How Did Arthur Radley Grow Up In To Kill A Mockingbird

In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Jem, and Scout are forced to grow up because of the events surrounding a court case. Jem and Scout start the book off as innocent kids just wanting to play. They often wonder why Arthur Radley stays in his house all day and often found the house creepy, “The Radley Place was inhabited by an unknown entity the mere description of whom was enough to make us behave for days on end” (Lee 6). Jem and Scout were scared of this house and Arthur Radley who lived in it. All they had heard was rumors about why he never came out of his house and they often made up stories of their own as well. After the night's events at the end of the book Scout walks Arthur home, “Atticus was right. One time he said you never

Earlier in the book Atticus had talked to Scout about empathy and not judging someone until you know what it's been like for them and here at this moment. Scout realizes just what that means she understands that there's no way she could have known how Arthur Radley was feeling before this. At the beginning of the book scout Jem and Dill are running around the Radley house just trying to see Arthur come out they don't understand why he doesn't. They just make up rumors and hear rumors from their neighbors but at the end of the book, Scout realizes that Arthur doesn't want to come out because of the unkindness of the world. Before the case of Tom Robinson vs Mayella Ewell, Atticus recognizes that both Scout and Jem will have to understand the case in the situation behind it. He doesn't want this for his kids but he understands is going to happen and they should be prepared for it. As Atticus said, “Scout’s got to learn to keep her head and learn soon, with what’s in store for her these next few months. She’s coming along,

He knows they're going to get a lot of criticism and hate for their father doing this and he wants to try to protect them from that by telling them about the case. Atticus is aware that his kids are going to have to grow up fast than average and change to not be broken down by Society. After the guilty conviction is made and they all returned home Atticus leaves them for the night by saying, “They’ve done it before and they did it tonight and they’ll do it again and when they do it—seems that only children weep” (Lee 216). This quote shows how Atticus understands that his children have been forced to grow up throughout this case and other events leading up to it. He has known that the world is not so shiny and bright for a while now but his kids have just come to this new understanding. So when he is talking about how people are unjust to each other he recognizes that only the children seem to be very upset over this. The adults have come to face the facts that that is just how it's going to be and there's no changing it. The children on the other hand haven't come to this idea yet and they're still thinking that everything is fair