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In To Kill A Mockingbird: Scout - Online Essay

In To Kill A Mockingbird: Scout

Scout is a young girl and daughter of a respected lawyer named Atticus. With her older brother Jem, she enjoys participating in many activities which are mainly masculine ones. Without a mother to teach her the ways of a woman, she lives as a tomboy (much to the displeasure of her aunt). As Scout grows, she learns new things, feels new emotions, and begins to mature into bright young woman.
Scout is learning that things are not always what they seem. She and Jem always believed that their father was not like any other fathers in school. They saw him as old man who cannot do anything; however when a mad dog appears on the street, Atticus kills the dog with one shot. "Jem became ...

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But, they soon found out that she was in withdrawal for a very serious addiction which was why she was so angry all the time. "Mrs. Dubose was a morphine addict. She took it as a pain-killer for years"(Lee 111). After she dies Scout starts to grasp the fact that Mrs. Dubose had a very hard time being happy.
Alike many other children her age, Scout is very curious. She is very interested in the peculiar life of her neighbor, Boo Radley. She believes a rumor about him killing his father. He frightens her because she thinks he is a horrible man who does not care about anyone. When she was shivering in the cold watching Miss Maudie’s house burn, he cared enough to put a blanket around her. "You were so busy looking at the fire you did not know it when he put the blanket around you"(Lee 72). When Scout heard that she became very nervous, instead of realizing what a nice gesture it was. That indicates that she still has a lot to learn.
Scout is having to learn about some ...

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Added: 5/30/2006 08:01:04 AM
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