When children are brought into this world, the only thing that matters are food, family, and play. In the town of Maycomb, Harper Lee distinguished two young characters, Scout and Jem, as the primary example of innocence and youth. Jem is a growing person with a growing perspective on the world. In the story, Jem faces many situations that causes him to question the world. Jem demonstrates that experiencing racism and inequality causes the loss of a child’s innocence and the basic reasoning they are born with. Jem is the window with a few streaks of smudge. He has the innocence of a child with the viewpoint and posture of an adult, because he faces the reality of the situation. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem is a boy experiencing the mental
