Scout Finch Character Change
Before Scout started school, she is excited and had longed to join the kids in the school yard. On her first day of school she had been told to stop reading at home and she had been patted on the hand with a ruler and sent to the corner because the teacher believed that she was lying to her. After these events she had decided that she would not go to school anymore. That night she begs Atticus not to sent her back to school because she is not allowed to read at home anymore, and he tells her that she must go. Atticus tells Scout that she had to had to understand that from the teacher's perspective, Scout was lying because she did not understand the people and the way things were in Maycomb. Atticus also tells her that she can keep reading as long she dose not tell her teacher. Scout still finds school very boring after this. The theme that relates to this event is education because it is the educational system and the way things are taught that Scout dose not like, and makes her want to leave school.
I chose Smokin In The Boys Room by Mötley Crüe because it talks about how they did not like the rules of school, like how Scout dose not like her school's rules because she cannot read anymore. Another reason is because the song opens up with a kid who's homework was taken off by a dog and the teachers did not believe him, just as Scout's teacher did not believe her when she had given her information on the Cunningham's way of life.
Scout as a "lady"
Scout has always been a tomboy. She dose this despite her aunt's criticism and her brother's yelling. When Aunt Alexandra comes to live with them as a feminine influence for Scout she tries to get her to act like a lady. Scout doesn't want to give up the things she likes to do to become a lady. Although at one of Aunt Alexandra's meetings with her friends, Scout is invited tries to be a lady. She even gives up her overalls and trades them for a dress for the day. When she hears the news of Tom's death that day and Aunt Alexandra still composes herself, even though she is very upset, Scout figures the she could be a lady if her aunt could be one at that time. The theme that relates to this is gender prejudice because Scout doesn't want to be a lady because she feels that she wouldn't be able to do the things Jem and Dill can do because they are boys.