Jem Finch's Innocence

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view — until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” (Chapter 3) You never really understand what Atticus, a white father with a creditable job as a lawyer but defends for the black, was trying to teach his children if you are not trying hard to play his role in the novel. Widespread poverty, as it was during the Great Depression, had brought neither good nor wealthy life to people in old Maycomb. It could be no less normal than any other town during that dark period of time — racial discrimination, class division, gender roles, prejudice, none of them were left. Jem and Scout, whom in the novel represent for the innocence of youngsters, have grown up

Cunningham in Maycomb, Jem and Scout began to grow up in a way they’ve never thought of before, especially Jem. He was the one who learnt more and became more mature. In chapter 25, he stopped Scout from killing an innocent insect. “Don’t do that, Scout. Set him out on the back steps.” “Jem, are you crazy?…” “I said set him out on the back steps.” (Chapter 25) Scout couldn’t help herself wondering what happened to Jem. She had not grown up that much yet, she was not able to understand how life worked between humans, animals, and insect like Jem did, but she knew he was changing. “Jem was scowling. It was probably a part of the stage he was going through, and I wished he would hurry up and get through it. He was certainly never cruel to animals, but I had never known his charity to embrace the insect world.” (Chapter 25) She began to see some new parts of Jem, which made she think Jem considering too much like a girl. However, she was going to see more. Atticus said to Jem one day, “I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you’ll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” (Chapter 10) It was the first time Harper Lee put a “sin” of doing something. Mockingbirds are whom Atticus are defending for, not only Tom Robinson, but also people in town who are the same innocent as the insect Scout has been asked

This is the basic working building steps for the future where you are going to face the world directly and alone with yourself. To Kill A Mockingbird, a classic narrated by little Scout with limited understanding of the world, brings readers courage, compassion, and wider point of view by going through her childhood. Extremely detailed thinking of protagonists is the strongest evidence to prove their progressive growth in the novel, which brings up tons of reflection from readers about their experience when they were young and quietly go deeper and deeper in readers’ hearts. When Scout grows up and becomes Harper Lee, she sees more than one side of the world and people around her, she sees the evilness and fight against it. She sees no news about her book being banned, but only her unshakeable faith in