To Kill a Mockingbird Essay

" To Kill a Mockingbird traces Scout’s growing awareness of the adult world. Identify her experiences and comment on how they affect her. "

Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird traces a young girl’s awareness of the adult world. The novel revolves around the young girl named Jean Louise Finch who goes by the nickname "Scout". Scout experiences different events in her life that dramatically change it. Spending her childhood years living in the "tired old town" of Maycomb, there were many role-model figures that brought upon new and different experiences that affected the girl she was, and the woman she grows to be.

Scout and her older brother Jem are being raised by their father Atticus Finch. Atticus is a smart, conservative lawyer, a man of position and good reputation in the town and has close relationship with his children. He helps Scout tackle certain problems and squeezes her out of tight situations. Atticus has a great, positive impact on Scout’s life; W...