Suffering Innocence in to Kill a Mockingbird

In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird innocence is spread throughout the novel. Innocence is connected to the mockingbird because they do nothing but sing. There are three examples of innocence within the novel; Boo Radley, Mayella Ewell, and Tom Robinson.

Everyday, people of all ages lose their innocence and develop morally through their daily experiences. Children deal with mishaps on the playground, conflicts with friends and family, and trouble in school. Similarly, Adults deal with conflicts within their own families, problems at work, and the loss of a loved one. In each situation, the person is learning important lessons that impact the way a person thinks, acts, approaches situations, and treats others. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Jem loses his innocence and grows morally through his daily experiences in three stages of understanding in Maycomb, Alabama.

To Kill a Mockingbird is set in Maycomb County, Alabama in the 1930s. There is a myriad of families in this small county. Blacks, farmers, businessmen, and strong single women all call Maycomb County home. The book is told from the point of view of a little girl named Jean Louise Finch, or as many of the townspeople call her, Scout. Her father, whom they call Atticus, raises her with her brother Jem. A majority of the book deals with the trial of Tom Robinson, during which Scout begins to understand that not everybody is as fair as Atticus, raised Jem and her to be.

He is referred to as a mockingbird because he suffers he is stuck and constantly talked negatively by the town.It's the only form of contact he has with the outside world. Boo (Arthur Radley) is actually a very shy character who is often misjudged by society including scout and jem. As the story goes on, we find Scout beginning to realize Boo radelys true intentions and the situation when she tells Atticus that exposing Boo would be "sort of like shootin' a mockingbird, wouldn't it?” Throughout the novel, Scout, Jem, and Dill are curious about the "mysterious" Boo Radley because he never comes outside from his house or associates with anyone in the neighborhood.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, losing one's innocence is a major factor in shaping each of the characters personalities and beliefs in the story. By looking at The Inevitably of the Loss of Innocence, we can see that as each of the characters are growing up, they get more shocked by the reality of the harsh world because they have not yet learned hatred in their peers and community and because of the realization that not everybody is kind and has good morals. This is important because Lee displays this theme in the story by creating conflicts such as Tom Robinson's trial and the children's reaction to the verdict. Lee uses characterization for Boo Radley by giving the audience an overview about people's view on him and the horrifying

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.

When you are a child, you believe that the world is good and nothing can harm you or the people you know. This is incorrect. As you get older, you become more aware of the world’s problems and see flaws that you might’ve not seen previously. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the book takes place in the time of the Great Depression in Maycomb County, Alabama. This town is home to a place where racial injustice and poverty exist.

Mockingbirds: Birds that sing beautifully in the trees. Birds that make the scene seem pleasantly peaceful. Magnificent birds that can cause no harm to our planet. Birds that can only bring great sensations and proclamations. Mockingbirds are small, innocent creatures, but symbolize something huge.

In the book, To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee, destruction of innocence is a theme throughout the book. Jem, Scout, and Dill all at one point in this book, discover the cruelness of this world. The Tom Robinson case and living in Maycomb opened the eyes of the children, exposing them to how unfair life is.

He saves Jem’s life after he was attacked by Bob Ewell, and he has been injured severely. He “[walks] with the staccato steps of someone carrying a load too heavy for him… He [carries] Jem…and [he takes him] inside,” (263). Boo realizes that Jem needs helps, and so he carries Jem to his house for the attention he needs. Boo helps Jem during a time of day when no one would be mindful of the outside noises, and when most people are asleep. He displays the first trait of a mockingbird of being good, by the fact that he is focused on the objective to keep the children safe during the time of the attack. He also displays the second trait by being misunderstood by Jem and Scout as they talk about him. Jem emphasizes the idea that “Boo [is] about six-and-a-half-feet tall…, [dines] on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch…, there [is] a long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had [are] yellow and rotten; his eyes pop, and he drools most of the time,” (13). Jem’s description makes Boo Radley look like one of the fictional serial killers in horror stories. This description is the actual image many people in Maycomb have when they hear the name Boo Radley. The description shows that Boo Radley is misunderstood by many people. Therefore, he displays the final trait of a mockingbird of being misunderstood by people. Boo Radley

A lot of people lose their innocence when they grow up, no one stays the same person. We all get introduced to the real world and sometimes it is not that great. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird Bird by Harper Lee, we get introduced to the Finch family were they take a long journey. Were Jem and Scout really see the real town from Atticus’s point of view, and were a loss of innocence begins to develop. Not all people stay innocent throughout their journey of becoming an adult, there is always an event that takes place and changes them.

To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in a tiny southern town in Alabama in 1932. The tiny town of Maycomb was home to deep rooted racism. Two children named Scout and Jem live in this town with their father Atticus and when their father is sent to defend a black man their lives see a dramatic change. The children soon learn the harsh truth of their little town and lose a childhood full of innocence. In her novel To Kill a Mockingbird, author Harper Lee foreshadows a loss of innocence through the symbolic significance of building a snowman, a harsh fire, and a mockingbird.

Harper Lee is a famous writer who wrote a book called “To Kill a Mockingbird”. In this book Lee talks about symbolism, a literary device when the author uses an object to stand for an idea, she used a mockingbird which is a symbol of innocence. In her novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Harper Lee uses Atticus Finch, Tom Robinson, and Arthur “Boo” Radley as human “mockingbirds” to contribute to the overall theme of innocence. First, Harper Lee use Atticus as a human mockingbird because he is a nice and honest person. Atticus Finch is a lawyer in Maycomb County that's in southern Alabama also he is the best shot in the whole town, Atticus is the father of two children named Jem and Scout Finch.

Loss of Innocence is when a character in a story starts as someone who believes, acts, or feels as if the world is full of only positive things; also someone who has never experienced bad in their lives. For example in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Scout Finch starts the novel as a young girl who believes the neighbor is a monster and her best friend is her brother. As the story progresses, Scout matures and experiences things that she will never forget. In the novel Jem Finch, her brother, gets beaten by a grown man. Also, Scout kisses her next door neighbor, Charles Baker “Dill” Harris. As all these events are happening Scout’s point of view of the world starts to change. Yet, loss of innocence is not only displayed in old, school-required

Innocence is shown through the mockingbird and represents how unjust the court’s system is. Tom Robinson is the mockingbird in the story, To Kill a Mockingbird with other similar characters such as Arthur Radley or Boo. It is also shown through Kim Jong Un keeping his people’s within his country represents how unjust his ruling is. It is close to the same since Kim Jong Un’s people have done nothing wrong to deserve it like Tom Robinson that died because of his skin color and got accused of rape.