What kind of objects may Scout have or represent her in Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird? Please explain each.

A character's personal objects and treasures say a lot about his or her personality. For Scout, some of those objects include her overalls, her air rifle, and the objects she receives from Boo Radley. First, the overalls are a symbol of Scout's tomboy/childhood self. She is free to romp and play with the boys in pants where she would be less free in a dress. It is always a source of discomfort for Aunt Alexandra, though.

"Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire. I could not possibly hope to be a lady if I wore breeches; when I said I could do nothing in a dress, she said I wasn't supposed to be doing things that required pants" (81).

Second, her air rifle that she receives at Christmas also symbolizes her personality as a tomboy; but also, Scout is like a gun because she can attack verbally, physically, and just as violently and quickly as one. She attacks Walter Cunningham, Jr., Cecil Jacobs, Francis and Jem just like a quick trigger when she wants to defend herself or her father. The best one is when she pops Francis as follows:

"This time, I split my knuckle to the bone on his front teeth. My left impaired, I sailed in with my right, but not for long. Uncle Jack pinned my arms to my sides and said, "Stand still!" (84).

The other objects are the ones she receives from Boo Radley. She keeps these objects to remind her of him, but they are also great to symbolize who Scout is:

"He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives" (278).

Boo Radley also gave her a blanket to keep warm on a winter night while Miss Maudie's house burned down. But the two soap dolls and the pennies represent her running around with Jem, just the two of them; and the broken watch and chain could symbolize how time seemed to stop for Boo and for Scout. Memories seem to exist in our minds forever, and are never erased by time. Scout also talks about time as she reflects back on her childhood in the following passage:

"People moved slowly then. They ambled across the square, shuffled in and out of the stores around it, took their time about everything. A day was twenty-four hours long but it seemed longer" (5).

Thus, as the watch is broken, then it is as if her childhood time has stopped; but the memories of her childhood are suspended in time through her older self and the book.