Scout’s Epiphany

Picture children playing in a playground; “Ha ha I’m right! No you’re not, I’m right! No I am!” Sounds innocent enough doesn’t it? After all we’ve all heard it before, and many of us have even said it. But the truth is that this is the beginning of egocentrism; a very nasty habit that consumes the ignorant. Egocentricity means to believe yourself and your ideas while taking little to no consideration of the thoughts of others. This behavior comes naturally to humans as we are set in our ways ignoring our flaws in thinking and presuming that we are right. When we use egocentric ideas in a group it becomes sociocentric. To Kill a Mockingbird is one novel in particular that shows many examples of this behavior as it has dug deep into the roots of the town. The book focuses on Scout, the main character. Scout develops her own perception and gains valuable insight of her egocentric behaviors and the sociocentric behaviors of her town by being inquisitive and being open...