The most obvious character who can be considered gender ambivalent in To Kill a Mockingbird is Scout. A gender ambivalent person is a person who does not conform or behave as their gender should, in fact they behave exactly the opposite. Scout is the perfect portrait of this characteristic, because she doesn't act like a girl should, she acts more like her brother, a boy. “Let's play a role in the tire,” (Lee. 48) Scout would rather be outside playing with the boys, Jem and Dill, rather than acting like a girl and maybe helping with the housework or playing with the dolls inside. Another character who poses as a gender-ambivalent character is Dill. When we are first introduced to him, he is portrayed as effeminate. “He wore blue linen shorts buttoned up to his shirt…he was a year older than me but I towered over him…” (Lee. 9) He is the opposite of what a boy should be for his age, he 7 years old and looks 7 years old. Even Scout who is 6 years old seems older than him, he doesn't look or act like a boy