To Kill A Mockingbird: Childhood Experience
Have you ever thought of an answer to reply to your children, when they
ask you, “What was the world like when you were a child?”, “What things that
happened that impressed you most when you were a child?” or “How interesting is
your childhood experience?”. Everybody must have had their childhood. Some of
the experiences may cause them to smile, or even laugh, while some of them may
bring back bitter memories. It is always hard to express the childhood
incidents or experience in a clear and interesting way, since they were past
memories that happened long time ago. Moreover, when a person has grown up,
they will never have the same feeling which they might have in their ...
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childhood experience of a person has a great
positive influence on his personality, behaviour, and ways on dealing with
others. This idea has been shown by the authors in both novels.
From the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, one could discover that innocent
behaviour and misunderstanding can lead a child to view a person or thing
incorrectly and incompletely. This behaviour can also lead a child to a wrong
perspective. In the first part of To Kill a Mockingbird, the main characters
Scout, Jem, and Dill thought that the Radley family and their member, Boo Radley,
as strange and unnatural human beings. They described Radley's house as “That
is a sad house....” (Harper Lee, 48). This is a “fact” they heard from their
neighbours. Until one day, their neighbour Miss Maudie's house was found on
fire. While Scout was standing outside in the cold watching the fire, someone
from behind her and put a blanket around her shoulders. Later, Scout and Jem
realized that there was only one ...
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wrong perspective and behaviour.
Although it has been said that innocent behaviour usually leads a child
into the wrong path, there are still some exceptions. Having said that, it
should be remembered that the nature of a child really helps to develop his or
her own positive personality and behaviour, together with their childhood
experience. For example, in To Kill a Mockingbird, the character Scout, was a
smart and clever girl. However, she did not get any close friends other than
her new friend Dill and her brother Jem, as seen from the story. From the scene
where Scout argued and embarrassed Mr. Cunningham, her friend Walter
Cunningham's father, dissuading him from trying to ...
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