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Examples Of Jem's Loss Of Innocence In To Kill A Mockingbird

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¨Over time, naturally, you lose your innocence from gaining knowledge. You can't be innocent forever, but there's something in innocence you need to regain to be creative.¨ (Albert Hammond) In the book To Kill A Mockingbird, Jem loses his innocence from gaining knowledge about Tom Robinson's case. Times are tough for everyone knowing that during this was the time of the Great Depression. He starts questioning himself about his town and later in the book he finds about the truth his town, Maycomb, Alabama. Jem like any other kid thought his town was the best in the world, but his loss of innocence changed his views on how he sees the real world. Jem Finch an ordinary boy who thought he had the best life with no chaos or problems and as he …show more content…

Jem played all day long with his little sister Scout Finch spent their days just playing and not having to think how harsh the real world is because your innocence has shown you how you think the world is and it doesn't show you the truth. As Jem enters puberty, he sees that not only he changed as a person, but the world as well. It affects him more knowing what’s going on with Tom Robinson’s trial with this Jem Finch’s life is complicated and traumatic. His curiosity gets him to start asking questions to Atticus, his father about his town. He questions racism, justice, judgment, and femininity he wants to know more about them since he is seeing them more often. “Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone (Mary Astor)”. Knowing that Tom Robinson loss the case because of his color. Tom Robinson had so much evidence that was not towards him and everyone knew that, but because of Tom’s color, they always saw him as guilty which effects Jem traumatically and emotionally. When Scout is about to squash a roly-poly Jem tells her to stop because it has not harmed her in any way he now wants to protect the fragile and …show more content…

Itś causing him to question humanity in his town. He sees that some people from his town mostly the african american community cares about the case but they know they can't do anything due to their color of their skin. When Jem hears that Tom was shot seventeen times and was killed because he was trying to escape from his death penalty. Atticus told Jem he would have rather died trying than to let himself. Knowing the news about Tom, Jem is struck hard in the heart he ask questions like ¨Why did they have to shoot him seventeen times to get him to

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