"Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corn cribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." - (Chapter 10) In To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem and Scout are brother and sister who are almost teenagers. At a very young age both of them experience what the real world is like. There father Atticus is a lawyer, who is apart of a case that has happened in Maycomb. Atticus is defending a black man named Tom Robinson who has been accused of raping a white woman Mayella. Throughout the novel you learn that racism is greatly apart of there town; even in modern day, racism is still a huge problem and we can not look away from it. As Jem grows up he loses his childhood innocence and he becomes more aware of the different events that are happening in his town. …show more content…
"He remembered her clearly, and sometimes in the middle of a game he would sigh at length, then go off and play by himself behind the car-house." - (chapter 1) Scout realizes that when Jem did that, he was missing his mom, and needed some time alone to think about her. Later in the story Aunt Alexandra came and stayed at the Finch's house because she thought the kids need a, “feminine influence.” Both kids didn’t want this because they didn’t like her, Atticus as well didn’t want this because there maid Cal already was in the mother role. Although Aunt Alexandra came and she said, “they are going to grow up more adult like than otherwise”.- (chapter 13) With only Atticus caring for them and without adult ideas and codes, they grew up a lot faster and learned things premature. However with more freedom they became more independent and had creative