Not protected by their father, Jem and Scout witness the racism and horrors of world first hand through a trial that convicted an innocent African-American of rape just because the defendant was White. After the trial, we see the two children in a dilemma of how such a thing could occur, but the experiences they had helped increase their maturity, helping them understand the true meaning of all this. In all, we usually think that our maturity is strictly based on age, but, especially in today’s world, the things we see and experience shape it
Not protected by their father, Jem and Scout witness the racism and horrors of world first hand through a trial that convicted an innocent African-American of rape just because the defendant was White. After the trial, we see the two children in a dilemma of how such a thing could occur, but the experiences they had helped increase their maturity, helping them understand the true meaning of all this. In all, we usually think that our maturity is strictly based on age, but, especially in today’s world, the things we see and experience shape it