Throughout the book To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, the characters Scout, Gem, and Dill mature throughout the whole book through experiences they go through in part 1 of the book that prepare them for part 2. This is seen when Scout and Gem had to go through their father Atticus being called a “Negro-Lover”. They also have matured when Atticus states to Gem and Scout how it is a “sin to kill a mockingbird”. And finally when Atticus had to put down the “Mad Dog”. This list of experiences clearly states how the children in To Kill A Mockingbird mature to prepare themselves for the events of the trial with Tom Robinson and the events after said trial. Throughout the whole of part 1 Gem and Scout's father, Atticus is constantly called a “Negro-lover” and Scout and Gem have to deal with their father being called such things and people hating on him throughout their whole life they have known of Atticus as their hero and they look up to him. With this hatred being portrayed towards Atticus, they start to see the hate that is in their country they didn’t notice in the past. This hate they had to deal with made them mature and prepared them for the trial by all the …show more content…
Throughout the entire life of Gem and Scout, they have never seen the part of Atticus that could shoot and do something that others wouldn't be able to do or don't have the guts to do. This helped them mature by preparing them to experience the trial of Tom Robinson, where Atticus was the only person who would be willing to help Tom on a case that was lost before the trial had even started. This had grown them to understand their father more and understand Maycomb County more than they would have if they hadn’t witnessed the events of the mad dog; if the mad dog had never happened, the events that had happened would have affected Scout and Gem way differently and probably way worse than it had