This is a pretty good question to me. I believe that if I
were to look at things that are different I would say the
following.
Lily is from an abusive environment. She
accidentally killed her mother. Her father is violent against her. She does not have
any extended family around. She is shut off from the community. She has to work and
sell peaches. She looks to embrace religion for answers in the form of the Black
Madonna. She is an only child. Her father is
uneducated.
Scout has had a stable home enviornment with a
loving father. She has a strong connection to the community. She has a brother. Her
father is an educated man. Her father respects her.
Lily
and Scout both have a loving caring black woman to be a surrogate for them. They are
both white Southern females at a critical time in the evolution of the south. Both
witness the harmful effects of racism. Both see the beauty in black people instead of
the ugly lies that white society has thrust upon them. They are both outspoken and
courageous. They both have lost their mother to
death.
Lily has been raised by a father who viewed black
people as being servants or hands not real people worthy of respect. Lily is surprised
to find that a black family lives the way the whites live and have an
education.
Scout knows to respect people rich or poor black
or white. Her father has demonstrated that all men and women should be respected and
have their wonderful qualities.
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