mary badham played scout in to kill a mockingbird.
mary badham played scout in to kill a mockingbird.
who plays scout in to kill a mockingbird?
mary badham
she matures from age 6 to age 9 as the novel progresses but remains naive and idealistic, despite an increased understanding of human nature and racism in her town. at the beginning of the book, scout is confused by some of the words and names she hears people directing towards her father, such as "nigger-lover". being only six, scout does not know how to handle such situations, so she tries to resolve her problems by fighting, or by talking to atticus about what she has heard. by the end of the book, scout realizes that racism does exist and comes to terms with its presence in her town. scout also learns how to deal with others, including the finch family housekeeper, calpurnia, and her aunt, alexandra. scout is the only one of the novel's primary three children (dill, jem, and herself) to see and speak to boo radley during the course of the novel and realize that he is harmless, despite her initial fear of him. she also stops a mob that is trying to lynch tom robinson by talking to the mob leader, mr. cunningham, about inviting his son, walter, over for dinner. mr. cunningham then tells the other mob members to get back in their cars and leave them alone. the members listen, and scout unintentionally saves tom robinson's life. she is portrayed by mary badham in the film adaption of "to kill a mockingbird". scout takes her father's correction very seriously.
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an earlier draft of "to kill a mockingbird", titled "go set a watchman", was controversially released on july 14, 2015. this draft, which was completed in 1957, is set 20 years after the time period depicted in "to kill a mockingbird" but is not a continuation of the narrative. this earlier version of the story follows an adult scout finch who travels from new york city to visit her father, atticus finch, in maycomb, alabama, where she is confronted by the intolerance in her community. the "watchman" manuscript was believed to have been lost until lee's lawyer tonja carter discovered it, but this claim has been widely disputed. "watchman" contains early versions of many of the characters from "to kill a mockingbird". according to lee's agent andrew nurnberg, "mockingbird" was originally intended to be the first book of a trilogy: "they discussed publishing "mockingbird" first, "watchman" last, and a shorter connecting novel between the two." this assertion has been discredited, however, by rare-books expert james s. jaffe, who reviewed the pages at the request of lee's attorney and found them to be only another draft of "to kill a mockingbird". nurnberg's statement was also contrary to jonathan mahler's description of how "watchman" was seen as just the first draft of "mockingbird".
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