After bringing Boo home, Scout observes that she feels old. She says, “I thought Jem and I would get grown but there wasn’t much left for us to learn…” What have Scout and Jem learned over the course of the novel?Who is the stranger that rescued Jem? N

The stranger that rescued them was Boo Radley. I think that by the end of the novel, Scout has learned how to be a guide for others, as shown by her symbolic act of leading Boo to safety. She can visualize things from his perspective now, as Atticus once advised her to do, and from his front porch, she imagines how he has seen the years pass, and watched herself, Jem and Dill grow up. In this reflective moment, Scout also neatly summarizes the events of the book, reminding the reader of all that passed for her and her family to reach this point. Jem has learned that Maycomb has a dark side and that human nature is not always good. He learns their is a price to pay for doing the right thing but that is the only decision to make.