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Through life events can shape a person's views and personality.In the novel called, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee many people have changed. Scout has showed change through her journey which changed the way she views life.Scout has evolved as see can now view people's life in their shoes,that all life is valuable,and facts are important. Many will say Scout has not been through much for her age but, she has proven them wrong as she has shown to the viewers.For instance, when Scout finally found out what Atticus really mean when he said,"You never really knew a man until you stood in his shoes and walked around in them" (Lee 374).These words given to Scout has changed how she view people. Scout used to view people by their cover now she has evolved to looking beyond the cover as see has demonstrated by seeing what was really under Boo Radley by walking in his shoes.Scout will now view people in a different light. The planet earth were Scout lives has life of all shapes and sizes that should can be harmed.Scout has evolved as she …show more content…
Jem stands up for his father as well as Tom. Jem shows that he changed and doesn't want t be seen as a kid but rather as an adult.Jem has changed throughout the book so much as other characters. During the court case Scout has evolved in the way she sees people.This can be seen as Scout referring to something atticus said to her, "Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts" (205).Scout is now viewing people upon there facts. She sees now that adjectives aren't the truth. She has seen this play out as when she decided to delete the adjectives for what Mayella Ewell

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