Have you ever seen someone get mistreated or treated cruelly? Like when people you think are fair and kind convict an innocent man just because he was African American. Experiences like these can lead to people realizing the world is far from perfect. This is called losing your innocence. In one book 3 children experience this kind of cruelty firsthand. Harper Lee’s purpose of writing this book was to show how the world may look fine at first but as you grow older you realize that not everyone treats each other kindly or fairly. In Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”, the innocence of Dill, Scout, and Jem is taken away.
In “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Dill is one example of someone loosing their innocence. One example of Dill loosing his innocence is when Mr. Gilmer was disrespectful to Tom Robinson in the courthouse, this made Dill very upset. This shows that Dill lost his innocence because when Mr. Gilmer called Tom “boy” Dill started crying and had to leave. A......

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Title: Losing Ones Innocence
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