A ruptura da infância: uma análise da transformação do olhar de scout em O sol é para todos

Abstract

To Kill a Mockingbirdis a literary work published by Harper Lee in 1960, which features Scout Finch, a six-year-old girl, as the protagonist and narrator. The work is part of the literary genre coming-of-age, which shows the development of a character from childhood to adolescence or adulthood. Although in the book Scout does not go through the transition from one life phase to another, the character's growth is notable. This monograph aims to analyze what are the external factors used by Harper Lee to present this maturity of the character Scout Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. For this analysis, I studied the representation of childhood in Harper Lee's work, as well as the child's position as a narrator in the work. For such studies, I used texts from Hülya Bayrak Akyldiz (2014) and Mary McCue Swietek (2009), among others, as theoretical references. Keywords: To Kill a Mockingbird; Scout Finch; Harper Lee; Childhood; Growth.