After the trial, Scout's maturation commences when she viewed the injustice of Maycomb's court system. Following Tom Robinson's conviction, she fully comprehended racial discrimination, and began to understand the entire situation. Scout started to go through the changing process after she witnessed the horrors of the Tom Robinson trial. She knew the way people in Maycomb treated Negroes now, but did not follow in their steps. She matured afterwards, and even applied this knowledge to other situations, such as Arthur Radley. She mentioned after the trial is over that the house does not seem scary anymore. Scout grasped the idea that there are even more scary situations out in the world. The Tom Robinson court case aided in Scout's growth as a child, and let her learn a few of life's lessons.
As Scout grew older, she matured and learned essential lessons about life from Boo Radley. Through her town's intolerance, Scout eventually is taught that things are not always what they seem. Arthur "Boo" Radley was a man that was mistaken and was treated as harmful in Maycomb despite the fact that no resident in Maycomb has proof of that. Arthur was known to have murdered his mother, and because of that, he never left the house. Due to such rumors and the notorious reputation he had in Maycomb, Scout automatically assumed that these stories are correct, "Inside the house lived a malevolent phantom" (8). She blamed Boo for Maycomb's problems and believed stories about him even though they were untrue. For many months, she is deceived by these rumors, not giving another possibility much of a chance. But slowly she began to realize that he is a gentle, sweet person who brought them gifts in the knothole of the tree. He was someone who considered them to be like his own children and the brave hero that saved them from Bob Ewell. She learned this lesson throughout the novel, and shows her maturity many times.