Scout's Loss Of Innocence

Harper Lee wrote, “ 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.” In her novel To Kill a Mockingbird used the character Scout, who tells the story of what is . in Maycomb. Throughout the novel Scout starts to grow older, even though she might not fully understand what is happening in her town. As she’s growing, she’s losing her innocence throughout the novel. By looking at Scout’s lose of innocence, Harper Lee teaches readers that when one grows up, we gain more knowledge and compassion.
Throughout the novel, Atticus had to defend Tom Robinson who is black. By looking at Scout one can see that she doesn’t understand why people are talking about …show more content…
Everyone came out to help her put out the fire. Including Boo (Arthur) Radley, who came out and left a blanket out for Scout. Once Scout is inside Atticus asked her where she got the blanket it from and she then realizes that Boo gave her that blanket. She then understands that Boo isn’t a monster, Boo is a friend. “Boo Radley. You were so busy looking at the fire you didn’t know it when he put the blanket around you… My stomach turned to water and I nearly threw up… ”(96). Since Miss Maudie’s house was caught on fire everyone came out including Boo. Jem, Scout and Dill have been making up their own ideas about Boo. Since Boo has a detachment towards society all he wants is friends. When Scout’s stomach turned to water she was still thinking about Boo being a bad person. Langston Hughes wrote a poem about the goddess Justice,“That Justice is a blind goddess Is a thing to which we black are wise; her bandage hides two festering sores That once perhaps were eyes.” You see these goddess at the courts because she keeps order in the courts. Langston Hughes uses a metaphor to comparing the two festering sores to eyes. You can relate this poem to Tom Robinson. The image of the goddess she’s holding a scale that is balanced, she can’t see because she has something that is covering her eyes. Justice won’t judge people on how they look. According the poem she’s not going to judge based on skin color because she can’t see. ‘the bandage hides two festering sores’ those sores were once eyes. Those eyes weren 't fair in the Tom Robinson case, because he was found guilty because he’s black. Scout lost some of her innocence because she’s noticing that Boo isn’t a bad person and how they found Tom guilty because he’s