Harper Lee whets the interest of readers by not being preachy in her delivery. Expressing herself through a little girl is a brilliant style she has practiced. Using irony by merging the simple observation of children with complicated adult situations, her resolution to change the sordid characteristics of society is magnificently depicted in the novel. Reality dismayed Jem who was so sure Tom will be absolved. At that time, reality is injustice. Unlike Atticus and other adults, a small child cannot fully comprehend injustice, but that's how it is.

The active but obscure moral element in the novel is wrapped up by Atticus' response to Scout's compliment about Boo Radley: “Most people are Scout, when you finally see them.” Harper Lee advises her readers to understand people how they are and to “walk "round their skin” -meaning to look through the viewpoint of other people. She also reminds us that there will always be an indigenous goodness in people waiting to be cherished.

Using the mockingbird as a perfect symbol, racism was drawn in a very literary way. Harper Lee did not write to stop racism; nonetheless, she protested to eradicate the indifference within racist America. To achieve this, she wisely created an archetype to vividly speak herself out: Atticus Finch. The depressing ending placed the novel"s realism to even greater heights, since there was no happy ending whatsoever for the black people back then. Harper Lee aims to hoist them up from racial oppression and for them to have their long-desired happy ending.

It would be expedient to consider Harper Lee as one of the great supporters of racial equality. She wrote the novel to entertain, teach, and even intrigue her readers, but it proved to be more as time unfurled. The final upshot is that this modern piece of literature is a must-read for adolescents seeking to understand life. To Kill a Mockingbird became a classic, and it will continue to unveil the verities of the past and inspire people.

            Discrimination appears everywhere inside To Kill a Mockingbird, for example; Tom Robinson lost his case and got sentenced to life in prison, because he was black. The jury was very biased on this matter and so the result was inevitable. Even during the beginning of the trial, everything was a lie. “Mr. Ewell’s face grew scarlet. He stood up and pointed his finger at Tom Robinson. ‘—I seen that black nigger yonder ruttin’ on my Mayell’” (Lee 196). Lee uses the word scarlet to show that Mr. Ewell was feeling angry at Atticus for contradicting him, yet was feeling guilty for telling a lie. Following his false accusation, Mr. Ewell exploded towards Tom and Atticus to reinforce his false statement.

            Simiarly, Atticus defending Tom’s innocence earned him continuous discrimination from local townspeople and even from his own family. When Atticus decides to defend Robinson, he is cursed at by being called a “nigger-lover” by many people, including his nephew. “‘Francis, what the hell do you mean?’/ ‘Just what I said. Grandma says it’s bad enough he let’s you run wild, but now he turned out to be a nigger-lover.’” (Lee 94). Atticus suffers every deep blow, being told that some of his family members don’t support him. This indirect racism comes only from the equality that Atticus treats any enemy person with. Racism is the ultimate injustice to any person.

            Furthermore, there is another event supporting the idea of racism in To Kill a Mockingbird. It is when Jem and Scout go to Calpurnia’s church. There, they encounter discrimination with every step they take! ‘“I [Lula] wants to know why you bringin’ white chillun to nigger church’” (Lee 135). When Lula asks this, she says it with contemption. Harper Lee uses racism in both directions, whites to blacks, and blacks to whites. So, it implies that both are to blame for discrimination. Lula was trying to feel a sense of pride in having a black church to go to, and now, for her, it was like Jem and Scout came stampeding over that pride by entering the doors. Jem and Scout obviously felt that they did not belong and wanted to go home.

            In To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, racism permeates every idea and inch of this book from the loss of Robinson’s trial, the discrimination against Atticus, and the contempt for Jem and Scout. Racism affected everyone in this book whether they noticed it or not. This book is a warning sign, telling the word to take off its blindfold and to start seeing peope for who they are.

As previously stated, the case pitting Tom Robinson against Bob Ewell is an obvious way to avoid getting blamed for beating your daughter, referring to Bob Ewell. During the hearing of the case, many lies and shards of evidence were uncovered, however, these were left aside as the case neared its end. However, a primary indication of Tom Robinson's innocence is uncovered when Atticus asks Mayella Ewell, Bob Ewell's “raped” daughter, to declare how she was hit in the face. Upon being asked this question, Mayella Ewell began to act as if her memory was failing her. She began to say she “didn't remember” how it happened, it happened to fast. At this point, most people would see that she was lying through her teeth. Also, contradictions between Mayella and Bob's stories were also left aside.

To Continue, the jury's actions also play a major role in justifying the statement that racial prejudice is an important factor embedded in the novel aforementioned. Given enough information to prove the defendant, Tom Robinson innocent, the jury still goes on to vote him, Tom Robinson, guilty. One after one, the votes roll in, all seemingly echoing the same drab sound, “Guilty... Guilty...”. Not even one member of the jury votes Tom Robinson innocent, regardless of the information gathered by Atticus, who spent so much of his time and effort trying to uncover it from the lackluster Ewells who seem to have a problem organizing their stories in a way so that they don't eventually contradict each other. Many things could have influenced the juries wrongful decision to inflict Tom Robinson with the charges applied to wrongdoers, however I think that their, the juries decision was directly influenced by the type of society that existed in the early 1900's in which skin color was a treasure chest of opportunity for some while it was also a somber jail cell for those unfortunate enough to be a minority in the time before proper civil rights were established.

In conclusion, racial prejudice is a substantial part of a plethora of events throughout the duration of the novel , To Kill A Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee. As shown through various examples, one can clearly see the amount of evidence surmounted unto the jury indicating the guiltiness of Bob and Mayella Ewell, as well as the innocence of Tom Robinson, a minor character with a major influence that is felt throughout the book, even after his untimely death, suffered while escaping from a prison, which he wasn't rightly supposed to be held at, and being shot 17 times before finally recovered by the prison wardens, although he probably stopped moving after the second shot. If not for such feelings embedded in peoples minds, feelings of superiority and dominance towards people of other races, perhaps not only the fictional character of Tom Robinson, but others of significance would have been allowed to live out their lives and die of natural causes, other than be killed by so-called authorities because of falsely accused misdemeanors placed upon them by the horrors of racists, regardless of the color of their skin.

Scout originally thinks that people are fair. When she is at the trial she is confused because Mr. Gilmer is mean to a poor black man. She does not really understand why. When the trial was coming to a close the jury voted guilty for convicting a black man to go to jail even though he is obviously innocent. Scout wonders why they would do that to someone because of race. She realizes that every one is human and some people don't see the human in them, they just see people's race and social class. Scout changes her opinion about others after the trial because she learns that people will accuse others of wrong doing when they are different from oneself. Scout sees that some people are not always good, they will show their evil causing traumatic events. She learns many townspeople are discriminatory against others, because they look at a person before looking into their heart and soul.

During the beginning of this novel, Scout and her brother Jem always hang around together. However, when they go to school Jem tells scout to never go near him or talk to him at school. During the summers, a kid named Dill comes, in the first summer all three of the kids stay together, however during the second summer Dill and Jem start ignoring Scout. They say she needs to start acting like a girl and stop hanging with them. Throughout this novel, Scout is told repeatedly that since she is growing up she needs to start acting like a woman. Scout is growing up and is become more mature, she is told to act more like a young lady then a little girl.

This novel goes through a few years of Scout's life in which she greatly changes. She begins learning that some people are different causing them to appear evil to others. Also, she is learning that people will put restraints on you to attempt to keep you down in school. Scout is also growing older and bigger, which forces her to act more like a lady. Scout's changes are shown throughout To Kill a Mockingbird as she matures physically and mentally.

The Ewells are the lowest people amongst the low end of the whites and is only the color of their skin that elevates them to have any social standing. Scout revealed that “people like the Ewells lived as guests of the county in prosperity as well as in the depths of depression... diseases indigenous to filthy surroundings.” (p. 193) Atticus had taken Scout to the dump to get rid of the Christmas tree and the Negroes' cabins that were near looked “neat and snug with pale blue smoke rising from the chimneys and doorways…aromas that vanished when [they] rode back past the Ewell residence.” (p. 195) Though the Ewells are white, they cannot get out of their financial situation because Bob Ewell can't put out the effort needed to raise his family's status.

Bob Ewell may not have the will to get a better life, but Mayella Ewell tries hard to escape the reality of poverty, the cycle Bob has maintained. The red geraniums she keeps and takes care of is the only sign of beauty in the dreary, grimy yard filled with Bob's uncared for children. Mayella can't go to school because she has to take care of her younger siblings that her father neglects.

Dolphus Raymond is on of the people who don't fit into any of the castes. A well off white man, he should be in the highest caste, but he prefers the company of African-Americans, who are the lowest. His children are Bi-racial, making it hard for them to fit in. They are too white for blacks, and too black for whites. He explains to Dill that he prefers the company of blacks is because of the “hell white people give colored folks, without even stopping to think that they're people, too.” (p.229) Dolphus pretends to have a drinking problem so the town would have an explanation for his behavior and he would be able to avoid their questions and accusations.

Although Mayella and Dolphus both have or had had associations with blacks, Dolphus's situation is easily accepted because the people see him as an alcoholic who can't help himself. He even has land far enough from the town so he wouldn't be closely examined by the townsfolk. In Mayella's case, Bob Ewell forces Mayella to testify against Tom. Tom humiliated her because he resisted her advances and in turn, she humiliated her father by tempting a black man. Bob's pride forces him to find a way to get Tom out of the picture, because he thinks Tom will go back to his community and talk about how a white woman made a pass at him. Though it is very unlikely that Tom will do such a thing because he knows his safety is at risk, Bob can't risk anyone finding out because he thinks their family's social status will be lowered and he will be ridiculed by the community. By forcing Mayella to testify against Tom, he thinks he will destroy the evidence of his daughter's actions and raise his social status. Bob thinks Maycomb will be grateful for saving them from a “treacherous” black man. Unfortunately, his plans backfire and he is worse off than before. He is revealed as a liar, and his secrets are put forth to the community.

During the time of the trial, blacks were the lowest on the totem pole of society. They know this, and they accept it, as defying this order would mean putting their life in jeopardy. When Tom Robinson admitted to feeling sorry for Mayella, the people saw that a black person showed compassion to a white person, which was unacceptable. Even though much of the town doesn't discriminate, the influence of racism is strong enough to cloud the judgments of ordinarily reasonable people, trapping Tom to his eventual conviction. The people start thinking that “all Negroes lie, that all Negroes are basically immoral human beings, that all Negro men are not to be trusted around [their] women”. (p.232) The reality is that only some of them do, but that is the truth for the rest of the human race as well. The blacks are treated unfairly by whites who want as little social association and as much social dominance over them as possible.

The Cunninghams are a socially awkward sort of people. Though poor, like the Ewells, they behave in very different ways. The Cunninghams are farmers and country folk, and they suffered most in the depression, but even with the lack of what they need, they refuse to borrow money, knowing they will now be able to pay it back. If there is no choice but to have debts, they will pay it off in any way possible for them. When Mr. Cunningham owed Atticus, “Jem and [Scout] found a load of stove wood… more than paid him.” (p.23) Because of their lack of wealth and great numbers, people of the Cunningham Tribe are regarded as “just a Cunningham.” (p.27) During the trial, Mr. Cunningham is the only person in the jury who openly believed that Tom is innocent. His action made the jury take a much longer time convicting Tom than in any other trial with a black man against a white, marking the starting point for change in discrimination towards blacks.

The regular people, the townsfolk, play a slightly more significant role in Maycomb's landscape. They are the ones who control what happens to the rest of Maycomb, as they are the ones with more resources and a better understanding of the world. There is also a greater variety of opinions of the trial among them. Mr. Underwood thinks Tom should have a fair trial, even though he openly opposes blacks, Atticus believes that the trial shouldn't have come forth in the first place, and there are those who's racism clouds their judgments, and even though the know Tom is innocent, they care too much of what others think of them and refuse to stand up for him.

Castes and classes have always existed in every civilization and always will. Even to this day, there exist social groups that create prejudices that separate people. These groups can be based on race, economic status, religion, or even opinion. The caste system in Maycomb is what ultimately led to conflict between castes. Bob Ewell, in a desperate attempt to raise his status, accused a member of one of the most discriminated against castes of rape. Many of the white townspeople supported him even though it was clear that the accused didn't do it. Mr. Cunningham knew that what Bob was doing was wrong and tried to do something about it, but to no avail; he had too little influence because of his financial status. Castes and social groups represent inequality and states that people are not created equal.

The novel takes place in the 1930s, a time when racism was at its peak. By definition, racism is the belief that some races are by nature superior. The definition fails to describe how shameful and offensive racism is to those who are being discriminated against, but the novel shows how unjust racism really is. Out of fear that the citizens of Maycomb County might find out he hit his daughter, Bob Ewell accuses Tom Robinson of raping and beating his daughter Mayella. Bob Ewell knows how prejudice the South is against blacks and takes advantage of an innocent black man. Atticus Finch, a lawyer of Maycomb County, decides to stand up for Tom Robinson, even though it is not the popular thing to do. Atticus presents several strong arguments to the jury, proving that Tom Robinson is innocent and that Bob Ewell should be the man behind bars. However, because of the simple fact that Tom Robinson's skin pigment is darker than the majority's, the final verdict is that he is guilty.

The United States was founded on the basis of honesty and integrity, which is why committing perjury is one of the most dishonorable act a United States citizen can commit. Despite the fact that our founding fathers made it clear how ignoble perjury is, Bob and Mayella Ewell commit perjury and are not charged because they are white. Although Mayella Ewell had been brain-washed for her entire life, she swore to tell the truth and should have gotten some type of punishment. When you put your hand on the Bible and swear to tell the truth, you are making a moral commitment to your country. It is one thing for the jury to punish Tom Robinson, but letting Bob and Mayella Ewell live above the law is just as reprehensible.

Much of the novel focuses on Boo Radley, a middle-aged man who tries to escape the real world by living in his parents' basement. Boo is the “town freak” in the minds of many town citizens, even though most of them never talked to the man. The narrator of the story, Scout Finch, and her brother Jem make it their goal to see Boo just one time. The two children try so hard to see Boo that they even go to his house during the middle of the night. The docile Atticus Finch shows how upset he is with his children because they won't leave Boo alone. Atticus does this because he knows that Boo doesn't deserve to be judged just because people don't know anything about him.

Harper Lee writes this novel not only to entertain, but also to teach moral lessons. The novel makes the reader realize how silly and unnecessary racism is. It also sends a message that no one should judge anyone who they don't know or talk to. Atticus Finch is a commendable character who teaches his children not to judge someone before they know what it feels like to be that person. If everyone lived more like Atticus Finch, there would be far less hatred and racism in the world today.

In Maycomb's community, Lee reveals to us that there are a few “mockingbirds”, with one being the so-called “Boo Radley” or Arthur Radley who is the cruel victim after an innocent prank. According to the neighborhood, Arthur and his friends, in their teens, locked up Maycomb's law officer Mr. Conner in the court's outhouse. Whey they were brought before the magistrate, Arthur's friends were sent to the state industrial school but Arthur was grounded by his father. For a relatively harmless prank, Arthur spent almost his entire life outside of people's sight.

Slowly through time, myths began to circulate around the neighborhood of Arthur's unspeakable deeds: that flowers withered at his sight, he only came out at night and looked into windows. Out of one's natural curiosity and imagination, children like Jem portrayed him to be hideous and violent. The “Boo Radley” was born. However, we soon find out the myth is not true, as Jem and Scout begin to receive gifts of chewing gums, nickels, figurines and pendants from a tree's knothole nearby “the Radley place”. The reader also realizes who the real sadist is when Arthur Radley's elder brother Mr. Nathan fills up the hole to sever the exchange.

Like “Boo Radley”, Maycomb's Dolphus Raymond is another “mockingbird” who is the town's exception when he breaks the “unwritten social code” by marrying a black woman even though he is white. When Dill is aghast at the racism present in the courthouse and at Mr. Gilmer “talking hatefully” at Tom Robinson's case, Mr. Raymond reveals his personal opinion. “If you aren't thin-headed, it makes you sick doesn't it?”(199). The mention of “thin headed” is a reference to the rest of Maycomb's white residents, who are either indifferent or believe racism to be acceptable.

Dolphus Raymond is thus portrayed to be ahead of his time in terms of racial equality. The reader also discovers that instead of the town myth of Dolphus frequently drinking from a whiskey is false as he actually possesses only a coke bottle. He deliberately allows rumors to spread about him as his attitude is then less disturbing to the town and causes him less harassment.

The portrayal of Tom Robinson's situation depicts the social and cultural milieu of Maycomb County. A victim of white supremacy, he is sent to trial under the accusations of raping the eighteen year old Mayella Ewell. Throughout the case, the reader uncovers the real picture: of how lonely Mayella was, Tom's kindly attitude in helping out whenever possible, and the final act out where Mayella had actually grabbed and kissed Tom due to her increasing loneliness. We also realize that Mayella, like many other, becomes ashamed of her actions and finally decides to stand on trial under her father's pressure, who had witnessed the entire incident and beats Mayella brutally.

However, Scout's father Atticus becomes Tom's lawyer and clearly shows through reasoning on hpw Tom isn't guilty. The logic is put to place through a revelation of Mayella's life at home and of her bruises being mostly caused by a left-handed person even though Tom Robinson's left hand was maimed in a cotton-machine accident.

When Tom is declared guilty under the false accusations, he is devoid of hope. Instead of listening to Atticus's suggestion of further appeals, he attempts an escape and is killed. Tom, even though is visibly innocent, becomes another victim of Maycomb's racially prejudiced juries. Instead of being rightfully released, the ancient rule of a black never winning a case against a white is put into motion.

At the beginning of the novel, Scout went to school for the first time. She expected it to be fun as she has longed to go since watching the other children from the treehouse.

Miss Caroline Fisher told Scout

"Its best to begin learning with a fresh mind."

As Scout is very clever for her age and cannot remember being illiterate she didn't understand how she could learn something wrongly. Miss Caroline blamed Atticus for teaching her wrongly, but really she learnt herself by listening to the news. Later in her school day she is told again

"to tell her father to stop teaching her"

when she was caught writing a letter to Dill. Calpurnia was actually to blame for the teaching as it stopped Scout from "driving her crazy". From her day at school she learnt that not all people are nice and not al times are fun. Scout learnt about injustice when the teacher told her off for not doing anything wrong.

Scout learns from Atticus that "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." After hearing this, Scout keeps it in mind, waiting for the time to use it. It's the first proper piece of information that she learnt from Atticus. It also proved to be very useful to Scout as it stopped her from fighting a boy from her school named Cecil Jacobs. With this in mind she managed to walk away from the situation. Though it did mean that he called her a "coward" from then on. She was okay with it, as she had demonstrated maturity by doing as her father had asked by not fighting.

Later on in the novel, Atticus told Scout "Its different this time…we"re fighting our friends…no matter how bitter things get, they're still our friends and this is still our home.' Scout took this in but didn't fully understand it. For the next few hours she sat thinking trying to work out why it was different this time. She didn't actually manage to unravel Atticus' words until after the trial, after she has learnt about the good nd evil incorperated in the world. This is especially so as at the time of the book, 1933-5 , black and white people were not considered the same and were also not allowed the same rights, whites being seen as higher up and more important then blacks or any other background.

The fire at Miss Maudie's house in Chapter 8 is an important turning point in the novel. Before the fire, the novel concentrates on Jem and Scout's childhood, the lessons they learn from Atticus and the games they played with Dill. After the fire the games started to fade as the force of the trial took over. Jem started to understand things better and grow up leaving Scout to grow when she wanted by herself.

There were many gothic genres in the novel showing Jem and Scout some of the evil in the world. The snowfall in Chapter 8 was considered as evil to many of the Finch children's neighbours though Jem and Scout thought it was wonderful. They decided to build a snowman but Jem did not see this as a game and made sure they collected all the things they needed first. When their snowman was complete Atticus commented that it looked just like Mr Avery. So Jem and Scout changed it so that it looked just like a normal snowman.

Later in Chapter 8, Jem and Scout's neighbour Mrs Dubose died. They had never realised that she'd had a morphine addiction and that she was being very courageous by trying to fight it. Jem realised after she died that she had asked him to read to her as it took her mind off the addiction and the fact that she was going to die soon. This was an important chapter as Jem learned to understand how Mrs Dubose felt in her situation. It also showed how much Jem had matured, as he didn't see the building of the snowman as a game but more as a task to be completed.

Another sign of evil was the mad dog incident in Chapter 14. Jem and Scout had known the dog for a long time and so to see it foaming at the mouth and walking backwards was a terrifying experience. Heck Tate asked Atticus to shoot the dog. Through this incident Jem learnt that Atticus was good at shooting and why he had never told him and Scout. It was because Atticus wasn't proud of it so her also had let Uncle Jack teach them how to use their new air guns. Atticus did not want Jem and Scout to believe that all situations could be solved through violence. Jem realised this and being older than Scout understood it whereas Scout didn't really understand this until she was older and more mature.

A very symbolic connection between the title "To kill a mockingbird" and Atticus' wisdom appears in Chapter 10. Jem and Scout were told by their father "Remember it"s a sin to kill a mockingbird,' with this in mind Scout asks Miss Maudie about what he'd said. She told Scout that "Mockingbirds don"t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy…that's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.' These lines introduced the idea of people being innocent, kind-hearted mockingbirds destroyed by the evil that is in the world.

Boo Radley and Tom Robinson are good examples of mockingbirds as they are good people who mean no harm. They became destroyed, Boo by an abusive father and Tom by the racism that many white people had towards blacks. Also Mayella Ewell is a kind of mockingbird as she was injured beyond repair by the forces of ugliness, poverty and hatred that surrounded her. There was a strong connection between innocent people and mockingbirds shown more than once in the novel. Like for example in Chapter 30, Scout told Atticus that damaging Boo is "like shootin" a mockingbird'. This showed how Scout had grown up more and learnt the real reason for Atticus to tell them these sort of things; so they could use them in their own life.

Part one of the novel ended here and Part two started, focusing now on the trial. Scout told the reader how Jem had changed and become

"difficult to live with, inconsistent and moody".

Jem was growing up and Scout didn't understand why. Calpurnia called Jem "Mister Jem" but Scout felt he wasn't old enough to be named a mister, all he needed "was somebody to beat him up." Though she was growing up these words were quite childish as she was going back to how she thought everything was solved by physical violence.

Lare that day Calpurnia took Jem and Scout to First Purchase, her church. Reverend Sykes was glad to have them but Lula's not so sure. Throughout the time they spent at the church they learnt about racism and their childhood innocence began to fade. Whilst at the church Jem and Scout learnt more about the difference between white and black people and how they are not to be mixed. Although they already knew about this, they never witnessed it first hand and against themselves. This showed them what racism was really like. There was also a collection for Tom Robinson's wife Helen and her children. As Calpurnia searched in her bag for some money Jem says "Naw Cal, we can put ours in. Gimme your dime Scout." It showed that they had learnt that some people need help and that they were willing to give away their dimes to a good cause.

Later that evening, Jem and Scout found Dill under Scout's bed. He had ran away from home after he felt unwanted by his parents. Jem breaking the last code of childhood shouted

"Atticus, can you come here a minute, sir?"

From this point on Scout felt like she had lost the old Jem and a new one had replaced him. But after telling Atticus, Jem looked quite guilty as he probably would not have told had it been a week ago. Jem may have felt a bit like an outsider because of being older than Scout and Dill and telling Atticus about Dill.

After the end of the trial, you can tell that Jem has lost his childhood innocence and gained more of an adult perspective as he was very upset. Jem said many times

"It ain't right",

showing he fully understood the trial and was not very happy with the verdict. Whereas Scout didn't understand the trial so therefore did not appear to be as emotional about it as Jem. Scout still had part of her innocence and was still a mockingbird. Jem had now seen the evil that is in the world and because of it has totally lost his childhood innocence. This important point in the novel shows how Jem and Scout differ; Jem has grown up but Scout hadn't and was not so keen to either. This was because she had seen how Jem acted now and didn't want to do the same herself and because she was four years younger than him.

In Chapter 23, Jem learns of the justice of executing men for rape and Scout learns of women not being permitted to sit on the jury. Atticus and Jeem are discussing Tom Robinson when Jem realises that

"It ain"t right... He didn't take anybody's life". Although rape was a capital offence in Alabama, Jem is showing reason for why it shouldn't be. He is learning how life can be unfair and that men can be hung on circumstantial evidence. Jem has also realised that the jury are never local people like Miss Maudie and themselves.

Asking this to Atticus brings him to telling them of women not being allowed on the jury. Scout, shocked by this learns more of womens position, showing the prejudice between genders. Later, Jem shows how he does understand adult things, telling us of the four kingds of folks.

"Theres the ordinary kind like us... the kind like the Cunninghams... the Ewells down at the dump and the Negroes."

Scout being younger and less grown up believes that there is "just one kind of folks. Folks." Jem has shown in this chapter how much he has grown up, understanding but also disagreeing with the Tom Robinson case and telling of us the different social groups living in Maycomb.

Aunt Alexandra invites her missionary circle to tea. They asked Scout to join them. Scout wearing a dress then came down. Whilst there, she learned the basics of the adult world and how now that Tom Robinson had been put in prison his wife, Helen, couldn't find work for the money she needed to support her three children. Scout had obviously become more grown up, as at the beginning of he novel she would never wear a dress.

The incident with the roly-poly bug showed that Jem had moved into adulthood, whereas Scout seemed reluctant to. Scout was ready to crush the roly-poly bug when Jem says "Don"t do that Scout.'

It seemed that Jem had become very sensitive to those who cannot fight back. He has learnt this from watching the Tom Robinson trial and seeing him getting put in prison for something he didn't do. Now that Jem has grown up he wishes he could see things from a childhood view, like Scout, as he wouldn't understand how bad the racism was and why Tom Robinson was sent to prison. Whereas Scout still has her childhood innocence and is in no rush to loose it. Jem also proudly showed Scout his chest hair as a mark of him moving into manhood.

There was a main sign of gothic genre at Halloween (Chapter27-29). When Jem took Scout home from her play. Behind them they heard sounds of someone following them. They were attacked by Bob Ewell. Scouts "ham" costume saved her from Bob's knife. They were helped by another man who Scout did not recognise. This was a dark and mysterious moment, which scared Jem and Scout into the real world.

When Scout finally met Boo Radley (Chapter 30) she found out that he had never did any of the things he was said to have done. She realised that "You never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them." It also showed that she had remembered what Atticus had said and that he was right. Scout walked Boo home and never saw him again.

This was an important part as she finally realised why Boo never came out of the house, it was because he was scared. This gives the reader a real sense of what the novel was about and how Heck Tate didn't want to publicise that Boo had killed Bob Ewell. One realises that Scouts previous experiences build up to this moment. Also Scout has managed to grow up without having being destroyed by evil, unlike Jem and many others around them.

Scout at the end of the novel was very different from the beginning. She had grown nearly three years older, from being nearly six to almost nine. Though she had taken a huge step towards adulthood she still had a long way to go. Throughout the novel Scout had took Atticus' words and used them when appropriate. She had learnt not to judge people by their appearance and to see things from others' views. Although the novel ends with Scout falling asleep in her father's arms, Scout had obviously matured a lot. The novel doesn't refer to how Scout continues to grow up, it ends with a strong feeling of goodness and love between her and her father.

In conclusion, Jem and Scout had grown up a lot and had learnt many things along the way. Jem had grown into a respectable young adult and Scout had learnt many things from being more courteous to understanding the incidents that happen around her.

Later on, Scout lives through experiences that supply her with more insight on matters. She realizes the unfairness of racism towards Tom Robinson after he is killed for helping a white woman. By the end of all this, Jean Finch understands the reality of other people and learns to live with them, as her father Atticus does. Again, the life of Scout demonstrates the maturity of one’s life after living through a “normal” county before our time.

In the beginning of the novel, Scout Finch, a young six-year old, had a childish behavior, as she wasn’t matured about issues in her community. A major instance of how kids like Scout felt about Boo Radley is shown when Jem explains what he believes is true about that man. Like Jem explained, “… [Boo] dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch…there was a long, jagged scar that ran across his face…” (13).

As said before, this clearly represents the fear of Jean Louise Finch and others who are naïve about Boo. Besides the fact that Scout was gullible at her age, she didn’t know many morals, such as keeping her hands to herself and not taking things that didn’t belong to her. When Scout found a stick of gum in a tree, she said, “[t]he gum looked fresh. I sniffed it and it smelled all right. I licked it and waited for a while. When I did not die, I crammed it into my mouth: Wrigley’s Double-Mint” (33).

Scout didn’t realize what germs the stick of gum could’ve have contained at her age. Until Jem scolded her for taking gum, she had a better idea of the difference from right and wrong. So, Scout may have known more than most of the children in her class, but she still had the child-like mind.

After time, there was the fire incident along with meeting Mrs. Dubose for Scout. Due to the blazing fire in the wintertime, Miss Maudie’s house was burned to ashes. When Scout asked her why she wasn’t upset about her lost home, Miss Maudie answered, “[d]on’t you worry about me…there are ways of doing things you don’t know about. Why, I’ll build me a little house and take me a couple of roomers and- gracious, I’ll have the finest yard in Alabama” (73). That moment, Scout learned that there was a way of turning bad things into good ones. Scout used this technique when Jem had to read to Mrs. Dubose, their neighbor, for a month.

As in the text, “I [Scout] picked up a football magazine, found a picture of Dixie Howell, showed it to Jem and said, ‘This looks like you’” (103). What Scout did here was use the same tone as Miss Maudie did when her house burned down. It was a way of cheering up someone nearby by looking on the “bright side” of hopeless situations. In these two events, Scout matured in a particular way, which helped her later on.

Even further in To Kill a Mockingbird, Jean Louise Finch developed another stage in her inner self. She learned more about the unfairness of racism and also, doing what she thought was right, which wasn’t exactly what some people thought was the right thing to do. In the case of Tom Robinson, Reverend Sykes and others wondered if the case was appropriate for someone of Scout’s age. After Jem asked Scout if the court session was too “old” for her, she replied, “[i]t most certainly is not. I know every word you’re saying” (209).

From this quote, it simply explains that Scout has reached the point in her life where she could handle the injustice of some situations. In other words, she knew that the verdict wasn’t fair to any extent since Mr. Robinson was only trying to help a white woman. Gaining knowledge of this, Scout also learned how she really wanted to live her life. Comparing her life with Atticus, her role model, and the common women of Maycomb County, she said, “… I was more at home in my father’s world. People like Mr. Heck Tate did not trap you with innocent questions to make fun of you…” (233).

Even though she was fascinated with the world of women, Scout grasped her father’s manner instead. She wanted to live a similar life to the man she could trust, who was her humble father.

In the end of the narrative, Scout had apprehended practically all there was to know in one’s lifetime. An instance of this is when the sheriff tried to explain how Bob Ewell died without mentioning Boo Radley’s name. The sheriff did not want another innocent man like Tom Robinson to die because of discrimination. When Atticus asked Scout if she could understand that Mr. Ewell fell on his knife, Scout made a remarkable reply. She responded, “Well, it’d sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird, wouldn’t it?” From this answer given, it was shown that Scout understood that this was related to killing an innocent mockingbird that was only there to make music.

In addition to identifying with this concept, Scout was able to do one other thing. The child was willing to face her fears, who was Boo Radley at first. Before long, she was able to hold his hand and walk the man home. The way she did this was by following her father’s advice. From Scout’s perspective, she said, “Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them.” By doing this, Scout’s fantasy of meeting Mr. Arthur Radley became reality. From all she went through, Scout truly matured several states to reach where she is presently.

Scout was able to reach heights in her life rarely like any other. Missing a parent was one of the struggles in her life since she didn’t have the feminine influence than other girls had. But, with an older brother and wise father, she was able to overcome this obstacle. Scout’s personality changed greatly also from racism, peer pressure, and almost being wounded to the point of her death.

A major lesson she learned was that there is no reason to kill a mockingbird, no matter what form that mockingbird may be in. Whether a colored man with a vestigial arm or another man frightened from the presence of people, Scout understood that innocent creatures shouldn’t be bothered, since they mean no harm. Through the strenuous times, Miss Jean Louise Finch triumphed over all she had to go through, just like her loving father.

The quote connects with Boo Radley because of numerous of reasons. One of them is that he is an outcast in the neighborhood and no one can understand him clearly. If you considered this from his point of view then you will see the world as a dangerous place. You would also think that people think you are eccentric and think that they won't like you. You would be a child's nightmare without even doing anything to them.

The quote “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view” also can be allied with Mrs. Dubose. Mrs. Dubose is an angry nasty person to many people, but if you take your time and think about it she is having a hard time fighting off morphine. Since she is fighting off morphine she is very depressed and cannot hold her anger, so she yells the kids. You can admire her courage to fight morphine to stop her addiction.

I think that Mayella Ewell is the person that is most affected by this quote because of the way she has to life and abide by. She is abused by her father, Bob Ewell. She is also very lonely and unhappy. She has no education because Bob Ewell takes the money from the government and buys whiskey or other alcoholic items. In the court if I was Mayella I would have done sadly what she would have done, because she would of have been beat and abused if she hadn't lied in court about the case. It was not a choice for her, so it couldn't have been her fault.