Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird explores many themes in the novel, which the narrator, Jean Louis "Scout" Finch, describes through his eyes. The most essential of the themes encountered is the examination of the virtuous essence of human beings, that is, whether people are essentially just or essentially evil. The story addresses this question by chronicling Scout's transition from a perspective of childhood innocence, in which she assumes that people are right because she has never seen evil, to a more adult perspective, in which she has experienced evil and must adopt it into her comprehension. of the world. This theme branches into a subtheme involving the ultimatum that hatred, prejudice and ignorance places on the innocent; for example, people like Tom Robinson and Boo Radley are unprepared when they encounter evil that ultimately leads to their absolute destruction. In literature, writers can use the pairing of the protagonist and antagonist characters to make personality qualities more extinct. Lee delicately reveals character characteristics throughout the novel, which highlight the differences in the personalities, actions, and lifestyles of the characters, in this case Mayella Ewell and Scout Finch. Although, on the surface, Mayella and Scout seem completely contradictory to each other, they share certain characteristics that allow Scout to understand Mayella on a deeper level than the other residents of Maycomb County. To fully understand Mayella and Scout's positions, a comparison of It is necessary to make sure that the girls' fathers and lifestyles provide a backdrop upon which to build a solid foundation for their personalities and actions. The city's beloved defense attorney, Atticus Finch, Scout... half of the document... actually an extension of the city dump and has no intention of changing that or his attitude towards life. Bob is quite arrogant; it causes terror and is cruel, savage and threatening. The court scene dramatically contrasts the differences between the two men, as they are both contained in the same small room, pressured and watched by all of Maycomb. Atticus handles the case in a calm, white-collar manner, presenting it logically and thoroughly, which leads the town to think highly of him. Bob tries to be funny and get the courtroom to laugh at the case as a whole and not take it seriously, but when he is proven to be lying, they think it's silly to try to make a serious case a laughing matter. Besides the obvious differences between Mayella and Scout, there are many underlying similarities that they share.