Scout and Jem Loose Their Innocence

What has the world come to when child must almost be killed by a drunk to loose innocence. In the story jem and scout changed most in the story , for they started up making stories about boo and building funny snowmen of neighbors,but alas they started to get what a cruel and deceitful they live in .They are changed by many factors such as :the tom robinson case , the town's plague "prejudice" , and finally attempted murder by an evil , sadistic , drunk , rapest.these events setup the loss of innocence which in this book is symbolized by killing a mocking bird,the whole theme of the story.So in my opinion I believe that   scout and jem went the longest way when it comes to change in the story.

    The story starts out with wondering about Boo Radley , who in their childish minds wound spend all day with dill trying to smoke home out and make rumors about him , that shows how far the innocence was . Also when snow started falling and they started to build mocking , funny snowmen that also proves innocence .when the tom robinson case and they saw what the world was like it hit them like a ton of bricks ,to see an innocent man put to his death, like a common street dog being euthanized .At these moments they saw that the sugar coated world that they lived him was just another illusion of the adult world's quest for control .The kids try to hold on to their innocence as much as they can in the book oftenly triening to revert back to their childhood selves but when the truth is revealed there is no going back and like it was said in the book "When we where small ,jem and I confined our activities to the southern neighborhood,but when I was well into the second grade at school and tormenting Boo Radley was a passé ,the buissness section of Maycomb drew up frequently up the street past the real property of Mrs.Henry Lafayette Dubose .It was impossible going to town without passing her house unless we wished to walk a mile out of the way.Previous minor encounters with...