Physical Barriers In To Kill A Mockingbird

In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout’s perspective of Boo Radley changes as others influence her. Initially, Scout thinks as Boo as a malevolent phantom, and is scared of him because of the stories she hears. Midway through the novel, Boo starts to reveal himself to Scout, and she starts on her journey to realizing who he really is. Finally, after Boo saves Scout and Jem from Bob Ewell, Scout walks Boo back home. Now on the porch of the Radley place, Scout looks at her street from Boo’s perspective, and she realizes that Boo is just like anyone else, but he just rather live a reclusive life. Ultimately, Scout learns that she can not judge anyone until she is able to see life from their perspective.

Scout fails to understand this, because her friend is a Cunningham, they are not ‘suppose’ to strengthen their bond. All of the children in Maycomb avoid the Radley house. Although he has never been spotted by them, they knew exactly what he appeared as, a monster. “Boo Radley was about-six-and-a-half feet tall... there was a long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped, and he drooled most of the time.”

As one of the main protagonist of the story, through her various experiences, the environmental factors, and the brilliance wisdom given by her father, Scout revolved as a character and gradually continue to reach maturity at the end of the book. From all of her numerous changes, the most pivotal moment is how she treated and thought about her neighbor Arthur Radley whom she calls as “Boo”. In the beginning, along with Dill and Jem, they created a play/game about Boo’s life and try to lure to come out and even try to demonstrate their courage by touching the Radley’s house. To understand Boo, Scout mostly used the life lesson Atticus had provide her with. As the season change and she grows, the place has “ ceased to terrify [her]” as she

Scout puts herself in Mayella’s perspective and feels empathy towards the fact Mayella might feel uncomfortable in court since she has probably not been treated that politely coming from a low-class family. Scout has accompanied Boo home and thinks about his emotions, “Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough”(Lee, 321). Scout thinks from Boo Radley’s perspective and sees how he truly cared for her and Jem showing in the end how far she had gotten with Atticus’s advice by changing her view of Boo Radley.

In this quote, Scout says that standing on the Radley porch was enough for her to see what it is like from his view. Scout may feel glad she got to see what it is like for Boo Radley but might feel bad about it too. She might of realized that everyone has a different story to share. On the other hand, this book shows multiple ways Jem Walked in Scout shoes. The first reason is Jem helped scout with her costume.

Foreign Perception Sometimes we don’t take in effect the perception of others, and this causes views to be suppressed or distorted. In Harper Lee’s To kill a Mockingbird, we find several examples of these suppressed and distorted views.

Scout really starts to put herself in Mr.Radley shoes when she steps on his porch because that is where he has seen the world from and everything that Scout and Jem have done over the years. She does not only start to see what Mr. Radley must have seen but she also starts to feel his heartbreak over Maycomb's disease, but also the Joy when they roll into his yard in their

They send letters to Boo and he sends little items back to them. Once he put soaps dolls of Jem and Scout in there for them. The next day the hole got patched and Scout thought that Boo didn’t want to talk to them anyone and he didn’t appreciate all the letters. But in all reality someone was keeping Boo in that house and didn’t want him talking to anyone outside of the walls in his house. Scout didn’t think this and that shows her immaturity.

By the end of the novel during the court scene and Tom’s death, we see the final stages of her development and how far she has come as she can 't stand for Tom’s discrimination which only further proves her power to rebel against something that everyone conforms to. This shows her make her own opinion about racism which creates the exciting environment that we find ourselves in while reading. The novel has many important points and moments which make a lasting impression on us even after reading the novel. One of the biggest ideas which are focused on in this essay is Scout 's development and how it allows her to forge her own opinions. Scout learns to separate herself from the conforming sheep that Maycomb residents are described to be.

In the book, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” by Harper Lee, the author writes about what happens in the small southern town of Maycomb, in Alabama. Lee uses the influence of belief in traditions such as roles and family bonds to show that they are causes of conflict. Throughout the book, roles such as gender, age, race, and family confines characters to act, look, and even speak certain ways, causing internal, external, and family conflicts. This theme that different types of roles and family bonds are the root of conflict is developed through the use of physical setting, anti stereotype, and historical setting The author shows that Scout faces external conflicts caused by the pressure to fit into the stereotypical gender roles accustomed to girls at this time in history.

Scout is one of the many characters that show empathy in the plot. Her wisdom of this specific trait is gained through her fathers’ influence throughout her childhood. When she and her brother were younger and were more curious, they were very interested in their mysterious neighbour Arthur Radley, known more for being called Boo. Boo is Maycomb’s

Through this harsh reaction, Scout begins to understand how society works, and how unaccepting society really is. Harper Lee reveals how the citizens of Maycomb county condemn others who

Scout then began to realize that the town of Maycomb isn’t what she had it out to be. Evil things happen, moreover, people have numerous sides to themselves. Ultimately, Scout becomes a mature, young adult with

In the first part of the book, Scout and Jem are very afraid of the legend of the Radley’s house. As Scout says,"The Radley Place was inhabited by an unknown entity the mere description of whom was enough to make us behave for days on end" (Lee 7). They spend their childhood trying to discover what is in the house. If there are no rumors spreading about the Radley’s house, if Scout and Jem know that the Radleys are nothing special, they will not cause so many troubles because of their curiosity. For example, they will not go sneak into the Radley’s house so they will not almost get shot by a shotgun.

In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee teaches us about the town of Maycomb County during the late 1930s, where the characters live in isolation and victimization. Through the perspective of a young Jean Louise “Scout” Finch, readers will witness the prejudice that Maycomb produces during times where people face judgement through age, gender, skin colour, and class, their whole lives. Different types of prejudice are present throughout the story and each contribute to how events play out in the small town of Maycomb. Consequently, socially disabling the people who fall victim from living their life comfortably in peace. Boo Radley and his isolation from Maycomb County, the racial aspects of Tom Robinson, and the decision Atticus Finch makes as a lawyer, to defend a black man has all made them fall in the hands of Maycomb’s prejudice ways.