To Kill A Mockingbird Growing Up Analysis

"I think that the best thing we can do for our children is to allow them to do things for themselves, allow them to be strong, allow them to experience life on their own terms, allow them to take the subway... let them be better people, let them believe more in themselves." — C.JoyBell C. (Goodreads) This quote is relevant throughout To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, because growing up is a tricky thing. You learn new things and experience more things. But if someone ties you down or shows you how to live your life, how are you growing up yourself? Throughout TKAM, growing up is shown by learning and understanding more about what’s going on. Jem, Scout, and Dill are great examples of growing up. Throughout the book in the town of Maycomb, Alabama, in the 1930’s, Jem, Scout, and Dill are learning new things about race, class, and education, through their strange neighbor Boo Radley, the trial, school, and friendship.

He cries at the Tom Robinson trial because he understood that he was unfairly prosecuted. He knew that Atticus had good points in his reasoning. Jem also cried when the tree was cemented because he knew that that was the only tie he had to Boo Radley. Lastly, Jem told Scout to not kill the bug that she was looking at because it did nothing to her. “Set him out on the back steps.” --- Because they don’t bother you.”

Scout has also grown up a lot in To Kill A Mockingbird because she’s learning more about right and wrong, and how other people see things. In the beginning, Atticus told Scout to not fight people anymore for him, and after that she hasn’t, but with a few exceptions to her. Scout also saw things from Boo Radley’s perspective while standing on his porch. Lastly, Scout told Atticus how Boo Radley is sort of like a Mockingbird. She said at the end of the book, “Sort of like shootin a