TIME FLIES Do you remember a time where you could run around and play? A time at your house where you had no worries. In the story To Kill A Mockingbird the silent process of aging takes many of the children’s childhoods. The book tells of racial diversity and the effects of it on a man and his family. There are many different struggles throughout the story. The idea of the kids in the story getting older comes slowly. The story has three children that face different problems in growing up. The kids; Dill, Scout, and Jem slowly realize how challenging becoming mature is. Dill is a friend that is dealing with separation from his friends. He had been going to Maycomb during the summer for years. “They must not know you’re here,” said Jem. “We’d know if they were lookin’ for you.” Dill abandoned his home to be with the Finches. It seems as if he thinks Maycomb is his actual home. Since Dill came to Maycomb he stood out as different. (16) When talk of Boo Radley began, Dill wanted to make him come out of his house. He turned the Finch kids into more adventurous kids wandering closer to the Radley house. Atticus’ kids changed him too though. When they got a few years older Dill had become a little more mature too. …show more content…
She doesn’t understand why her brother is going through changes. “Jem was twelve. He was difficult to live with…”. “His appetite was appalling and he told me so many times to stop pestering him…”. Scout is only eight and isn’t even going through changes herself. It is hard to understand something if you haven’t experienced it. She may be younger and a different sex but Scout doesn’t realize that she is actually beginning to change. (69) When Dill comes over to play one summer, Jem tells of how Scout is becoming more and more of a girl. She may be too young or putting in the back of her mind that she is growing up. The struggle to understand is the step before being