A dynamic character is a person who changes by the end of the story and learns something that changes him or her in a permanant way. The dynamic character in To Kill a Mockingbird is Scout. Scout changes in many ways throughout the story. She learns the importance of being a lady and learns to be one. She becomes more mature and understanding of actions of others and her own, and over all she becomes a person who instead of only looking at things from her own perspective, she can also look from others.
My first example of Scout growing up and changing is during the family's dinner with the Cunningham boy. She is going off about him pouring syrup all over his food and Capurina pulls her aside. At first, Scout is defensive and rude, but by the end of the conversation not only is she more understanding of the boys situation and why she can't be running her mouth like that, but she also appreciates Capurina's perspective on things and all she does and contributes to the family.
Throughout the story Scout not only becomes more understanding of the importance of being a lady, she also becomes one. After Tom Robinson's death, Aunt Alexandra hosts a dinner for Helen and memebers of the town, Scout is invited . Aunt Alexandra and all the other women present are calm, collected, and being supportive. At this point being a lady has now become something Scout aspires to as a valued and worthwhile role. While on one hand acting like everything is fine after Tom has just died feels wrong to Scout, she realizes the great strength it requires to keep her head up in that situation and be there for others. Until then, being a girl had always been what happened when she failed to live up to Jem's standards of what a person should be. Watching Aunt Alexandra, Calpurina, and all the other women, Scout realizes that being a girl and acting like a lady has value.
As Atticus said, "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.. Until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." It is at the last point in the story that Scout truly understands what Atticus means. As Scout stands on Boo Radley's front porch at the end of the story, she gets to finally see the neighborhood and its people from his perspective. She sees all the people gossiping and jumping to conclusions about others. She sees good, innocent people being wrongly charged and accused, and it is at that moment that Scout truly sees from another's skin, and understands why Boo never came out.
At the end of the story Atticus reads "The Grey Ghost" to Scout. As Atticus is carrying Scout to bed she begins to recite the story to him. When she's finished she says ".. why he hadn't done any of those things.. Atticus, he was a real nice guy." Atticus' response to this is, "most people are, Scout, once you finally see them," and that is how Scout changes the most in this book. She learns the true meaning of "you never really understand a person until you consider things from their point of view.. until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
