Scout Finch
Scout Finch is the narrator and protagonist of Harper Lee's novel *To Kill a Mockingbird* (1960).
Her full name is Jean Louise Finch, but she goes by the tomboyish nickname Scout.
The character—a young girl in 1930s Alabama witnessing racial injustice through her father Atticus's defense of a Black man—has become an iconic figure in American literature, representing childhood innocence confronting adult prejudice.
- AtticusLatin name meaning Athenian
- moral compassInner ethical guidance system
- JemAlternate gem spelling
- small townModest rural settlement
- AlabamaDeep South state
Boo Radley · Maycomb · Deep South · tomboy · overalls · mockingbird · mad dog · innocence · narrator · first person · courthouse · prejudice · childhood · coming of age · Harper Lee · front porch · porch · summer
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