Loss of innocence is when a person has a life changing event that affects them in a negative way. People lose their innocence usually when they're a teenager or a young adult. Examples of how people can lose their innocence are when a loved one dies or becomes ill and if they experience something that will stick with them forever. Loss of innocence can change a person for good or for bad. The effects that loss of innocence may have on someone are it may make a person stronger mentally, may force that person to think about life in a more serious way, and in some cases it even may even make the person do something violent or something else bad because they don't know how else to coop with it.
Scout's loss of innocence in the novel is when she hears people call Atticus a "nigger lover" and when she sees that people are willing to kill Atticus to make sure that Tom Robinson gets a guilty verdict. At first Scout doesn't know what the phrase "nigger lover" meant but Atticus tells her that it doesn't mean anything. Eventually she learns that "nigger lover" is a bad word for someone who people thinks favors African Americans over whites. When Scout sees that a group of people came to try and kill Atticus at Tom Robinson's jail cell, she sees that people really care if Atticus defends Tom because Tom is African American. This is when Scout loses her innocence because it shows Scout that people discriminate against certain type of people without knowing them, and this will stick with Scout forever.
My loss of innocence was when my great-grandfather died because it was the first time that anyone in my family died that I can remember. His death didn't come as a shock to me because he was really old but it still made me appreciate life more. I haven't had too many loss of innocence moments so far in my life but I know that as I get older they will increase. My great-grandfather dying showed to me that every life is important and that I'll never be able to talk to him again. That's why this was when I lost my innocence.
Scout's loss of innocence and mine are similar because they both are something we will never forget. Scout's loss of innocence has to do with words and mine has to do with death but both can never be taken back. Scout hearing these things about her father and seeing her father in danger made her realize how important people think race is, but she knows that it isn't. Me having to deal with a family members death made me realize how important family is and how each person in a family is important. This is how Scout and my loss of innocence are similar.
Loss of innocence is when a person has a life changing event that affects them in a negative way. People lose their innocence usually when they're a teenager or a young adult. Examples of how people can lose their innocence are when a loved one dies or becomes ill and if they experience something that will stick with them forever. Loss of innocence can change a person for good or for bad. The effects that loss of innocence may have on someone are it may make a person stronger mentally, may force that person to think about life in a more serious way, and in some cases it even may even make the person do something violent or something else bad because they don't know how else to coop with it.
Scout's loss of innocence in the novel is when she hears people call Atticus a "nigger lover" and when she sees that people are willing to kill Atticus to make sure that Tom Robinson gets a guilty verdict. At first Scout doesn't know what the phrase "nigger lover" meant but Atticus tells her that it doesn't mean anything. Eventually she learns that "nigger lover" is a bad word for someone who people thinks favors African Americans over whites. When Scout sees that a group of people came to try and kill Atticus at Tom Robinson's jail cell, she sees that people really care if Atticus defends Tom because Tom is African American. This is when Scout loses her innocence because it shows Scout that people discriminate against certain type of people without knowing them, and this will stick with Scout forever.
My loss of innocence was when my great-grandfather died because it was the first time that anyone in my family died that I can remember. His death didn't come as a shock to me because he was really old but it still made me appreciate life more. I haven't had too many loss of innocence moments so far in my life but I know that as I get older they will increase. My great-grandfather dying showed to me that every life is important and that I'll never be able to talk to him again. That's why this was when I lost my innocence.
Scout's loss of innocence and mine are similar because they both are something we will never forget. Scout's loss of innocence has to do with words and mine has to do with death but both can never be taken back. Scout hearing these things about her father and seeing her father in danger made her realize how important people think race is, but she knows that it isn't. Me having to deal with a family members death made me realize how important family is and how each person in a family is important. This is how Scout and my loss of innocence are similar.