To Kill A Mockingbird Innocence Analysis

Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird as Jem and Scout get older and more mature they begin to lose their innocence. To Kill a Mockingbird is set in the town of Maycomb, Alabama in 1933-1935 during the time of the Great Depression, the story is told from Scout’s perspective which is that of a tiny child's. As the story progresses we begin to learn a lot about about growing up, prejudice, as well as courage.
As To Kill a Mockingbird begins we soon learn that the story is told from Scout’s perspective who is only six years old. We also learn that Jem, Scout’s older brother is ten years old, we can only assume children of those ages surely must be innocent, and more than likely at the age where all they want to do is ask questions. At the start of To Kill a Mockingbird we learn that Scout is going into the first grade and Jem is going into the third grade. Going back to the whole concept of innocence being associated with age Scout gets in trouble for already knowing how to read on the first day of school of
In conclusion I feel that as Scout and Jem get older they also lose more and more of that innocent type aspect that they have when they are only 6 and 10 years old. We see this claim being true in many instances throughout the book. To wrap it all up really is when you start reading To Kill a Mockingbird immediately by the words used, you can infer that it is from a child's point of view and that claim stays true but towards the end the words get put together and used properly and that innocence goes away with