Maturity In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Maturing Maturing eventually will happen no matter what a childs will. To see things as they are, to take responsibility, and to do tasks that children cannot be expected to do. How fast a child matures depends on the child of course, but more greatly, the environmental pressure that the child is forced to withstand. Some children have everything done for them, they need not think for themselves, or to broaden their senses to care for others. Others, that usually have no choice but to adopt a mature state of mind, exist in a questionable society, where their needs are usually not met. This idea of coming of age, has been greatly portrayed in the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Siblings Scout and Jem, are faced with immoral views they are…show more content…
She seems intelligent by the standards of her time and place, but her thoughts and ideas are still immature and childish, like when she speaks of her engagement with Dill. When scout starts school, she is excited to begin, learning that it is not okay to be so blunt about the truth. Unlike the other children, Scout already knows how to read and write, but for some reason her new teacher is not appreciative of that. Her teacher tells her that it is wrong, based on the fact that she is more intelligent. She tells her father, and they come up with a compromise. She will be able to read at home, but not so much in her class. This compromise is apart of her learning to be mature. First, she is compromising, which most children are unable to do, as they always want everything their way. Second, she is practicing a minor deception with her father. This shows her losing her innocence, and learning that being truthful and straightforward isn't always the best route. Another event that leads to maturing is when Jem receives a rifle from his father. Jem is a typical boy, he will not back down from dares, and fantasizes about playing…show more content…
Atticus is defending Tom because he knows that he was falsely accused. Scout and Jem have to fight to keep calm. Scout is able to keep calm through all the teasing and backbiting because she has promised something to her father and does not like to let him down. Scout has faith in Atticus because she knows that if he fights, it's for the good always. She has no racial prejudice against Tom but her growth is almost incredible as she comes to understand all the prejudice against her father's client and that he will lose the case simply because Tom is black. However she still keeps faith in human nature whereas Jem is traumatised by it. They both begin to have an understanding of why their father is defending a black man even if it means constant harrassment. This instills a feeling of goodness in them, seeing how their father is doing the right thing even when it brings him in harms
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