What she learns from the two experiences defines Scout's youth, and in a parallel way, Scout's perspective is what defines these parts of history. She has a very unique voice and the novel is incredibly ahead of its time in terms of its “feminist center” (Shackelford 3). Harper Lee's immense talent for harnessing a young girl's naive, brave, and courageous voice is what has the strongest impact on the reader and is what Lee is remembered for. She drives home the point again and again to the reader that Scout is chastised for every aspect of her existence, similar to the experiences of Boo Radley and Tom Robinson in Maycomb County. She describes Southern society as “[using] superficial, materialistic values” to judge people (Shackelford 1). This parallelism only further highlights the injustice many of the novel's characters face and reveals the astonishing racism that defined the