Boo Radley Innocence
The theme of to kill a mockingbird is the destruction of innocence through the conflict of good and evil. Many people including Jem, Tom Robinson and Boo Radley loss their innocence in the events of this book.
Jem had a true loss of innocence when Tom Robinson’s trial had ended and he realized Tom wasn’t going to be cleared of the false charges. Jem thought justice would prevail over personal bias and discrimination. When it didn’t however he was confused how people could just stand by and let this happen to an innocent man. Saddened by the realization that people could be so cruel to other people, and also angry with the jury for being bias in their decision. His confusion was portrayed when he asked Atticus “How could they do it, how could …show more content…
This caused Boo to have a less naive perception of mankind and to lose some of his childhood innocence. However he still has not loss all of his innocence and Mr. Heck Tate recognizes that and says to Atticus, "To my way of think', Mr. Finch, taking the one man who's done you and this town a great service an' draggin' him with his shy ways into the limelight--to me, that a sin. It's a sin and I'm not about to have it on my head..." (Lee, pg. 369-370). This would cause Boo to lose his innocence even more than what he already loss when he killed Bob. Because as Mr. Tate states, “All the ladies in Maycomb includin’ my wife’d be knocking on his door bringing angel food cakes.” (Lee, pg. 369) Having all these people around would have Boo learn even more about humans ways and cause him to loss innocence through his contact with more humans. To Mr. Heck Tate Boo Radley is a mockingbird and he doesn’t want to fully destroy his innocence that was partially loss when he killed Bob Ewell.
To kill a mockingbird means to destroy innocence and this happens through the contact of evil. The theme of To Kill A Mockingbird, is “ to kill a mockingbird” also known as the loss of innocence through contact with evil, which was a constant throughout the novel. It was portrayed by many characters including Jem, Tom Robinson, and Boo
Jem had a true loss of innocence when Tom Robinson’s trial had ended and he realized Tom wasn’t going to be cleared of the false charges. Jem thought justice would prevail over personal bias and discrimination. When it didn’t however he was confused how people could just stand by and let this happen to an innocent man. Saddened by the realization that people could be so cruel to other people, and also angry with the jury for being bias in their decision. His confusion was portrayed when he asked Atticus “How could they do it, how could …show more content…
This caused Boo to have a less naive perception of mankind and to lose some of his childhood innocence. However he still has not loss all of his innocence and Mr. Heck Tate recognizes that and says to Atticus, "To my way of think', Mr. Finch, taking the one man who's done you and this town a great service an' draggin' him with his shy ways into the limelight--to me, that a sin. It's a sin and I'm not about to have it on my head..." (Lee, pg. 369-370). This would cause Boo to lose his innocence even more than what he already loss when he killed Bob. Because as Mr. Tate states, “All the ladies in Maycomb includin’ my wife’d be knocking on his door bringing angel food cakes.” (Lee, pg. 369) Having all these people around would have Boo learn even more about humans ways and cause him to loss innocence through his contact with more humans. To Mr. Heck Tate Boo Radley is a mockingbird and he doesn’t want to fully destroy his innocence that was partially loss when he killed Bob Ewell.
To kill a mockingbird means to destroy innocence and this happens through the contact of evil. The theme of To Kill A Mockingbird, is “ to kill a mockingbird” also known as the loss of innocence through contact with evil, which was a constant throughout the novel. It was portrayed by many characters including Jem, Tom Robinson, and Boo