To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, focuses around the idea of how good and bad coexist with each other. This book shows how cruel and merciless life is, and how it revolves around the Jim Crow Era, giving African-Americans their rights, though limited and allowing through laws a more segregated lifestyle in the south. It follows the character Scout, the narrator, through her journey of growing up in a small, racist town in Alabama with her father Atticus and brother Jem. She matures, and learns about how life truly is.
Scout, when it came to expressing her thoughts and opinions, was very blunt at the beginning of the book. When she is forced to have dinner with Walter Cunningham, she is incredibly angered by his farm boy demeanor and how he is not as knowledged with everyday regular customs as she is. The second Walter pours syrup all over his food, Scout snaps, claiming how, “He would probably have poured it into his milk glass had [she] not asked what the sam hill he was doing.” and begins to make a scene. (Lee, ) The reason why that had upset her so much, was because it was not normal to pour syrup all over one's dinner. She did not think further than the fact that she did not …show more content…
Even when away from Walter, and in the company of only Calpurnia, she babbles on about Walter, but Calpurnia does not hesitate to call her out on her behavior, claiming how, “There’s some folks who don’t eat like [them]” but she shouldn’t “contradict ‘em at the table. (Lee, 24. The family sees through her faults of not thinking before speaking, and being a very direct person. Her blunt ways is shown here because even if it is strange for Walter to pour syrup all over his food, it is more unpleasant and rude for Scout to call him out for it. Scout is shown very naive and Walter Cunningham is just a keen example as to how her innocence played out throughout the