Childhood is a time inwhere problems seem to not exist. You are free to do whatever you would like to with minimal backlash, but soon enough adolescence knocks at the door and brings the peacefulness into reality. An example of this concept is in "To Kill a Mockbird", where Harper Lee portrays childhood and adolescence to develope Scout's understanding of the world around her.
The book starts with a glimps to the future, here is where the narator, Scout, is introduced. She is a young 8 year old girl that will be starting school soon that is enjoying her summer with her brother, Jem. As the chapters progress Scout is seen attacking other children, like Walter Cunningham, and insulting others unitentionally or out of her strong emotions. In these childhood moments she is exposed to an excesive amount of unknowns to her, that she tries to understand by questioning Jem or her dad, Atticus, about. This shows the characters innocence in childhood. Innocence could be explained as: ignorance to the truth that allows one to live more peacefully, which is a trait seen in Scout, as she does not know what rape and other cases given to Atticus, keeping
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One of the largest examples would be with Boo Radley at the end of the stroy. In the earlier parts of the book we see Jem, Scout, and their summer friend, Dill, try to lure Boo out of the house with their "well thought out" plans. This usually lead to Atticus lecturing the group of privacy. One of the times a plan was inacted Scout showed resistance to jump head in, instead understanding what Atticus wanted the kids to do, but this doesn't work as she gives into peer pressure and joins. At the end, Scout is shown a new point of view from the porch of Radley, Boo's point of view. She sees that the entire town is visible from there and how Boo actually was present in the groups debocles, though as a