Scout - TKAM
- Created by: Lottie Deutsch
- Created on: 20-12-17 12:17
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- Scout
- curious
- Scout is curious and inquisitive but this inquisitive nature often gets the best of her
- Scout name suites her position in the novel 'Scout' suggests looking for things and observing just as her character does
- by making Scout inquisitive in cases the reader to question their own behaviour and question that of others
- 'I wanted to ...see how she lived, who her friends were. I might as well have wanted to see the other side of the moon.'
- Scout wants to see Calpurnia's way of life but Alexandra disproves
- Alexandra doesn't want to go into the black neighbour hood
- Scout creates a list to show her determination wanting to find out more about Calpurnia
- the metaphor 'other side of the moon' shows how impossible Scout believes it is as the other side of the moon is never seen
- also represents Scout's innocence as she doesn't understand why Aunt Alexandra doesn't want her to visit Cal
- Scout wants to see Calpurnia's way of life but Alexandra disproves
- we find Scout often using question marks showing her inquisitive nature
- Scout name suites her position in the novel 'Scout' suggests looking for things and observing just as her character does
- Scout is curious and inquisitive but this inquisitive nature often gets the best of her
- tomboy
- Scout is a tomboy who spends most of her time playing with boys
- Scout diverges from the normal standards of Maycomb women and this isn't accepted by everyone
- Scout's Aunt blames her behaviour on not have a feminine influence growing up
- Scout however did have feminine influence - Calpurnia
- 'Cal seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen, and by watching her I began to think there was some skill involved in being a girl'
- the kitchen is a place where the women typically resides
- it is not Alexandra who manages to convince Scout that being a girl requires skill but Calpurnia proving the exact opposite of what Alexandra believes
- Alexandra doesn't think Calpurnia can provide Scout with what she needs most likely because she is black
- Later in the book Scout finally understands what being a lady means
- if Aunty could be a lady at a time like this, so could I
- It was to be helpful and kind in times of need
- Scout has grown as no longer looks at being a lady with disgust but has maturity to know she has remain civilised in this sad time (Tom's trial)
- if Aunty could be a lady at a time like this, so could I
- Later in the book Scout finally understands what being a lady means
- 'Cal seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen, and by watching her I began to think there was some skill involved in being a girl'
- Scout however did have feminine influence - Calpurnia
- Jem likes the way Scout is an when she begins to become more lady like he gets annoyed
- 'you're becoming more and more like a girl everyday'
- he may not wish for this to happen as she is his playmate and he doesn't want her to be like all the other girls who are afraid to get dirty
- however later in the book Jem wishes Scout to once again be a girl
- 'can't you take up sewing' or something'
- the shows the reader Jem has outgrown the days where he wants to play with Scout
- It shows us Jem is beginning to take a more traditional view of the world the more people he encounteres
- 'can't you take up sewing' or something'
- however later in the book Jem wishes Scout to once again be a girl
- he may not wish for this to happen as she is his playmate and he doesn't want her to be like all the other girls who are afraid to get dirty
- 'you're becoming more and more like a girl everyday'
- Scout's Aunt blames her behaviour on not have a feminine influence growing up
- Scout diverges from the normal standards of Maycomb women and this isn't accepted by everyone
- Scout is a tomboy who spends most of her time playing with boys
- two perspectives
- Scout tells the story from 2 different perspectives
- young scout
- young scout gives us a naive perspective on the novel
- a view that is not yet corrupted by adulthood and is refreshing in a book full of prejudice
- young scout gives us a naive perspective on the novel
- old scout
- older scout gives a bigger picture of the ongoings of the trial or Tom's death
- Mr. Underwood didn't talk about miscarriages of justice, he was writing so children could understand.
- we know this quote is older scout as she says 'so children' and at this time in the book she herself is a child
- it gives an needed adult perspective so we can understand the things child scout will not
- evidence from the very start that it is like a memoir
- 'many years later Jem and I would argue over what caused it all...'
- Mr. Underwood didn't talk about miscarriages of justice, he was writing so children could understand.
- older scout gives a bigger picture of the ongoings of the trial or Tom's death
- young scout
- Scout tells the story from 2 different perspectives
- learns about life
- as the novel progresses Scout matures
- she experiences many things a child her age wouldn't normally experience
- ****, a trial and boo radley
- an example of this is her treatment of Boo Radley
- she begins by taunting him and gossiping about him
- but then continues to be kind to him in the final chapter
- Scout takes Atticus's advice and 'walks inside another person's shoes'
- 'Just standing on the Radley porch was enough'
- the Radley porch is the place Scout was so terrified to go 3 years ago but now stands ready finally understanding Boo
- huge symbolism of her growth
- the Radley porch is the place Scout was so terrified to go 3 years ago but now stands ready finally understanding Boo
- 'Just standing on the Radley porch was enough'
- Scout takes Atticus's advice and 'walks inside another person's shoes'
- but then continues to be kind to him in the final chapter
- she begins by taunting him and gossiping about him
- she experiences many things a child her age wouldn't normally experience
- as the novel progresses Scout matures
- not filtered
- Scout has no filter when it comes to asking questions
- She is also a child meaning she doesn't understand ordinary social constructs so she may ask these questions in innapproriatesituations
- 'Atticus, what is ****?'
- this question may be seen as highly inappropriate for a child of Scout's age to ask as she may not have the intelligence to understand it
- However Atticus gives her a straight answer
- Scout is a lot like Atticus as is inquisitive and intelligent
- Atticus even says she will make a great lawyer
- Calpurnia treats the question in a very different way saying a girl Scout age should know the answers to such a question
- this makes it a representation of how Atticus teaches his children like adults
- may have been why Scout thinks it is ok to ask questions other child don't ask - grown up being treated like an adult
- this makes it a representation of how Atticus teaches his children like adults
- Scout is a lot like Atticus as is inquisitive and intelligent
- such as after Tom's trial
- 'Atticus, what is ****?'
- this question may be seen as highly inappropriate for a child of Scout's age to ask as she may not have the intelligence to understand it
- However Atticus gives her a straight answer
- Scout is a lot like Atticus as is inquisitive and intelligent
- Atticus even says she will make a great lawyer
- Calpurnia treats the question in a very different way saying a girl Scout age should know the answers to such a question
- this makes it a representation of how Atticus teaches his children like adults
- may have been why Scout thinks it is ok to ask questions other child don't ask - grown up being treated like an adult
- this makes it a representation of how Atticus teaches his children like adults
- Scout is a lot like Atticus as is inquisitive and intelligent
- 'Atticus, what is ****?'
- 'Atticus, what is ****?'
- She is also a child meaning she doesn't understand ordinary social constructs so she may ask these questions in innapproriatesituations
- Scout has no filter when it comes to asking questions
- innocence
- Scout's innocence is clear from the very beginning of the novel but really comes to light during Tom Robinson's trial
- they step outside and begin to talk to Dulphus Raymond the well-known alcoholic of the town
- he confides in them that he only pretends to drink so he doesn't have to deal with people judging him for having mixed race children
- 'Why'd he tell us Atticus...' 'Because you're children and you can understand it'
- Atticus demonstrateschild have a uncorrupted view of world as Scout does therefore they won't judge Dulphus Raymond
- 'Why'd he tell us Atticus...' 'Because you're children and you can understand it'
- he confides in them that he only pretends to drink so he doesn't have to deal with people judging him for having mixed race children
- they step outside and begin to talk to Dulphus Raymond the well-known alcoholic of the town
- Scout as a symbol of innocence in the novel gives the reader a simpler view of the trial that is not clouded by the biases of adulthood
- Scout's innocence is clear from the very beginning of the novel but really comes to light during Tom Robinson's trial
- curious
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