Innocence is the lack of experience with the world and the evils in life. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee suggest that innocence is an important factor in a child’s life that can easily be lost. Lee wrote a novel to talk about racial tensions as she tells the reader a story of the innocent Tom Robinson who is wrongly convicted of rape; her story is told through the eyes of the young and impressionable Scout Finch. The trial in the story shows how the most innocent people can be convicted of the most sinful crimes. Lee uses point of view and racial prejudice to suggest how precious a child’s innocence is.
Lee uses Scout’s encounters with various townspeople to present how point of view can show how precious a child’s innocence is. Dolphus …show more content…
In Chapter twelve of To Kill a Mockingbird Calpurnia the Finch 's cook takes Scout and Jem to her church. While there, Jem and Scout both experience racial tensions for the first time first-hand. Lula one of Calpurnia 's acquaintances and a routine guest of the church suggests that the children should go to their own church: "You ain 't go no business bringin ' white chillun here—they got their church, we got our 'n” (Lee 100). Although Cal ignores Lula 's comments Scout and Jem feel verbally abused into believing they do not belong in the church. Scout later noted, "I agreed: they did not want us here. I sensed, rather than saw that we were being advanced upon" (Lee 100). This experience strips Scout of her innocence by showing how influential racial tensions were. Harper Lee included this scene in the book to show how easily a child can be deprived of their own innocence, since they are so young and have not had enough experience or knowledge of the world’s …show more content…
As the trial progresses Scout witnesses multiple people being questioned about the night Mayella Ewell was supposedly rapped. When Tom Robinsons is questioned Scout does not expect Mr. Robinson to have manners of any sort, since he is a part of a lower class, but later discusses the situation with her father. “It occurred to me that in their own way, Tom Robinson’s manners were as good as Atticus’s” (Lee 165). After the court trial Scout asked her father how Tom Robinson’s manners were as good as his. Her actions after the trial show how Scout is still innocent, but how the court trial and her point of view in it have started to affect her innocence, and develop her as a maturing child.
In conclusion Harper Lee uses point of view and racial prejudice throughout the story to show how a child’s innocence can be stripped away. Scout the main character goes through many coming of age experiences like racial prejudice and court trials that little by little take pieces of her innocence. As people grow older they make decisions that can sway them any way in the world. Some people go to jail and others win Nobel Prizes, but we all start of as innocent people in a world of
Lee uses Scout’s encounters with various townspeople to present how point of view can show how precious a child’s innocence is. Dolphus …show more content…
In Chapter twelve of To Kill a Mockingbird Calpurnia the Finch 's cook takes Scout and Jem to her church. While there, Jem and Scout both experience racial tensions for the first time first-hand. Lula one of Calpurnia 's acquaintances and a routine guest of the church suggests that the children should go to their own church: "You ain 't go no business bringin ' white chillun here—they got their church, we got our 'n” (Lee 100). Although Cal ignores Lula 's comments Scout and Jem feel verbally abused into believing they do not belong in the church. Scout later noted, "I agreed: they did not want us here. I sensed, rather than saw that we were being advanced upon" (Lee 100). This experience strips Scout of her innocence by showing how influential racial tensions were. Harper Lee included this scene in the book to show how easily a child can be deprived of their own innocence, since they are so young and have not had enough experience or knowledge of the world’s …show more content…
As the trial progresses Scout witnesses multiple people being questioned about the night Mayella Ewell was supposedly rapped. When Tom Robinsons is questioned Scout does not expect Mr. Robinson to have manners of any sort, since he is a part of a lower class, but later discusses the situation with her father. “It occurred to me that in their own way, Tom Robinson’s manners were as good as Atticus’s” (Lee 165). After the court trial Scout asked her father how Tom Robinson’s manners were as good as his. Her actions after the trial show how Scout is still innocent, but how the court trial and her point of view in it have started to affect her innocence, and develop her as a maturing child.
In conclusion Harper Lee uses point of view and racial prejudice throughout the story to show how a child’s innocence can be stripped away. Scout the main character goes through many coming of age experiences like racial prejudice and court trials that little by little take pieces of her innocence. As people grow older they make decisions that can sway them any way in the world. Some people go to jail and others win Nobel Prizes, but we all start of as innocent people in a world of