Sunday 19 February 2012

What is one example of direct characterization of Scout Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird?

Jean
Louise Scout Finch is the principal character and narrator of s novel .
She is six years old when the novel begins and nine when it ends, although Lees story is told
retrospectively by an adult Jean Louise Finch. As Lee did use her mainas narrator, direct
characterizations of Scout had to be attributed to other , especially her older brotherand, most
importantly, her father . An early example of such aoccurs in the opening passages ofwhen the
tomboy Scout has tackled the desperately poor Walter Cunningham and is holding him on the
ground. Jem intervenes in the one-sided scuffle by inviting the hapless Walter home for dinner
and explaining that his sister is crazy and wont fight you anymore. Jems characterization of
his sister as crazy is not intended to be taken literally. Scout is free-spirited and
strong-willed and has been raised under a strict code of...

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