Scout begins to realize how the stories about Boo influence the way they would think if they met him. They would believe the stories even more if Boo had to go to court for killing Bob Ewell. Atticus knows Boo would be shown no mercy, so he talks to Scout, saying, “‘Scout,’ he said, ‘Mr. Ewell fell on his knife. Can you possibly understand?’” (370), to which Scout responds, “’Yes, sir… It’d be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird, wouldn’t it?’” (370). Here, Scout shows she understands how the townspeople would act towards Boo, and she doesn’t want their stories to make their decisions for them. Because of the events that have taken place in this book, Scout is beginning to understand how the world works, even at the young age she is. She is starting to understand how much racism there is, as well as how the people have told themselves the same stories about Boo so often, they began to believe the fantasies that were once told to scare the
Scout begins to realize how the stories about Boo influence the way they would think if they met him. They would believe the stories even more if Boo had to go to court for killing Bob Ewell. Atticus knows Boo would be shown no mercy, so he talks to Scout, saying, “‘Scout,’ he said, ‘Mr. Ewell fell on his knife. Can you possibly understand?’” (370), to which Scout responds, “’Yes, sir… It’d be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird, wouldn’t it?’” (370). Here, Scout shows she understands how the townspeople would act towards Boo, and she doesn’t want their stories to make their decisions for them. Because of the events that have taken place in this book, Scout is beginning to understand how the world works, even at the young age she is. She is starting to understand how much racism there is, as well as how the people have told themselves the same stories about Boo so often, they began to believe the fantasies that were once told to scare the