Growing up is an important time in life where people begin to understand themselves, the world and others. To Kill A Mockingbird is a story of two children Jem and Scout Finch growing up; they start to understand themselves and the world in a more adult fashion. In the beginning of the book the young children don't understand the world is why the way it is. They look at a different point of view thanks to Atticus, through the Tom Robinson trial, and interactions with Mrs. Dubose, the Cunninghams, Boo Radley; the children learn to then view the world in a different manner. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper Lee Illuminates the idea that Jem and scout learned more about the world because of others like Tom and Atticus. this becomes clear to readers when Atticus gave jem and scout life lessons when they were questioning the world; and when they saw Tom's trial.
Atticus is teaching Jem and Scout how to treat people. First Atticus is …show more content…
They’re ugly but those are the facts of life” (295). The readers understand the unfairness Atticus describes to Scout about the ugliness of life.
The author (Harper Lee) is revealing to readers that Scout and Jem are learning how white people are treating blacks poorly only because they’re a different color. Overall
Scout and Jem are creating their own opinions based on growing up.
In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper Lee expresses the idea that racial diversity was hard for Scout and Jem to understand, this becomes clear to readers when finishing the book because there was so many people that influenced them for the creation of their opinions. Atticus their father played a major role in this because he taught them so much about the world and others. In conclusion Scout and Jem grew up because they learned about people, themselves and how people should be