, Scout doesn't have much interest in stereotypical girl things, like dolls and dresses. Her tomboyish nature drives prim-and-proper Aunt Alexandra crazy, and Alexandra comes to stay with her brother and his family in part to try to make a proper little girl out of Scout. The first thing she tries to make Scout do is give up her overalls.
I could not possibly hope to be a lady if I wore breeches; when I said I could do nothing in a dress, she said I wasn't supposed to be doing things that required pants. Aunt Alexandra's vision of my deportment involved playing with small stoves, tea sets, and wearing the Add-A-Pearl necklace she gave me when I was born; furthermore, I should be a ray of sunshine in my father's lonely life.
Scout takes Aunt Alexandra 's crusade against her pants as also against her freedom, and she doesn't seem too far off. For Scout, being a lady-in-training means giving up all the things she likes to do and replacing them with what others expect her to do, and she'll have none of it.
While Scout doesn't ever renounce her tomboyish ways, she does come to recognize that being a lady has some value. When Aunt Alexandra puts her game face on to return to her tea party after hearing of Tom 's death, Scout takes pride in following her lead: " After all, if Aunty could be a lady at a time like this, so could I. Jem and Dill might say they're scared of Boo Radley , but they're older than Scout, for they like to test themselves by attempting to make indirect contact with Boo.
Scout doesn't do that; she just hangs back, terrified of bringing the monster's wrath down upon them. When she does get drawn into their schemes, she pays for it with sleepless nights. In Scout's mind, the whole world becomes dangerous, every sound signaling a threat, and later, when Scout realizes that it was Boo who brought her a blanket, she's nearly sick, as if realizing that she had just walked along the edge of a cliff in the dark and only survived by chance.
Sure, this is partly just every kid's fear of a monster under their bed, but it also seems linked to Scout's fear that there might be unknown dangers lurking in the familiar, like the ugly racism simmering under Maycomb's surface. As time passes, and Scout faces down more real threats, Boo stops seeming so scary.
He lurks in her imagination - not as a monster, but as a neighbor, who feels familiar even though she'd never actually laid eyes on him. He is Scout's protector and one of her best friends. As part of reaching young adulthood, Jem deals with many difficult issues throughout the story. Aunt Alexandra Atticus' sister.
At the time of his arrest, we can probably infer that Boo is probably around years old. Harper Lee then tells us that Boo hasn't been seen in 15 years since that incident. So, if we do the math, that would probably put Boo in his mid to late 30's by the end of the novel.
Boo Radley is a mysterious character that Jem, Scout, and Dill discuss at length and have built up in their minds as a scary, shadowy, monster. Scout 's real name is Jean Louise Finch, and she narrates the story in retrospect. Scout Origin and Meaning The name Scout is a girl's name. Scout, a character nickname from To Kill a Mockingbird her real name was Jean Louise , became a real-life possibility when Bruce Willis and Demi Moore used it for their now grown middle daughter, followed by Tom Berenger a few years later.
Scout is not a mockingbird. Although Scout is the heroine of the story, she is not the mockingbird. Boo Radley, the mentally stunted adult who watched over and protected Scout and her brother, Jem is the Mockingbird in that he was an innocent of sorts who did what was right. It's Miss Maudie that tells us the news simply because she happened to know Atticus when he was little.
Some factors that might influence Scout 's tomboy nature include the following: she is the only girl in her family, she enjoys her independence, she has fun being around Jem, and she is raised by her father. Atticus also doesn't mind Scout's tomboy personality and actually encourages his daughter to be herself. Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.
Atticus Finch , a main character who is defending Tom, flusters Mayella on the stand, prompting her to make one final statement: 'I got somethin' to say an' then I ain't gonna say no more.
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