To Kill a Mockingbird: Scout and Maturity To be a positive human being involves maturity. Maturity is used to describe the state of a person who is experienced, wise, and has common sense. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird the character Scout, better know as Jean Louise Finch developed in to a more positive human being throughout the novel. She realized that Mr. Arthur Radley (Boo) was a kind man not a monster that should be feared. She learned how to fight with her head not with her fists. She learned about equality and inequality, justice and injustice and finally about racial prejudice. As Scout matured she learned that she