Will Scout's Innocence Be Challenged?

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Will Scout`s Innocence be Challenged? In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee creates the narrator, Scout, in a way that makes the story unique in its own way. She places Scout in a setting that is almost unimaginable today. Scout has to face many different obstacles that tests her youth. She has to face everyday life, while also defending her family's side of the trial, as well as the tragic catastrophe at the end of the story. Considering that Scout is so young we get all of these incidents from a unique point-of-view. Early in the novel, Scout is six years old and is still learning the ways of the older Finches. Atticus reads to Scout which is where she develops her astounding intelligence. She believes it is okay that she already knows a lot, but when she shows up to school on the first day, she …show more content…
This anger brought not only violent vocal actions toward Atticus but physical actions towards the whole family. “Jem, see if you can stand in Bob Ewell’s shoes a minute… So if spitting in my face and threatening me saved Mayella Ewell one extra beating, that’s something I’ll gladly take,” (Lee 249). This quote is what Atticus says after his run into Bob. Atticus takes his own advice and does nothing in return, just like he told Scout. This is not the last incident the Finches will have with Bob Ewell. After a school play, Jem and Scout are walking home and they are attacked again by Bob Ewell. Jem is severely hurt with a broken arm and is unconscious and Scout is only scared to death on the inside. In the end, Boo Radley kills Bob Ewell and takes the kids home safely. “Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them,” says Atticus when Scout discovers that the person that saved her was Boo Radley (Lee 323). She finds that people are really nice when you look past their background, proving that she has a better understanding of people and life as a
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