Question

How does Jem use stereotypes about gender to influence Scout? How does Scout feel about her gender? How do you know?

Answer 1

In Chapter 4 of In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Jem often uses the male superiority stereotype against Scout to make her feel guilty about anything he doesn't agree with her. For example, when Jem pushes Scout in the tire and it rolls onto the Radley's front yard, Jem tell her to go for tire. She refuses and Jem says "I swear, Scout, sometimes you act so much like a girl it's mortifyin'" As the story progress Scout starts doing things that men do so she would not be rejected from playing games.