Examples Of Tom's Innocence In To Kill A Mockingbird

Olivia Burket Mrs. Castellano English ll H- 5th period 27 February 2024 Innocence of Boo Radley Harper Lee uses diction and stream of consciousness to develop Boo Radley’s innocence in To Kill A Mockingbird. Scout, the narrator, was told Boo got into legal trouble with his father, who imprisoned him at their house as punishment. Boo stayed hidden inside for 15 years, until he stabbed his father with scissors. Boo was thought of as crazy since then, but through diction and stream of conscience, Harper Lee reveals Boo as an innocent man with an unfortunate past. In part one, with the choice of wholesome words, Harper Lee portrays Boo as innocent.

Similar to the story, Scout finds out that Boo is actually a generous and friendly individual. In the end, Scout changes to be an accepting person from because of ArthurBoo Radley.She learns not to judge Boo, by having the courage to go against the society that discriminates people who are different. Once she spends time with Boo, develops empathy for him, and focuses on what they have in common, then she begins to understand and accept him. Through Boo Radley, Scout becomes an accepting person by learning to not to judge someone just based on rumors that have a high probability of being wrong.

Scout like most young girls, is very observant about the world around her. Scout tends to show an observant side to her personality when people started to talk trash and spread rumors about Boo Radley. Being a young girl at that time she followed along with the rumors and stories she had heard. Scout, Jem, and Dill then decided to make a game out of the Radle’s ever so

All babies are born like blank pieces of papers knowing nothing about the life ahead of them. Whoever they become depends on the experiences and influences drawn on top of them. Younger kids tend to obtain more innocence compared to older kids and they are more willing to believe in the magic. However, as they obtain more knowledge about the world around them, they gain more insight into the reality and the innocence will slowly begin to disperse. As Mary Astor had once said, “ We’ve let the blade of our innocence dull over time, and it’s only in innocence that you find any kind of magic, any kind of courage. “ The parish of innocence is portrayed in Lords of the Flies by William

At the beginning of the book when Scout and Jem get their new air rifles Atticus says-“I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." Later on when Scout and Jem are at Mrs. Maudie’s house she explains to them that it is a sin to kill mockingbirds because they are songbirds that do nothing but give pleasure to people. The mockingbirds are the innocent people in the novel who are killed or injured. The title TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD foreshadows that the mockingbirds in the story are killed or injured by the malignant behavior of mankind.

From Innocents to Understanding Scout, a girl living in Maycomb, Alabama is understanding things at an age where everyone is innocents, even though, with age and experience comes knowledge. Since she was put through the trial and was exposed to many things as a young girl and in the book To Kill a Mockingbird Scout is put through a hard time when her father, Atticus, was the lawyer for a black man in Maycomb, Alabama. Throughout the book she learns to understand thing and looses her innocence like how Jem has already lost his innocence in the book. So most of her growing older and smarter was reflected off of Jem. In the book Scout lost most of her innocence during the trial.

The word ¨innocence¨ is often reffered back to our childhood. Innocence defines childhood in many ways and effects our thoughts, feelings, and actions as a child. Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird, innocence is a reoccuring theme and often reflects on ¨bildungsroman¨. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee displays innocence through the characters Jem and Scout. This gives the reader a unique perspective on the setting.

She tries to learn as much information about everything as possible. For example, Scout loves to ask her father questions about the world she lives in. She is interested in learning about her father’s job as a lawyer. Also, Scout is extremely intrigued by the mystery of Boo Radley. Boo is a young man who never leaves his home.

Scout and the other children were determined to learn more about Boo Radley, despite being told horror stories about Boo. ""Arthur Radley just stays in the house, that's all,' said Miss Maudie. "Wouldn't you stay in the house if you didn't want to come out?" "Yessum, but I'd wanta come out. Why doesn't he?"" (58 Lee) Scout's childhood curiosity causes her to want to know the truth about Boo Radley. The rest of the town is content with allowing Boo continue to stay within the confines of his house. The rest of the town is also okay with not knowing the true story about Boo. However, this is not the case for Scout. Scout's inner curiosity allows her to ask questions that many others would not ask, or do not care to ask. Due to this the reader is provided with extra information about Boo Radley. This information was obtained by Scout who was not content with the horror stories that she was told. Overall, Scout's youthful curiosity allows her to obtain information on the characters around her for the

Is innocence truly gone in To Kill a Mockingbird? Jem and Scout are a pair of siblings, in the sleepy town of Maycomb, Alabama, where racism is common. These children try to enjoy their childhood, but they get into a dilemma. Harper Lee uses innocence and shows how it can be demolished by judgement, Lee also demonstrates racism behind the scenes using innocence again. Through the pureness of Jem and Scout, Lee shows the chaos in a tiny town.

She learns that not all adults are as friendly as they seem which she has established that there are two sides to every person. Scouts first encounter was with Mr. Cunningham, Scout “made Walter Cunningham stand in my shoes for a minute”(Lee 210) making him think twice about what he was doing. Scout was confused because she thought that Mr. Cunningham was a friend and this was her first time she registered that people have different views on things and will act differently because of it. Scout was surprised that “Mr. Ewell was tryin’ to squeeze me to death”(Lee 361),and actually going after children. Mr. Ewell was not a respected man, but Scout would never think that Bob would try to kill innocent kids. After this Scout saw what Mr. Ewell could really be. The results of these events are that Scout is now, after a long time,understanding that there are really two sides to every man.

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee provides three characters that symbolize the loss of innocence. These symbols are linked to the mockingbird. They are Tom Robinson, Boo Radley, and Mayella Ewell.

In this novel, innocence is represented from all ages yet all still contribute to the mockingbird factor. Charles Baker “Dill” Harris doesn’t develop and mature throughout the story. In this way, he is seen as a mocking bird because he’s innocent by his childish actions. His childish actions flow throughout To Kill A Mockingbird and he never changes this lifestyle, because that’s all he knows how to do. An example of this is in the court scene when we wasn’t aware of what’s going on, “Dill leaned across me and asked Jem what Atticus was doing”(Lee 254). In this scene the children snuck into the courthouse to listen to Atticus defend Tom Robinson, and Dill is questioning what is happening in the court.This scene is an example of

The whole of the part one of this novel is a series of life lessons preparing Scout for the hardships she is going to face in the second part of the novel. Due to the influence of the likes of Atticus, Miss Maudie and Mrs Dubose, Scout goes from a naïve young girl who thought with her fists rather than her head, into a more mature, empathetic girl. This essay is going to discuss some of the lessons Scout learns and how they impacted the way she became at the end of part one.

In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, a little girl named Jean Louise Finch, commonly referred to as Scout, tells the story of how an African American man, named Tom Robinson, is charged for the accusation of rape and how Scout’s father, Atticus, proves Tom’s innocence. Atticus uses the reference about mockingbirds stating that it’s a sin to kill an innocent creature that just makes beautiful music. Tom is a perfect example of this metaphor since he was convicted guilty of rape only because the racism in the town overcame what the proven evidence was stating, not guilty. Tom Robinson was a man that grew up with slavery, and understands that racism is still a growing issue especially in Maycomb County, Alabama. He adjusts his life to what he