Hearing a curse word for the first time in my life and knowing at it actually meant changed my perspective on anyone that said them. Every time I heard a curse word from then on I made a mental note that that person was bad, my perspective changed on the world and some of the world cleared, allowing me to see a part of the real world. Scout lost her child hood inocents as she got older, she grew to understand the adult world for what it really was, cruel and unfair with many rules but also how it was wonderful. Scout started learning about the adult world when she went with Jem to Mrs. Dubose’ house, when she goes to the colored church with Calpurnia, and when her and Jem sneak out of the house to follow Atticus to the jailhouse. All of these …show more content…
Scout and Jem just thought that they were suppressing Atticus at the jailhouse but when they got there they didn't realize that the group of people surrounding Atticus were trying to harm him if he didn't get stop protecting Tom Robinson. “In ones and twos, men got out of the cars. Shadows became substance as lights revealed solid shapes moving toward the jail door. Atticus remained where he was. The men hid him from view.” [...] “‘He in there, Mr. Finch?” a man said. “He is,” we heard Atticus answer, “and he’s asleep. Don’t wake him up.” [...] “Atticus got up from his chair, but he was moving slowly, like an old man. He put the newspaper down very carefully, adjusting its creases with lingering fingers. They were trembling a little.” [...] “‘All right, Mr. Finch, get ’em outta here,” someone growled. “You got fifteen seconds to get ’em outta here.’” (172-174) From then on Scout knew the truth about the people in Maycomb, they were willing to hurt Atticus because they thought that Tom Robinson raped Mayella. This is the point when Scout saw the people of Maycomb for what they really were, they were racists that didn't treat african the same because they felt that they were of a lower stature than them. Scout thought that the people in Maycomb were great people , and some are, but she began to see that not everyone in Maycomb had the same open mind that Atticus