The narrator of the story Jean Louise Finch (Scout) is a five-year-old when
the story begins and she lives with her father Atticus, brother, Jem, and
their black cook Calpurnia in the fictional town of Alabama.She is a tomboy, wears overalls, and learns to
climb trees with Jem and Dill
In the beginning, Scout is innocent and
goodhearted, but as the novel progresses she sees the evil and racial
prejudice in society.Scout
exhibits these unusual characteristics because she is who she is because of
the way Atticus raised her.