To Kill Mockingbird

As the story progresses, Scout encounters other numerous examples of the complexity of human motivation. She understands this now at the end of the story through her mental maturity. Underwood does not like blacks and is a mean-spirited person in general, yet he alone helps Atticus during the quarrel at the jail. Not only did her physical appearance change as she grows from a young girl to a young women, but her mental maturity changes, as well. Sometimes characters that do evil things, such as Mayella Ewell, are nevertheless more pitiful than hateful. Her own father advises her to ignore the teacher’s ban on reading at home, but to pretend to go along with the teacher’s methods in the classroom. In one of the final scenes of the story, the sheriff puts compassion ahead of the letter of the law so the Boo Radley will not have to face the ordeal of publicly proving his innocence. Another case happens, as Scout knows now why Boo Radley does not come out. Harmless individuals such as Tom Robinson and Boo Radley can become victims through no fault of their own. ” Scout had matured from in the beginning of the book being afraid to go near the Radley’s yard and at the end when she was fighting for her life she wasn’t scared.