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How Does Scout Finch Change
Do you change as much as Scout Finch changes throughout the story, To Kill a Mockingbird She has some moments where some people may wonder what is going through her head, like when she fights with Walter. Some may wonder why she fights with him. People may think, “Why won’t she just leave him be?” Scout fights with Walter, because she thinks he is the reason she got in trouble from the teacher. In occasions within the story, Scout is feisty, outspoken, and curious.

In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, for her age, Scout is quite a feisty girl. She uses her fists to solve problems, but she should be using her head. Scout got hounded on by explaining why Walter could not borrow a quarter for lunch. “Walter hasn’t got a quarter at home, and you can’t use any stovewood”
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Scout seems to be interested in why Boo Radley had not ran off. “Why do you reckon Boo Radley’s never ran off” (Lee 192)? She also sits on Atticus’s lap as he reads the newspaper. Scout has known to read before she went to school, because her dad taught her how. They read every night before bed. Atticus would tuck her in every night before reading. Miss Caroline told Scout that she may not read with her father anymore, because she thought she had nothing to teach Scout. Scout loves Boo and she has been wondering where he’s been. She missed him and wanted to see him. At the end of the movie, Boo came out and saved the kids from the person who hurt the kids.
In occasions throughout this story, people may often see how Scout was feisty, outspoken, and curious. She was a very smart and intelligent girl that could read before everyone else, but she was not very smart with handling anger. People may have noticed as they were reading, that I wrote a lot about Scout being feisty. That would be because Scout always gets into fights. She can get out of hands sometimes. Scout gets notified many time from Atticus that she needs to stop fighting with

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