How Did Harper Lee Lose His Innocence In To Kill A Mockingbird

Have you ever seen someone get mistreated or treated cruelly? Like when people you think are fair and kind convict an innocent man just because he was African American. Experiences like these can lead to people realizing the world is far from perfect. This is called losing your innocence. In one book 3 children experience this kind of cruelty firsthand. Harper Lee’s purpose of writing this book was to show how the world may look fine at first but as you grow older you realize that not everyone treats each other kindly or fairly. In Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”, the innocence of Dill, Scout, and Jem is taken away. In “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Dill is one example of someone loosing their innocence. One example of Dill loosing his innocence is when Mr. Gilmer was disrespectful to Tom Robinson in the courthouse, this made Dill very upset. This shows that Dill lost his innocence because when Mr. Gilmer called
My first example is when Jem had to read for Mrs. Dubose after he destroyed her flowers. This shows that Jem lost his innocence because he realized that she had a lot of problems and had to struggle with them, and that he helped her to overcome those problems. Another example is when Tom was found guilty after Jem thought for sure he could not be found guilty. This took away Jem’s innocence because he was positive Tom would be found innocent and then he was found guilty by people who could tell by the evidence he was clearly innocent. A quote that supports that Jem lost his innocence is when it says “It was Jem’s turn to cry. His face was streaked with tears as we made our way through the cheerful crowd.” (Lee, 212) This shows that Jem sees that people treat each other unfairly and are satisfied with the results. These facts show that Jem lost his innocence because he sees that some people have problems that can even lead to death and that people are satisfied even if they know what happened is