Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird traces a young girl’s awareness of the adult world. The novel revolves around the young girl named Jean Louise Finch who goes by the nickname “Scout”. Scout experiences different events in her life that dramatically change it. Spending her childhood years living in the “tired old town” of Maycomb, there were many role-model figures that brought upon new and different experiences that affected the girl she was, and the woman she grows to be.

Scout and her older brother Jem are being raised by their father Atticus Finch. Atticus is a smart, conservative lawyer, a man of position and good reputation in the town and has close relationship with his children. He helps Scout tackle certain problems and squeezes her out of tight situations. Atticus has a great, positive impact on Scout’s life; When she learns several lessons that Atticus says will help her “get along better with all kinds of folk”. He tells her she has to think of how another person feels in order to relate to them better. His advice and teachings help her to deal with any arising difficulties that come across her life. Atticus teaches Scout a lot more than the basic skills in life such as simple manners, rules, good behaviour and how to read-which causes some problems in the future. (read full text…)