Scout also known as Jean Louise Finch is tomboy who grew up in Maycomb, Alabama as an outsider. The town of Macomb sees the current generation of the Finches (Jem and Scout) as a disappointment to the entire Finch. In previous generations the females were mature and well-mannered women and the males were mature and well behaved men. Jem and Scout have not met the expections held by Maycomb. The time period of the story is in 1930s and at this time women were expected to be disciplined, well-mannered, and dress accordingly. They were expected to always wear dresses and do house work, and as a girl they were expected to play inside with dolls. However, Scout did not do any of this, she instead played as the boys did and dressed as the boys did. For this Scout was looked down upon by all of Maycomb. Being a young innocent girl, I do not think Scout was old enough to care about what the adults of Maycomb said about her. Atticus was also a big reason why the Finches were know seen as outsiders, he defends a black man accused of rape. Scout was made fun of a lot at school for this and she originally dealt with it by beating up those kids. Atticus however, asked her to stop and just shake it off any time someone said something about Atticus defending a black man. Scout did as she was told to do. In conclusion, Scout is an outsider to the rest of Maycomb because she is a misbehaved tomboy whose father is defending a black man, but she deals with the issue very maturely in the end.