"To Kill A Mockingbird": Innocence

In "To Kill a Mockingbird", innocence is portrayed through the character of Scout. Her childish innocence shown throughout the book projects enormous effect on people and the outcome of various situations. The innocence shown also develops as the book goes on. First, it was the conflict at school where she did not quite understand what was going on. Second, there was the gang encounter where she showed them that there is much more to life. Scout's curiousity portrays her innocence, as she seeks to grasp many aspects of life that she has yet to understand. Scout Finch is a character with different moulds, she acknowledges everything that comes her way and acts according to her own thoughts and feelings.

Scout is still a young girl who does not fully understand certain issues in life. She presumes that she knows the answers, however, in reality we know that it is only what she thinks and not the true meaning of the subject at hand.

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Dill asks her "Scout, let's get us a baby." (Harper 143), though Scout does not know where they can get one, she remarks that her "Aunty" (Harper 144) told her that God drops them into the chimney. Dills explanation however is quite far-fetched, he explains that a man rows to an island where the babies are kept and he breathes life into them. Moreover, Dill elucidates to Scout that you get them from each other. Scout portrays child-like innocence as she does not know the complete human nature and she still trusts story like answers that build her imagination.

It suddenly starts to snow in Maycomb when Scout looks out the window; she allows her imagination to roam. She thinks "The world's endin', Atticus!" (Harper 64). Her sudden conclusion is a result of her naivety,