Examples Of Innocence In To Kill A Mockingbird

Looking from another perspective, innocence is valuable, because if one has their innocence, then they still have a pure heart and a clear mind. Dill was very upset in how Mr. Gilmer was treating Tom, and started to cry. Him and Scout went outside where scout told him, well he is just a negro you know. Dill argued, he does not care, it is not right to do him that way. They found Mr. Raymond, who they thought was the town drunk, but only pretended to be one so people did not question why he was in love with a colored women. Mr. Raymond gave the two of them some advice. In chapter 20, Mr. Raymond tells Dill and Scout, “Maybe things'll strike him as being - not quite right, say, but he won’t cry. Not when he gets a few years on him.” (Lee 269). This quote says that as one gets older, they sometimes they still see why this is wrong, but they do not care about it
Unlike children, who are still pure and racism does not affect them yet, will always see how it is wrong and will get as upset as crying because of it. Dill, still being young was able to see this, and the white folks below him may not have been as upset about Mr. Gilmer’s remarks. Near the end of the book everything seemed to be sorted out. Atticus was reading Scout a story while they waited for Jem to become conscious, and Scout was seconds away from falling asleep. While Atticus was carrying her to her room, Scout claimed she heard every word of the story. On the last page of the book, Scout was telling Atticus back the story, not realizing that she had learned something really