What are Scout's internal conflicts?

Scout is a fiercely honest child and has a difficult time filtering her questions and/or comments. When she blurts out her distaste for the amount of syrup her guest pours on his food, she doesn't mean to hurt his feelings; she just thought he would ruin his meal. She wants to do what is right but struggles with how to express what that looks like. Sometimes, it is a physical response like fighting and other times it involves her going against her guardians' rules. Scout, at only 6 years of age, is trying to balance what is expected of her with what she herself sees as the right course of action to take. She is loyal to her brother Jem and admires him and so sneaks off to the courthouse with him although she knows it is not permitted.
She relies on her dad ultimately for the truth and due to his calm and patient demeanor, she is able to speak freely to him and get answers to her most pressing questions.

Throughout the novel, Scout ages from six to eight years old. At this point in her life, she has always been a "tomboy." She has rejected traditional feminine roles and ideas. She is called the gender ambiguous nickname "Scout," rather than her very feminine given name, Jean Louise. She loathes everything ladylike, as demonstrated by her strained relationship with her proper Aunt Alexandra. But for a young girl to do these things (even today, but especially in the American South during the era of the Great Depression), she is considered deviant. Because Scout is very young and has only been raised by a single father, she is often "forgiven" by relatives and community members for her boyishness and rejection of the feminine. However, people around her believe that it is time for her to start learning how to be more of a lady. (A large part of the reason why Aunt Alexandra comes to visit in the first place is to "help" Scout become a lady.) She struggles with her resistance against societal norms, and her desire to keep the boyish lifestyle she adores. She struggles against the "dress" lifestyle of ladyhood. Yet, she is beginning to realize that people around her are expecting her to act in a way she does not want to act. She does not want to change, even as the society she lives in continually insists that she should.