matures and morally develops as the story progresses by carefully listening to her father's life
lessons, gaining valuable perspective on her hometown, and experiencing a loss of childhood
innocence. Towards the beginning of the novel, Scout fears her reclusive neighbor, , and
believes the rumors and neighborhood legends surrounding him. Scout also struggles to control
her temper and is ignorant of her community's prejudiced culture. She also does understand the
importance of 's defense of Tom Robinson and is not able to recognize the hypocrisy of her
neighbors and family members.
As the story progresses, Scout matures and
gains perspective on her neighbors racist ideology and Maycomb's prejudiced community. In part
2, Scout discovers that Boo Radley is not a "malevolent phantom" and is simply a
compassionate, shy neighbor. Scout also heeds her father's advice and learns to control her
temper. Scout then loses her childhood innocence after witnessing racial...
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