Jean Louise "Scout" Finch is the young, tomboyish protagonist and narrator of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, who grows from age six to nine, learning about prejudice, justice, and empathy through her experiences in Depression-era Alabama, particularly through her lawyer father Atticus's defense of a Black man, Tom Robinson, and her fascination with their reclusive neighbor, Boo Radley. She is intelligent, curious, and initially hot-headed, but matures as she witnesses the complexities.