TKAM #6

Response To: Prompt B

In the beginning of To Kill a Mockingbird, you meet the main character/protagonist Scout Finch. She's an overall curious six year old little girl who'd rather play in her overalls all day alongside her friend Dill and her big brother Jem. Or sit on her father's lap as he reads. She likes to play games and is an adventurous girl who likes to mess with her frightening neighbor, Arthur "Boo" Radley. She's far ahead in school and she also doesn't like being so feminine.

At the age of six, I was similar in many ways to Scout. I was be around mostly boys growing up and I much rather enjoyed playtime outside rather than getting dressed up. I absolutely dreaded wearing dresses! I was also far ahead in school. I was a great reader ahead of the levels my fellow classmates were at. At my young age of six, I such a curious little girl. I'd question everything I didn't know about. I'd always get quite cozy on my dad's lap as he read aloud a story. As for my summer activities, there was one peculiar neighbor I was for some reason so curious about I'd always try to get her to go outside. Perhaps it was because she always kept to herself and seemed so bitter. I'd always try to find out why, but the only way I heard of her was through stories from the older kids in the neighborhood. They said that she had no relatives closeby and she was only accompanied by her vicious dogs. It didn't look as if she had kids either. They nicknamed her "Dog Lady". There was also one fifth grade boy who said she got so angry about his football landing at her yard her yells resembled the barks of her dogs. Spying on her dark, lonely, grungy looking house was just like Scout's undying curiosity about Boo Radley. So I'd say my summer activities were very much alike. There was also similarities to the people close in Scout's life and mine. Her older brother Jem was so wise for his age and resembled many traits as his father, just like my older brother. As a wild child, he was always reminding me when things might have been a bad idea. Many of my summer days spent spying on "Dog Lady" was with him. Someone in my life who reminds me of Dill would have to be Kevin. He'd only stay with his aunt during the summer days. He'd come along to our scooter expeditions to Dog Lady's house. He grew on me and we became good friends as kids.

As you can see, my life and Scout's life isn't so different. I was one adventurous, overly curious, tomboy just like her. My summer adventures and lessons learned go along the lines of Scout's.