What memories of your own childhood come to mind as you read about Scout’s experiences?
As I read about Scout's experiences, the first childhood memory that comes to my mind will be my first days of school, where my experience was pretty much like Scout's; at that time, childhood was carefree, when most, if not all, of the things we do at school are simple and fun, and the teacher was also often exasperated. Also, like Scout, we were also extremely curious about the whole world, ignoring political correctness and just asking whatever we wanted to ask, even regarding sensitive issues such as racism, prejudices, just as Scout, who, on one notable occasion, even asked Calpurnia about rape, completely disregarding that it would not be politically correct to ask a woman about rape, especially if the questioner is also female. However, throughout the story, Scout matures, being able to, at least partially, understand the weighty issues of racism and prejudice when she was not even ten.
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