Similarities Between The Glass Castle And To Kill A Mockingbird

In the books, Lord of the Flies, The Glass Castle, and To Kill a Mockingbird, they all share a common theme: the way parents act in front of or around kids affects how they mature and grow up. In all the books, each of the kids starts off innocent, but then the actions and/or absence of their parents shape the way they mature and grow up. These kids have no real understanding of the world they live in and how dark and cruel it can be, until their parents act in a certain way and affect how they see the world. In all these books, the actions of parents or the absence of parents affect how they grow up and see the world.

The Glass Castle In the book, The Glass Castle, the kids, Jeannette, Lori, Brian, and Maureen all had an innocent outlook

As an example, “A n-word lover”. I ain’t very sure what it means, but the way Francis said it—tell you one thing right now, Uncle Jack, I’ll be—I swear before God that I’ll sit there and let him say something‘ about Atticus” (Lee 89). Scout says that she doesn’t understand what an “n-word lover” means and she won’t let anyone say it about Atticus, their father. After hearing those words, Scout doesn’t think much of it, because her father kept her away from that stuff. She doesn’t understand what it truly means and how offensive it is to some people. Jem and Scout grew up in a small town in Alabama, surrounded by racism but, the racism doesn’t and the harsh reality isn’t really shown until the court case. The children learn how harsh the world actually is during the court case. As the children start to see and become more involved in the court case, because their father is the defending lawyer and their father starts not to be around as much to shield them from reality, they start to see how harsh their community is. For example, when Scout and Jem started to see and hear the trial, they started to realize how harsh the world is. They wanted to see how their dad was doing with the trial, so they snuck away to listen to the trial. They started losing their innocence

I’ve had to go through so much stuff at a young age, and I had to grow up and start acting differently because of it. I’ve had to go through 3 of my grandparents dying all within 18 months of each when I was around 5 and also my parents divorce at an even younger age. These really affected how I matured, especially my parents’ divorce because I wasn’t able to see both of my parents everyday anymore. My parents being apart really affected me and still does, but I’ve learned how to cope with it just like how all the kids in these books learned how to cope with